Launch of 

We’ve developed a range of kits so you can get crafty while helping divert wood waste from landfill and support LWR at the same time! 

Remake kits are great gift s for loved ones, or can be a fun activity for yourself! You can then either give  the finished product… or not! You could just make your home look bling instead! Our hook boards and pan rack kits are now on sale, with more kits coming soon! All our kits come with the basic ingredients you need to fix up your project, alongside a ‘how-to’ worksheet. You may need a few tools, like a screwdriver, but we’ve tried to keep everything cheap and simple for you. We have three kit options, so you can choose how messy you want to get. They come:

Raw – The timber comes fresh from our recycling yard, you can sand it back to life, then Danish oil and assemble the hook board yourself.
Sanded — We take the mess out of the process and sand it for you in-house. Then, you can add a Danish oil finish and assemble the board yourself.
Assembled – Our amazing volunteers will make the board for you! All you need to do is have a brew and come and pick it up when it’s ready!
Buying locally from our social enterprise is a great way to shop ethically this Christmas, as it supports us to keep on doing the social, and environmental good that we do. We are going to launch a fuller product range in the new year!

Leeds Wood Recycling
“Doing social good, using your waste wood”

Leeds Wood Recycling is a social enterprise working to divert waste wood from going to landfill.

We provide a wood collection service, run a reclaimed timber shop, run classes and offer volunteer training opportunities. We work to help ‘marginalised’ people from a range of backgrounds learn new skills, get back into work and make new social networks.

All while helping the environment!

Come and visit us in store – we are open to the public!

What we do

Reduce waste and save resources, operating a professional wood collection service and reclaimed timber shop. Promoting an inclusive environment with opportunities for all abilities, supporting people on the margins of society with practical experience, empowering people to grow skills, gain employment, expand social networks and be part of something positive.

Leeds Wood Recycling offers an ethical, cost effective and convenient wood collection service

We work in a similar way to a skip hire company, but offer a sustainable alternative to waste disposal as 100% of our collected wood waste is sorted, repurposed and recycled in some way.

We collect waste wood from a variety of companies and businesses from firms that have pallets and wood packaging waste, local engineers, theatres, production companies through to private house renovations. We also work with large national building sites: the construction process continually generates so much waste wood, much of which is reusable so keeps our shop stock varied and sustainable.

The wood is then brought back to our warehouse, processed and repurposed to sell to the public in our shop. Doing this is very labour-intensive so creates lots of jobs, training and volunteering opportunities, providing local people with new skills and confidence to find work and improve their lives. We aim to be part of the regeneration of our local area and provide a positive impact.

If your organisation normally uses a skip to get rid of your wood waste – we can compete and offer a better deal!

See our collections page for more detail on how our collection service works or give us a call.

What makes us unique?

We are a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to small skips?

Where you might otherwise use a 4- or 8- yard skip for waste wood, we can come and collect waste wood at a very competitive price. Our caged collection van has a capacity of 12 cubic yards! What we do has huge environmental and social benefits, whilst saving you money.

What do we offer?

Waste wood collection service  We run a chargeable cost cost-effective and ethical timber collection service.

Sales of wood and products

Check out our social media as we receive unusual and unique items all the time. But we constantly have a range of products in our shop including:

Sheet and timber materials suitable for DIY or building projects in a range of sizes and shapes.
We can make planters, scaffold shelving, pallet wood walls and kits – see our shop for some of our current products!
Hardware such as screws and glue, ironmongery and wood finishes
Firewood and kindling.

Sanding and Finishing services  For more information on our services such as cutting, sanding, staining and finishing wood.

Collections

Donate

Leeds Wood Recycling are a non for profit organisation. We work really hard to support people from all walks of life to access free training and meaningful volunteering. Volunteering creates social networks and communities which makes people more resilient and well, happier! 100% of your donation will go towards keeping LWR running for the people it serves.

“The biggest thing for me (before LWR) was my self doubt but everyone at Leeds Wood Recycling honestly made the biggest difference as the support kept me going even through my life was pulling me down, I was pulled up again and again and no one gave up on me…” Ryan

If you want to donate you now can by clicking on the button below…

Collections

We offer a cost-effective and efficient collection service for all wood waste. Working with us will ensure that your waste is reused in the most environmentally beneficial way and will help us to create jobs for local people, so no matter where you are, what industry you are in or how much wood waste you generate, we can help.

Email: collections@leedswood.org