Tips and recycling centres
Where to recycle wood and timber
Wood and timber cannot go in your household recycling. Take it to a tip, or give reusable wood to a community wood recycler.
Tips
Most tips take wood and timber.
Community wood recyclers
Groups such as Community Wood Recycling collect reusable wood, often for less than the cost of hiring a skip.
Reusable wood can be collected
Recycle Now points to wood recycling groups such as Community Wood Recycling, which collect reusable wood.
Key facts
- Binmap lists 185 tips that say they take wood and timber.
- Another 335 places may take wood and timber, but they do not say so. Check before you go.
Last updated: 15 October 2026
Written by Binmap using guidance from Recycle Now.
Advice from national bodies
What to do
- Keep reusable lengths apart from broken wood.
- Check the tip's page for limits on how much it takes.
Kinds of place that take it
- Recycling centres
- Specialist disposal points
- Reuse shops
More local guides
- Wood and timber in Aberdeen
- Wood and timber in Altham
- Wood and timber in Bilton
- Wood and timber in Birmingham
- Wood and timber in Burnley
- Wood and timber in Camelon
- Wood and timber in Clitheroe
- Wood and timber in Farington Moss
- Wood and timber in Gateshead
- Wood and timber in Greenwich
- Wood and timber in Hatfield
- Wood and timber in Kingston upon Hull
Other kinds of place
Schemes and collection services
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