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Recycling wood is an environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and responsible option for businesses that produce any type and amount of waste wood. It’s a sustainable way to get rid of pallets and packaging, timber, and wood scrap, regardless of your industry, business size, and location in the UK. Arrange wood waste recycling today with Business Waste.

Wood is a renewable resource used in different ways across many businesses – from furniture in your office to pallets when transporting goods. Recycling waste wood extends its lifespan and prevents unnecessary materials from going to landfill. It preserves natural resources and saves energy compared to sourcing fresh wood.

Get a free quote for collection of waste wood for recycling from your business anywhere in the UK today – call 0800 211 8390 or contact us online.

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Arrange regular waste wood collection to get rid of your old timber, packaging, offcuts, and other scrap wood easily. Our wood recycling collection services ensure everything is removed and recycled or reused responsibly. This prevents it from going to landfill and your company from paying landfill tax for its disposal.

Organise wood waste collection on a schedule that suits you. Daily, weekly, or fortnightly wood collection is possible from anywhere in the UK. Use suitable bins for storage and book frequent removals for cost-effective commercial wood collection. Licensed waste carriers will remove your waste wood at a convenient time and date.

Save money with free wood waste skips and bins delivered to your business – you just pay for the collection. Fill them up with any wood scrap, whether it’s timber, pallets, or plywood. We’ll collect it from an agreed accessible location on your premises and transport it to a nearby wood recycling centre for sorting, treatment, and recycling.

Create a bespoke wood collection that suits however much waste wood you produce. You might want daily removals from construction sites or fortnightly pickups from shops. Licensed waste carriers conduct all wood waste collections, and you receive a free duty of care certificate that confirms the legal and safe removal of your commercial wood waste.

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Get bins and skips for your commercial wood waste. Save money with the specific sizes and number of bins you need with a cost-effective collection schedule. Explore the range of wood waste bins and skips available.

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Recycling waste wood is sustainable as it preserves natural resources and reduces the energy consumption required to source fresh wood. Wood recycling also saves your business money, as you won’t pay landfill tax to dispose of it. Recycling makes sense for any type of waste wood as it’s one of the most sustainable and renewable materials.

Simplify wood recycling for your organisation by separating and storing it securely with bins, skips, and containers. Safely store any waste wood you produce before its collection and removal to a wood recycling centre. Here your wood is recycled to create new wood products, animal bedding, or garden mulch.

Scrap wood is taken to a local wood recycling centre for processing. Here it’s sorted by wood grade to be reused and recycled by individual type. The different wood grades are:

  • Grade A – clean hard and softwood mainly used for packaging, like pallets and offcuts.
  • Grade B – mixed wood, usually from construction, demolition, and furniture.
  • Grade C – grade B waste wood including chipboard, MDF, plywood, and fibreboard.

Any waste wood that falls outside of these grades or contains contaminants such as hazardous materials, may be incinerated if it’s not recyclable. Recyclable wood goes into a chipping machine for shredding before the chipped wood is then screened. Depending on the type of wood, it may then be used in a few different ways, which include:

  • Biomass wood fuel – for use in wood fuel boilers to ensure they work efficiently
  • Animal bedding – often for horses but also domestic pets such as hamsters
  • Surfacing – commonly used for pathways and landscape cover for gardens
  • Garden mulch – to save water, protect plants from weeds and enrich soil
  • Raw material – sometimes it’s reused to create plywood, fencing, and more
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What is wood waste?

Wood waste is any used timber or associated residues (like offcuts, sawdust, and shavings). It’s the final unwanted product from lumberjacking and branch pruning, including discarded trees and uprooted or non-uprooted tree stumps. Waste wood also covers used packaging and products made entirely from wood, such as wooden pallets and boxes.

There are four different types of wood waste:

  • Problem wood waste – unwanted laminated timber, wood waste with preservative agents, and a blend of problem wood waste with regular wood.
  • Used wood waste – deserted wooden building portions, wooden furniture, and wood waste from materials like colour pallets.
  • Scrap wood waste – produced in workshops by carpenters, furniture factories, construction sites, and sawmills.
  • Natural wood waste – leftover sawdust and remaining wood pieces from logging activities.
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Who needs scrap wood collection?

Most wood waste comes from urban areas where there are massive construction, demolition, wood processing and wood packaging activities. The main industries contributing to the creation of scrap wood include furniture, sawmills, pulp and paper, plywood mills, and particleboard mills. However, even industries such as retail that receive deliveries on wooden pallets require scrap wood collection and disposal services.

Some of the main industries that need scrap wood collection include:

  • Agricultural – tree stumps, waste wood from logging and animal bedding
  • Construction – scrap wood and timber from construction sites
  • Factory – sawdust, offcuts, and leftover wood pieces from manufacturing
  • Retail – pallets and wood packaging to store and deliver goods
  • Schools – broken and used furniture, packaging, and natural wood waste

Why use Business Waste for 
wood waste management?

Save money on your wood waste management with Business Waste. We provide the exact number and sizes of bins and skips for your wood scrap that you need. Combine bin sizes with a suitable collection frequency to organise cost-effective removals of your commercial wood waste.

Licensed waste carriers can collect your wood on a daily, weekly, or fortnightly basis. They transport it safely and legally to a nearby waste management facility for processing and recycling. All wood waste is recycled, recovered, and disposed of away from landfill. You receive a free duty of care certificate as proof and for peace of mind.

Get a free no-obligation quote for commercial waste wood collection anywhere in the UK today – call 0800 211 8390 or contact us online.

Choose Business Waste for your wood waste management and benefit from:

  • Suitable bins and skips – select from a range of bins and skips in the best sizes for the amount of waste wood you produce.
  • Wood recycling – waste wood is recycled where possible and recovered with responsible disposal away from landfill.
  • Competitive prices – as a leading waste broker we work with specialist local and national suppliers to source bespoke prices.
  • Regular waste collection – daily, weekly, or fortnightly wood collection is possible on convenient days and times.
  • Excellent customer service – our friendly and expert team can assist with any queries or requirements for smooth wood waste management.
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Published 10th April 2022 by Graham Matthews. Last modified 23rd October 2025