European Waste Catalogue
Wood treated with hazardous preservatives — creosote sleepers, CCA posts — is 17 02 04 from construction/demolition, 20 01 37 from municipal sources, or 19 12 06 out of sorting plants.
Also searched as: creosote timber, railway sleepers, CCA wood, telegraph poles
Have a 17 02 04 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier~500,000 t/year EU treated wood waste and impregnation residues · Disposal at hazardous waste facilities €80–200/t; limited recovery routes for non-hazardous fractions
Primary buyers include Sawmilling and planing of wood and Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials and Waste treatment and disposal.
Simulate this streamThe European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your treated wood is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
Construction & demolition — hazardous treated wood
Glass, plastic and wood containing or contaminated with dangerous substances
Municipal — wood containing hazardous substances
Wood containing dangerous substances
Waste sorting output — hazardous wood fraction
Wood containing dangerous substances
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
Treated Wood
With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.
See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.