European Waste Catalogue
Wooden pallets and other wooden packaging are 15 01 03. Untreated wood from construction sites is 17 02 01, and municipal wood is 20 01 38.
Also searched as: pallets, wooden packaging, crates, timber packaging
Have a 15 01 03 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier~84 Mt/year packaging placed on EU market; ~50 Mt/year collected for recycling · €0–350/tonne (clean recyclate grade)
Primary buyers include Recovery of sorted materials and Manufacture of plastic packaging goods.
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 wooden pallets is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
Wooden packaging (pallets, crates)
Wooden packaging
Construction & demolition wood
Wood (C&D waste — treated or mixed construction timber)
Municipal wood (not containing hazardous substances)
Wood not containing dangerous substances
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
Wooden Pallets
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.
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