News and Events

May 2021

Well the last few months have been pretty hectic for us, both in terms of waste timber collections and sales of our reclaimed timber. In fact, the sales of our reclaimed timber have gone so well that we are now low on stock. A combination of circumstances have led to this. With many people furloughed, […]
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  • On 16th May 2021
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December 2020

As we draw toward the end of a very difficult year, a few reflections… At the end of March we had to pause our business for 10 weeks, following Government guidelines. We had the obvious concerns about what this would do to our Social Enterprise and when/ how would we recover from this unseen virus. […]
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  • On 31st December 2020
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April 2020

A strange blog for strange times. With the advent of the COVID-19 virus the commercial world, as we knew it, has changed rapidly. From an operational viewpoint we have been greatly affected. Our business model relies on other companies supplying waste timber for us to collect and process. With the majority of manufacturing and construction […]
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  • On 3rd April 2020
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January 2020

As part of our method of working we use 3 diesel vehicles to collect waste timber from construction and manufacturing sites. We are aware that NOx emissions are harmful to the environment and have been looking at ways to reduce this. We have not been able to find alternatively powered commercial vehicles that have the […]
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  • On 6th January 2020
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October 2019

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. We have measured our Project against relevant SDG’s in order to demonstrate the steps we have taken to improve Sustainability and Wellbeing in our environment. Goal 10. Reduce inequalities. We pay our staff the National Living Wage […]
  • Posted by midsussexwoodrecycling
  • On 3rd October 2019
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September 2019

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. We have measured our Project against relevant SDG’s in order to demonstrate the steps we have taken to improve Sustainability and Wellbeing in our environment. 3. Good Health & Wellbeing. We provide a safe space for our […]
  • Posted by midsussexwoodrecycling
  • On 17th September 2019
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August 2019

Collaboration – the process of 2 groups working together to achieve an outcome. Our collaborative process involves working with other like minded organisations to help them achieve their end goal. This is usually in the form of timber and/or ideas that are required for community and school projects. This can be as easy as giving […]
  • Posted by midsussexwoodrecycling
  • On 5th August 2019
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May 2019

Success! What does it mean? To some companies its about the Turnover/Profit/New Market Penetration/Share Price (delete as applicable) To our Social Enterprise, Success is measured by impacts both Social and Environmental . From an Environmental perspective we have kept over 1500 tonnes of waste timber out of landfill in the last 12 months. Of that, […]
  • Posted by midsussexwoodrecycling
  • On 13th May 2019
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January 2019

Did you know there are now over 30 Wood Recycling Projects based in the UK, under the National Community Wood Recycling umbrella? We all operate under the same fundamental premis, to re-use waste timber. We collect waste timber from Manufacturing and Construction industries with a view to salvaging as much usable timber as possible. Just […]
  • Posted by midsussexwoodrecycling
  • On 29th January 2019
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December 2018

One of the things that motivates us is Innovation. Innovation is what led us to offer a service that has a Re-use element to it, preventing perfectly good timber from being processed into biomass. Making it available for the general public to get creative with. Processing waste timber into biomass was innovative at the time, […]
  • Posted by midsussexwoodrecycling
  • On 27th November 2018
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