Wood waste cannot always be reused, so the question of professional disposal arises. It plays a role here whether the material is in its original condition or has been treated with different means.
Treated wood should never be burned
Natural wood
Class A I wood is untreated and contains no dirt or pollutants. New chipboard or compressed wood is made from original waste wood, provided you hand over the material to a recycling center. If small amounts are disposed of with the residual waste, they are then incinerated. Furniture and building materials can be disposed of as bulky waste.
Treated wood
There are three categories of wood that is not left in its natural state, which must be sorted accordingly during disposal. In this way you make an active contribution to environmental protection, because the wood waste can then be professionally recycled. The following classification is based on the pollutant load and is assigned to categories A II to A IV in accordance with the Waste Wood Ordinance. You should take this wood waste to the recycling center or dispose of it in a container from a specialist company.
Without halogenated organic compounds
This category includes interior wood products that are painted, glued, lacquered or coated. However, they do not contain any toxic compounds and are free of heavy metals, PVC or wood preservatives. This wood waste is shredded and used as secondary fuel in the form of wood chips.
With organohalogen compounds
This group includes wood that is contaminated with halogen elements such as chlorine, bromine or iodine. Materials intended for the interior are often treated with environmentally harmful paints and glazes (66.50€). This includes floors, boxes, furniture and decorative beams. Like category A II material, this waste is thermally recycled in a suitable facility.
tips
You should not burn treated wood yourself in the garden, as the pollutants are released into the environment.
With wood preservatives
Many woods that are used outdoors contain wood preservatives. These protect against weathering, fungi and pest infestation and require separate recycling by specialist companies. This includes not only chemically treated exterior wood, but also railway sleepers, which appear again and again as decorative elements or leftovers in the garden.
Typical woods of category A VI:
- load-bearing structural timber in half-timbered houses or in roof structures
- Wooden terraces, balcony railings, garden houses and pergolas
- Doors and windows as well as impregnated garden furniture