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20th December 2024
Schools Teepee Competition winner announced: over 500 entries but only 1 favourite!
In September we put out a call to local schools to come up with the best name, decoration and story to win a teepee for their playground. Having painstakingly combed through over 500 entries from 11 schools, we've narrowed it down to our favourites. Plus one winner of course!
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14th June 2023
Gro Gardens wellbeing and greenspace official opening at QEUH
Having started this project in mid-2022, we were very excited to finally see the opening of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Gro Garden! Designed by erz. studio, the hybrid wellbeing, art and greenspace provides the perfect place for staff visitors to relax and enjoy the outdoors. Click here to learn more about the space, our contribution and the special opening.
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30th October 2021
Sustrans’ Pocket Places: Kilbarchan Primary School
As part of the community project Pocket Places, we were asked to design a unique bench to make the daily commutes of parents and children a little brighter and more enjoyable.
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11th August 2021
Hyndland Secondary School Memorial Project
In memory of a fellow student, a group of eager students from Hyndland Secondary School joined us for a few weeks to learn how to build our classic Benbecula Bench alongside a handful of planters. Learn more about how they got on.
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9th March 2021
RE-CASK: 12 months, 80 barrels and approximately 4 tonnes of CO2!
With our whisky barrel project, RE-CASK, we’ve been able to work our way through approximately 80 oak barrels since the beginning, preventing around 4 tonnes of CO2 from entering our atmosphere.
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24th October 2020
RE-CASK: the official launch
It's estimated that an incredible 250,000 disused whisky casks are in circulation each year. No longer useful in the whisky making process, the opportunity to think differently about how to maximise the value of these end of life oak whisky barrels was something we couldn’t pass on.
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2nd March 2020
Designs on Growth: 30 new products launched at Open Day
On the 13th March we'll be launching 30 new products as part of our latest project. The products are a result of funding awarded by the Scottish Government and European Social Fund for Designs on Growth, our in-house design project.
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3rd April 2019
Designs on Growth Update
Last year Glasgow Wood Recycling’s efforts to tackle social exclusion and promote sustainability were boosted by the announcement of funding from the Scottish Government and European Union for 'Designs on Growth' - our in-house design project. We are now 9 months into our design project and some great progress has been made. We've launched 13 new products!
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