A social enterprise in Woking

Recycling wood,
transforming lives.

We provide a waste wood collection service for local building sites and recycle the wood. We sell wood for DIY and make beautiful and useful wood products in our workshops. Any wood that can’t be used is chipped for bio-fuel. Recycling reduces use of virgin timber and avoids emissions from landfill.

Volunteer with us Book a collection

Builders: call 01483 714362 — cheaper than a skip.

The Useful Wood Company collection van with its wood cage

What we do

Three things, and they all feed each other

Wood collection service

We collect wood from local building sites — it costs less to recycle with us than to dispose of wood.

Book a collection
Wood collection service at The Useful Wood Company

Wood for your projects

We have a great choice of wood for small building projects and DIY available at our wood store. Open 9-5 weekdays and 10-2 Saturday.

Visit the wood store
Wood for your projects at The Useful Wood Company

Beautiful products

We make beautiful and useful products in our workshop, including bespoke items.

See what we make
Beautiful products at The Useful Wood Company

Transforming lives

The wood is only half of it

We give people who cannot access the job market at present the opportunity to gain experience of a real work environment, gaining confidence and useful skills for the future. Local volunteers make it happen.

Wood diverted from landfillWaste wood from local building sites is re-used, sold on for DIY, made into products, or chipped for bio-fuel. Recycling reduces use of virgin timber and avoids emissions from landfill.
A real work environmentPeople who cannot access the job market at present get the chance to gain experience, confidence and useful skills for the future.
A supportive teamNo previous experience needed, part-time is fine, and all equipment and training is provided.
Every penny reinvestedA not-for-profit: everything we earn gets ploughed back into what we do.

For local builders

We can collect your waste wood for less than the cost of a skip.

We collect wood from sites along the M3 – A3 corridor and towards London. We re-cycle waste wood for construction sites in and around Basingstoke, Farnham, Guildford, Aldershot, Farnborough, Woking, Staines-upon-Thames, Esher and Kingston.

  • Cheaper than a skip
  • Waste wood diverted from landfill
  • Wood re-used, re-sold or chipped for bio-fuel
  • Specialist collection vehicle with a wood cage
  • Minimum load 6 cubic yards
  • Local sites along the M3 – A3 corridor

Minimum load 6 cubic yards.

Call for a quote How it works
A volunteer working at the pillar drill in the workshop

Questions

Things people ask

The rest are on the contact page.

How much does a wood collection cost?

Less than the cost of a skip. Call 07305 987808 for a quote — the minimum load is 6 cubic yards.

Where do you collect from?

Sites along the M3 – A3 corridor and towards London: in and around Basingstoke, Farnham, Guildford, Aldershot, Farnborough, Woking, Staines-upon-Thames, Esher and Kingston.

What happens to the wood you collect?

It is sorted and re-used. Good timber is sold in our wood store for DIY and small building projects, some is made into products in our workshop, and any wood that can’t be used is chipped for bio-fuel.

Can I buy wood from you?

Yes. The wood store has a great choice of wood for small building projects and DIY, and is open 9-5 on weekdays and 10-2 on Saturdays. Come and see.

Do I need experience to volunteer?

No. We are looking for people of 18 or over from any background, and no previous experience is needed — all equipment and training is provided. It is primarily people-skills we are looking for.

Come and see us

You are welcome any time we are open

The wood store is open 9-5 on weekdays and 10-2 on Saturdays. Whether you want timber, a product, or to give some time.

Get in touch 01483 714362