Reseiclo

Company profile
Reseiclo Community Wood Recycling is a not-for-profit company. It was born out of the original Reseiclo Environmental Services Ltd. which was founded in May 2005. We provide an efficient and environmentally-responsible collection service to organisations at a cost that is below that of other waste disposal options. We are cheaper and more flexible than skip hire! The products that we manufacture are all handmade in our Newport facility from the wood that we collect. We even use other hardware that we pick up in our products; even the nails are re-used! 

History
Reseiclo (pronounced ‘recyclo’) is a word that sounds as though it could be the Welsh for 'recycling'. Founder and Director Trefor Puw first had the idea of starting a business recycling wood after reading an article in the magazine ‘Recycling world’ in April 2002. The article was about Richard Mehmed, who set up the Brighton & Hove Wood Recycling Project in 1998.

At the time Trefor was working in the Medical Electronics Industry in Cardiff, South Wales, while studying for an MA in Environmental Management at the University of Wales Newport. He had already decided that 20 years working in Electronics was enough and had embarked on the MA course as a way out of Electronics and into another career that he had been passionate about since childhood. He read the article and thought “What a brilliant idea!” and immediately called Richard to talk to him about it. When he told Richard that he was in a secure, well-paid job, Richard, although enthusiastic about wood recycling, couldn’t advise Trefor to walk out of his job to start his own company straight away. However, in the winter of 2003, circumstances changed! It was in December of that year that Trefor was made redundant from his job at the age of 45. “Ah well!” he thought “It’s now or never!” and although he half-heartedly attended a few interviews to get another job in Electronics, he set about forming Reseiclo. 

With help from Richard, he took his idea for a similar project for Newport to Newport & Gwent Enterprise. They were helpful in advising Trefor on setting up the company.

In order to find out whether such a project may succeed in Newport, a Feasibility/Market Research survey was carried out by the National Community Wood Recycling Project, commissioned by Reseiclo and part funded by the WDA Environmental Goods & Services section. The results were encouraging. Finally, in May 2005, Reseiclo began trading and immediately teamed up with the International Construction company Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd. Reseiclo was contracted to collect all their wood waste from the Victoria Wharf site in Cardiff Bay. Other help received has been from The Wales Environment Trust and their CWMre (Creating Welsh Markets for Recyclate) initiative and Newport City Council with a Start-up subsidy. 

Business to date
In 2006, we saved over 1063 cu yds from going to the landfill. In 2013 we collected over 7200 cu yards, which is over 600 tonnes of 'waste' wood reused or recycled.

With over 2 years experience in the Wood Recycling industry, Reseiclo Community Wood Recycling is a young business, offering waste wood collection services and sales of reclaimed timber to customers throughout the local area. Established in 2005 as Reseiclo Environmental Services Ltd, the business is situated in Newport.