Oils

A range of interior and exterior wood oils suitable for any project and wood type. Includes traditional wood oils, Hardwax oils, wood oils with UV filters and more.

Preservers

Protect and preserve interior and exterior wood against rot, mould, algae, fungal growth, insect attack and more with these treatments and woodworm killers.

Stains

A versatile range of water and solvent-based wood stains for floors, furniture, decking and more. Choose from a range of popular wood tones to more exotic hues.

Varnishes

Protect interior and exterior wooden surfaces with the unrivalled durability of wood varnishes. A great range of clear and coloured formulations.

Waxes

A traditional way to seal and protect wooden surfaces whilst achieving a sympathetic natural finish.

Cleaners

Specially formulated and pH balanced for a variety of oiled, stained and varnished surfaces.

Paints

Opaque and transparent wood paints to customise and renovate throughout the home and garden.

Polishes

Revive, maintain or replenish your furnishings and floors with these top-notch polishes.

Tools and Accessories

A high-quality range of brushes, abrasives, rollers, filler knives, tools and more.

Fillers

From filler gels to ready-mixed wood fillers and wax filler sticks. Easy to use, quick to repair!

Glues

Keep it simple with the very best adhesives and bonding agents offering superior strength and hold.

Lacquers

A range of pigmented, water and solvent-based lacquers for commercial and trade

Primers

Ensure your varnish or lacquer achieves the very best finish with these cost-effective primers.

Removers

Make light work of removing old finishes with these faithful, effective stripping products.

Dyes

Concentrated coloured dyes to allow your own colour creation or use undiluted for a vibrant effect.

Thinners

High grade performance for effective cleaning of tools or thinning of compatible finishes.

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Consumer Information

Packaging Waste Recycling

Introduction

Wood Finishes Direct Limited is obligated under the Producer Responsibility Obligations Regulations for Packaging
The Regulations require companies who supply packaging around products to provide information to their customers on the environmental impact and recycling of packaging.
The following information should help you to understand why packaging recycling benefits the environment and what you can do to recycle your waste packaging

What are the Packaging Regulations?

The Packaging Waste Regulations require companies with a turnover greater than £2m/year and that place more than 50 tonnes of packaging onto the UK market a year to take responsibility for the recycling of a proportion of packaging that relates to the amount they place onto the market.
This is calculated by applying targets set by government to data that all obligated companies have to supply to the environmental Agencies.
Wood Finishes Direct Limited is an obligated company and is registered with the Environment Agency. We have submitted data and at the end of the year, have to demonstrate that we have paid for the cost of recycling a certain amount of packaging that relates to those targets.

What are the issues for packaging?

Packaging is an essential part of the supply process and ensures that products are delivered safely and undamaged.
Companies spend a lot of money developing new ways of packaging to enhance product safety during transit and to reduce the amount of packaging used.
Although packaging often causes strong emotions, packaging is designed with a number of issues to balance which often means a product may look over packaged.
Damage or leakage can be a problem with fragile or thin-walled containers which means that we have to place the products in interior and exterior packaging to ensure they arrive safely.

What is the problem with waste packaging?

The UK uses around 10.5m tones of packaging a year. If this is landfilled, it both loses useful resources and creates potential environmental problems for the future.

The UK Regulations have been put in place to enable the UK to meet its targets. However, the government also has a waste strategy in place to reduce the environmental impact of waste by prioritizing its disposal through:

Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

What can you do?

There are many options for recycling your packaging waste although these do vary depending on where you may live.

Most councils now collect some form of packaging, and you are encouraged to participate where possible.

Facilities are available at all Civic Amenity waste sites operated by councils and more information on what sites offer what recycling facilities can be found at: www.recycle-more.co.uk. This offers a postcode finder for the nearest facilities.

Many supermarkets also now offer to take back carrier bags and also have bottle, paper, plastic bottle and can banks in their car parks. These should also be shown on the recyclemore website.

Where can I go for more information?

Your local authority should also have more information on what recycling it does and what materials can be recycled www.gov.uk/recycling-collections will point to your local authority website and facilities.
You can keep up to date with developments in the world of recycling on www.letsrecycle.com
You can also find out all about the Packaging Waste Regulations and other similar areas of government legislation on www.360environmental.co.uk.
The Packaging Waste Regulations are controlled by Defra. They are advised by an Advisory Committee on Packaging.