What we provide
Wood Collection
Recycle your waste wood by using our wood waste collection services and save 40% or more on skip charges.
Wood Shop
You can purchase reclaimed and locally sourced timber for DIY and manufactured items from our Wood Shop in Abingdon, and our fabulous range of reclaimed wood furniture can also be purchased from our online shop.
We Deliver
We are happy to deliver your wood within 30 miles so if you can’t fit it into your car or prefer to arrange a more convenient time, our team will be happy to help!
Tool Hire
If you don’t have the required tools or accessories to do your next DIY project, you can borrow what you need from us, so you don’t need to buy new!
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About us
A social enterprise working in and for your community
Oxford Wood Recycling was established in 2005 by Richard Snow, Nick Dowling and Helen Porter who had met during a postgraduate Forestry degree at Oxford University. Their mission is to address the wasteful attitude towards wood products in the UK by providing alternative waste management solutions.
Building on Richard’s social enterprise business experience there was also an opportunity to enable people facing severe disadvantages to get back into mainstream employment. Using these two issues as pillars of an organisation, Oxford Wood Recycling was created and based in Milton Park, Didcot. By 2015 Oxford Wood Recycling had outgrown that space and relocated to Abingdon, just off the Drayton Road.
Oxford Wood Recycling recently scooped the Muddy Stilettos Award for Best Sustainable Business in Bucks and Oxon. Whether making wood products or handling timber, Oxford Wood Recycling believes that working with wood is very therapeutic!
We care for our environment and transform lives.
Our Social Mission
An award-winning Social Enterprise and Charity, Oxford Wood Recycling was established to address sustainability issues in wood waste management and providing employment opportunities for people facing disadvantages.
Recycle
We collect unwanted wood from both commercial and domestic properties that may otherwise end up in landfill.
Reuse
Our reclaimed wood is cleaned up and offered for sale or made into furniture in our Abingdon workshop.
Reduce
We reduce waste and carbon emissions by recycling and up-cycling wood.
Retain
We have become an award winning social enterprise and offer training to local people through volunteering and employment opportunities.
Oxford Wood Recycling:
- Offers commercial and domestic wood waste collections around Oxfordshire, maximising recycling and reclaiming wood for reuse.
- Empowers our community to support their environment by purchasing reclaimed and locally sourced timber for DIY and manufactured items from the Wood Shop in Abingdon.
- Transforms lives by supporting people excluded from working to move towards and into employment