Now in our third year!

Wiltshire Wood Recycling (W.W.R.) started over two years ago from its base in Upper Castle Combe near Chippenham in an effort to save some of the large amount of wood that is wasted locally.

Wiltshire Wood Recycling is a social enterprise which does the following:

• Collects “waste” and surplus wood, mostly from building sites and industrial premises
• Sorts it and take the poorer quality wood for chipping
• Sells the better quality wood to the public and builders
• Makes products such as compost bins and planters from some of the wood.
• Sells kindling and fire wood

The social enterprise is a 'not for profit' organisation which has a mixture of paid and voluntary staff and is mostly funded through selling its services and products plus obtaining some grants. The main aim is to avoid wood being wasted and ending up in landfill or being unnecessarily chipped.  Last year they obtained some grants to set up a workshop and now make a range of products which include bird tables and benches plus individual items made to order.  The grants also included paying for the installation of a wood burning stove which heats the office and workshop and has been welcomed by all the staff!  The volunteers come from all walks of life and all ages from teenagers on extended work placements from local schools through to retired people.

W.W.R. is always looking to extend its range of products and is presently considering whether to produce coffins made from reused wood. Some other wood recycling schemes already do this and W.W.R. want to get feedback from local people as to whether this would be welcome here.  Ed Brand, Co-Director of W.W.R said “More people are wanting to be “green” and this includes at the end of their lives, a recycled wood coffin could help with this and reduce your carbon footprint at the end of your life.”

The big sellers at the moment are scaffold boards for raised beds, compost bins and chicken houses (see pictures opposite).

W.W.R. is a community organisation and encourages local people to get involved through the following:

• Volunteering to help out with a range of tasks from answering the phone to helping to collect wood,
• Identifying building sites and industrial units with wood that they need to dispose of,
• Buying wood and products, anybody is welcome to visit and see what is available; prices are less than local DIY superstores,
• Suggesting what products are made and where they can be sold.

Ed Brand, Co-Director. June 2007

If you would like to know more about Wiltshire Wood Recycling then you can ring on (01249) 783499

or

visit at: The Milking Parlour, East Combe Farm, Upper Castle Combe, Chippenham SN14 7EY.

(From Box go along the A4 to Corsham and then turn left to Biddestone; follow signs for Yatton Keynell; turn left toward Castle Combe; the race circuit will be on your left; turn left after 200 yards past Circuit Motors garage; W.W.R. is the second farm gate on the right.

·        e-mail on wwr@btinternet.com

·        see our website at www.wiltshirewoodrecycling.org.uk

We also make them to customer's specific designs as well.
 

Everything we make uses recycled wood.   We also make planters, gates, composters, log stores, benches, in fact, anything that we can !