UK: Rapid growth reported in waste wood sent to biomass

LetsRecycle.com
Friday 02 July 2010
By Caelia Quinault

The amount of waste wood sent to biomass plants continued to see "rapid growth" in 2009 despite the impact of the recession, new figures have shown.

The Wood Recyclers' Association (WRA) - which represents 65 companies in the wood recycling sector - has released its annual ‘Waste Wood to Market Statistics' for 2009 which show that 495,000 tonnes of waste wood was used for biomass/energy, up 33% from 370,000 tonnes the year before.

This follows a 48% increase between 2007 and 2008 (see letsrecycle.com story) and means that biomass now accounts for almost a quarter (23.4%) of the 2,111,000 tonnes of wood recovered in the UK.

In addition, 71,000 tonnes of the 83,000 tonnes of waste wood exported for the year was destined for biomass, the figures show.

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