This is an abstract. Original article is here from Wood Recyclers Association.
The statistics on 13rd, June 2024 showed that the United Kingdom reached a historical peak of 97.9% in waste wood recycling.
UK’s waste wood production amount remained at around 4.5 million tons, but its processed amount rose from 4.312 million tons in 2022 to 4.408 million tons( 97.9% of total arsings).
Since 2020, UK’s waste wood recycling rate has been arising. Now it’s a well-established market.
In 2023, the biggest 3 markets for waste wood recycling are large-scale biomass, panel board and animal bedding or similar.
3 Biggest Markets of Waste Wood in the UK
Other key findings included:
- Exports/imports netted off rose to 205,000 tons from 130,000 tons in 2022 accounting for 5% of all wood processed, due to high demand for biomass feedstock in Europe
- Usage in small scale biomass remained static at 90,000 tons, representing 2% of the market
- The remainder of the 4.5 million tonnes of waste wood is believed to go to informal markets, such as being burnt during bonfire night or at home
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