Wood recycling

What wood can currently be recycled?

There are skips or bays for the following at Shropshire's household recycling centres

• all soft and hardwood offcuts
• floorboards
• pallets
• wooden boxes

What wood can’t be recycled?

• Chipboard
• ‘MDF’ (medium density fibreboard)
• treated, varnished or painted wood
• railway sleepers
• window frames with glass

What happens to the wood we collect?

It’s shredded by merchants and then sent to be made into chipboard - quality control is very important in the process.

Did you know?

• 80 per cent of the timber used in the UK is imported.
• Wood is ideal for reuse – if you don’t want it a neighbour might.

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