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Expect to see discounts on reclaimed timber, usual reclaimed gems including ex-Hunterian archive drawers, specially priced scaffold board shelving, plus a few things to prepare you for the festive season (including gift vouchers!). A few other things will be announced soon!

Glasgow-based artist Tinsel Edwards created a beautiful series of pieces for her degree show utilising ex-Hunterian Museum archive drawers. See the paintings and learn about what's next for her practice.

Take a look at our waste wood collections statistics for the financial year 2022-2023. This will be our baseline to help us set environmental goals and continue to improve our positive impacts.

Glasgow School of Art graduate Susan Breckenridge up-cycles drawers from the Hunterian Museum & Gallery to display all the treasured memories and artefacts of her childrens' lives.

Via our wood collections service, we worked with EventCycle to collect waste wood from COP26 back in 2021. When Scottish Libraries contacted us in early summer 2023 to produce some peg boards, we had just the material for the job! Learn about the full transformation here.

We've received Social Enterprise award at the Morgan Sindall Local Supply Chain Awards. Next month, we're going to the 25th Glasgow Business Awards to find out if we've won the Scottish Water award for Sustainable Development! To top it off, we're nominated in Morgan Sindall's National Awards in November... keep your fingers crossed!

Glasgow School of Art Sculpture Masters student Garret, centres his practice around restoring and reimagining waste timber. Using a wide range of reclaimed wood including various components of oak whisky barrels, he combines this timber with other recycled materials to craft highly unique sculptures.

Are you confident you could join our yard & retail team to help support and develop our sales? Know someone who might be interested? With Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector, we're offering a paid work placement to join our team in the Bay F timber yard & warehouse. Learn more about the role here.