Over 97% of UK waste wood was sent for processing in 2023, the “highest level to date”, according to the latest annual statistics published by the Wood Recyclers’ Association.
The data indicates that total UK waste wood arisings remained constant in 2023 at approximately 4.5 million tonnes and the amount processed rose from 4.312 million tonnes in 2022 to 4.408 million tonnes.
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) said this continued the year-on-year pattern of growth since the market was temporarily disrupted by Covid in 2020.
The data is produced by the WRA using the results of its annual survey of members which are extrapolated and combined with other data sets to produce total UK figures.
The WRA said its members accounted for 3.92 million tonnes of waste wood processed – representing approximately 90% of the market.
Large-scale biomass continued to be the largest user of waste wood in 2023, accounting for 63% of wood processed (2.8 million tonnes), an increase of 2.6%, according to the statistics.
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