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Via our wood collections service, we worked with EventCycle to collect waste wood from COP26 back in 2021. When Scottish Libraries contacted us in early summer 2023 to produce some peg boards, we had just the material for the job! Learn about the full transformation here.

We reused, recycled and rehoused 972 cubic meters of timber in quarter 4 of 2022. In 2022, our grand total was the equivalent to 1.3 Olympic sized swimming pools worth of timber! Learn more about our wood reuse and recycling statistics from January to December 2022.

We reused and recycled 28% more timber in quarter 3 compared to quarter 2! Learn more about our wood reuse and recycling statistics from July to September 2022.

Take a look at the full journey of some raised bed planters and wood collections made from COP26, as the students at Hillhead High School transform them into potato planters.

See our latest recycling statistics from April to June 2022 compared to Q1, plus details on our total recycling statistics for the year.

Waste generation has increased massively around the world in recent decades, and there are no signs of it slowing down. By 2050, worldwide municipal solid waste generation is expected to have increased by roughly 70% to 3.4 billion metric tons. It's also estimated that annually less than 30% is recycled. Can we turn this around and begin to use more of our precious waste?

See our latest recycling statistics from January to March 2022.

Kath visited us last September on recommendation from a neighbour. Having built a new office/studio space in her garden, she was in need of a more affordable and environmentally friendly solution to purchasing brand new flooring. Luckily we had something which had recently been dropped into our timber yard which did the job...