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The Hastings & Bexhill Wood Recycling Project, Our mission is to keep wood out of landfill and to make working as much fun as playing.
 Our mission is to keep wood out of landfill and to make working as much fun as playing. The Hastings & Bexhill Wood Recycling Project is a social enterprise. The project has been set up with the dual purpose of recycling wood which would otherwise be destined for landfill and working with volunteers and local unemployed trainees to help develop skills that will be useful to them in finding work.
 Photography by John Cole What happens when a career roadie wants to put down roots? In the case of old friends Oggs & Trapper, who have spent decades traveling the world as road crew to top bands they move to Hastings and set up this inspiring Wood Recycling Project.
 Photography by John Cole Stewart Walton with two of the trainees (centre) is responsible for all Design at the project - see the Design Page for more details).
 Fencing, pallets, timber off-cuts' doors (no glass),cable reels, boxes, furniture. Separate the wood, call us and we will collect it.
  We operate an Environmental Task Force in the Hastings Area providing a supervised workforce to assist with environmental, maintenance or regeneration projects.
 We stock obviously used boards with the usual splattering of paint and wear and tear. We also have scaffold board seconds. Health & safety issues rule out the use of boards with too many knots or any minor splitting which can condemn a whole board to being pulped.
 The South Coast has a sea defence system made up of oak groynes consisting of upright pillars and horizontal planks. These are battered by the sea and polished, worn and shaped by the constant tidal churning of shingle. They are repaired and replaced periodically and this reclaimed timber is what we offer for sale. It can be cleaned and polished to further enhance its character.
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