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.

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Who We Are

Established to address sustainability issues in wood waste management and providing employment opportunities for people facing disadvantages.

About Oxford Wood Recycling


An award-winning Social Enterprise and Charity, 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.
  • Read our Impact Report to see just how.

Sounds good? Find out more or get in touch at info@owr.org.uk.

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Oxford Wood Recycling

Oxford Wood Recycling is a social enterprise providing an environmentally friendly alternative to a skip for producers of wood waste in Oxfordshire, West Buckinghamshire and most of Berkshire. We specialise in recovering reusable materials from the waste collected, which provide local DIYers and woodworking enthusiasts with a sustainable source of low cost timber. See the Wood Shop album to get an idea of the materials we can offer. For waste wood producers, we can provide you with a comprehensive waste audit detailing the destination of all of your waste, which you may be required to have to comply with recent legislation governing the disposal of waste. For wood users, we have an ever changing array of both ordinary and unusual materials. From raised beds to garden sheds, floorboards to firewood, bookshelves to storage boxes or workshops to wine racks. If you can make it from wood our low cost, high quality supplies are sure to fit the bill.
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Oxford Wood Recycling4 days ago
Don't forget we are hosting a Repair Café next Thursday, 5.00pm - 7.00pm at our Wood Shop on Suffolk Way!

Bring your broken items and your blunt tools, and anything that needs a a bit of TLC and the amazing volunteers from Abingdon Carbon Cutters will try and work their magic!

As always there will be lovely refreshments whilst you wait!
Oxford Wood Recycling
Oxford Wood Recycling6 days ago
A trolley load of tulipwood trims caught my eye this afternoon. All planed square edge at 30x12mm x 2.4+m long we have well over 100 strips available for just £2.50 each.

Meanwhile in the last picture you'll see that our free wood box is full to overflowing, packed with skinnier hardwood bits that we feel are too small for sale.

In between a variety of pallet panels have arrived, which could be instant walls for a small shed, garden kitchen, dustbin store or similar. There are a few different sizes in the region of 1.3m square, priced from £8-£12 each.
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Oxford Wood Recycling7 days ago
Today we have received an abundance of fabulous quality reclaimed T&G plywood which was formerly flooring in an Amazon warehouse.

All of the sheets have a plastic coating on one side meaning they are completely waterproof (apart from some screw holes). Excellent for shed or workshop flooring amongst other uses.

The majority of sheets are full size 8'x4' (2440x1220mm) but some have ~10cm missing from the ends.

We have lots of lower quality plywood too, from £8/sheet.

Elsewhere in store the core sample creates are reduced to £5 each or buy 1 get 1 FREE.

We have a small number of 6"x6" beams which could make a few planters - £10/length.

Continuing with the garden theme, these 4x1 slats could become fencing, furniture or parts of a compost bin. Only £2.20 for 1.6m.

Just a taster of the versatile products we have in stock at the moment. Visit our store to find out more!
Oxford Wood Recycling
Oxford Wood Recycling1 week ago
Spring into action this weekend as our racks are bursting with full sheets of plywood!

We also have a plentiful supply of scaffold boards if you are looking at making planters or raised beds....

If you prefer to buy them ready made, we have a number of planters ready to take away in a range of sizes!

Or if you prefer something in between, our core sample boxes scrub up beautifully as planters as you can see!

Of course we have the usual array of timber, beams, hardwoods and even free bags of sawdust!

Come on in to our Wood Shop and have a browse, you can be sure of a warm welcome!
Oxford Wood Recycling
Oxford Wood Recycling2 weeks ago
Huge live edge slab update! 😲🤩

Our team have outdone themselves this week with a spectacular array of native natural edge boards.

Featuring planed and part sanded planks of ash, elm, oak, walnut, yew and holly there will be something here to suit every project, from woodturning blanks to waney edged tables.

We've too many sizes to give more details in the post, so please visit our store to find out more.
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Oxford Wood Recycling3 weeks ago
Though mostly smaller pieces this collection of 18mm WISA spruce and beech plywood pieces will be suitable for a wide range of projects, from shed shelving to picture framing, and everything in between.

All lovely and dry offcuts the spruce ply is £9.30/m² and the beech just £22/m²!

What our customer’s have to say


“It’s very good. 100% behind it and so is the company ”

Eddie
Site Manager at Westgate Shopping Centre
Laing O’Rourke

“So helpful and patient, totally inspiring staff and materials.”

Anne G

“A fantastic Aladdin’s cave of a place. Brilliant, enthusiastic and informative people. Great collection of Hardwoods. I love this place, inspires me to try and learn new skills.

I bought a gorgeous piece of Chestnut and some large pieces of Oak to build a Garden Bench, I will certainly be back for more.”

Paddy C