Wood Recycler Opens Third Plant in UK

Hadfield Wood Recyclers, based in the United Kingdom, is expanding with the opening of a brand new site at Tilbury Docks, UK.

The two acre site, which will be used for collecting and pre-processing waste wood, became fully operational May 18.

"This is a very exciting project for us because there is a huge demand in the area for a wood recycler who can take all grades of wood and recycle it into sustainable and environmentally-friendly products," said Geoff Hadfield, managing director of Hadfield Wood Recyclers.

"This is just the start of our presence in the area. Ultimately we will be looking to build a full processing plant to cover the south east, so we can process and clean the wood, and manufacture our products, as we already do at our sites in Manchester and Teesside."

Hadfield Wood Recyclers takes all grades of non-hazardous waste wood including MDF, chipboard, plywood and melamine, and recycles it into a number of different products including equine, poultry and cattle bedding, equestrian surfaces, panel board and biomass wood chip for fuel.

The new site will be able to handle 100,000 metric tons of waste wood a year and will offer a tip-in facility, accepting skips, walking floor trailers, containers and waste management vehicles as well as smaller loads.

The Tilbury location has direct access to the docks, and it is conveniently located near London.

"We have been getting increasing requests to take waste wood from the London and south east area," said Hadfield. "Like a lot of companies nowadays we are very conscious of our carbon footprint so looking to the future we wanted a site which can utilize alternatives to road, such as water and rail transportation. Therefore Tilbury was an ideal location."