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Wood
There is a greater number of types of wood and almost as many possibilities for changing the consistency and appearance of the wood. The following sorting manual is intended to help you to decide which types of wood can be disposed of together and which should be disposed of in a separate container.
Untreated wood (A1)
Yes:
untreated, mechanically processed scrap wood that was not contaminated with foreign substances when used (untreated wood, pallets of solid timber, square-shaped timber, wood sections)No:
materials with hazardous substances, chipboard, plywood, tree trunksWood treated with preservative (A2 and A3)
Yes:
scrap wood category A2: glued, primed, coated, painted or otherwise treated wood without halogen-organic compounds in the coating and without a wood preservative; scrap wood category 3: scrap wood with halogen-organic compounds in the coating and without a wood preservativeNo:
materials with hazardous substances, telegraph poles, railway sleepers, wood used for window frames, doors, roof trussesWood treated with preservative (A4)
Yes:
wood used for window frames with and without glass, railway sleepers, rustic fences, garden fences, garden shed doors, construction timber treated with preservative, trusses, cable drums, scrap wood treated with preservative, hop poles, vineyard poles, other scrap wood that because of its degree of contamination cannot be allocated to the scrap wood categories A1, A2 or A3No:
scrap wood containing PCB, e.g. the fixed outer parts of window frames, exterior doors, wood used in horticulture and farmingEnter your postcode, and find the right contact:
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