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
The 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
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