BRIGHTON & HOVE WOOD RECYCLING PROJECT LTD

RCN 1192660, Brighton

Leading the way as a pinnacle of the local circular economy, we are now a charity focused on: protecting the environment by conserving resources educating and promoting behavioural change, changing lives, relieving unemployment and social exclusion

BRIGHTON & HOVE WOOD RECYCLING PROJECT LTD

Background:
Established in 1998, Brighton & Hove Wood Recycling Project (AKA “The Wood Store”) was the first scheme of its kind in the country; an organisation committed to finding a way to reuse waste timber ‐ seeing it for what it really is ‐ not a waste but a precious resource

Vision and Mission:

Leading the way as a pinnacle of the local circular economy, we are now a charity and our aims are:

  • protecting the environment by conserving resources 
  • educating and promoting behavioural change 
  • changing lives, relieving unemployment and social exclusion

Impact statement - 2022/23:
720 tonnes of timber diverted from the waste stream
359 tonnes of CO2 saved
10.8 FTE jobs created/sustained
90 volunteers donating 8335 hours to the project