Wood

Wood wooden shelf shelves, Poles, 2x2, Raw, Flooring, Bed pieces, Unfinished, Parquet, Timber, Boards, Chopping board, Bamboo, Box wod, Wooden box, Crates, Wooden clothes peg, Ice cream stick, Wooden planks, MDF, Wooden peg, Plywood

Recyclable?

Blue Bins & Chutes

Other Recycling

Trash

There are no places in Singapore for households to recycle small amounts of wood.

Alternative

Freecycle / Give Away

For pieces in good conditions, some maker groups (eg Singapore Home DIY FB) may be interested in wood donations or deep discount sales.

There are also quite a lot of people giving away wooden pallets online .

Ground Up Initiative

Online Freecycle Groups

Carousell

Olio

Alternative

Buy or Sell

Wood is sometimes “reclaimed” from fixtures or furniture and resold as raw material or as boards for shelves.

Second hand dealers and other buyers are usually interested in solid wood like teak, rosewood, walnut, and oak.

Items made from cheap wood like MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard), particle board, and laminated plywood have little resale value.

Carousell

Alternative

Specialised Recycling

Are a business looking to recycle wood in large quantities? If so, read on…

There are many industrial wood collection and recycling companies in Singapore. However they tend to deal in bulk and charge collection fees. Many specialise in wooden pallet purchase, refurbishment, and resale.

Alternative

Tips & Suggestions

For requests and offers of used wood online, use these hashtags: #usedwood #salvagedwood #reclaimedwood

Options for connecting givers and takers of salvaged wood are not great but more use of these hashtags will help people find each other. If you need wood, ask for it on Olio. If you have wood, offer there are more suggestions above.

Info & Insights

Furniture from Recycled Wood

If you have large pieces of wood, for example a felled tree trunk, you could consider finding a local furniture maker that deals in such wood, for example Suar Wood Table.