Wood
Bin: Wood skipBecomes chipboard or green energy.
Wood is classified as A-wood (untreated), B-wood (painted or glued) and C-wood (impregnated). A- and B-wood may be mixed; C-wood is hazardous waste and must be kept separate.
This belongs in it
- Pallets and crates
- Beams, planks and battens
- Chipboard, MDF and plywood
- Wooden furniture without fabric or foam
- Doors and frames without glass
This does not belong in it
- Impregnated wood (C-wood, offer separately)
- Railway sleepers and creosoted wood
- Wood with concrete, stone or a lot of metal
- Laminate with a plastic top layer — ask first
What happens to it?
- 1. Skip on site
Wood goes into a dedicated skip; nails and screws may stay in.
- 2. Sorting
At the yard the wood is sorted by quality and stripped of metal with a magnet.
- 3. Chipping
The wood is ground into chips.
- 4. Board or energy
Clean chips become new chipboard; the rest becomes biomass for green heat and power.
Where is it processed?
Sorted at our own yard, then on to a chipboard plant or a biomass plant.
This is what it becomes
Good to know
Rules and legislation
The Circular Materials Plan requires organisations to keep A- and B-wood and wooden packaging separate from 3 m³ when it arises incidentally; above 660 litres of business waste per week this applies monthly. Impregnated C-wood is kept apart from A- and B-wood.
Sources
The figures and rules on this page were checked against the following sources.
- Gescheiden houden van bedrijfsafval en gevaarlijk afvalRijkswaterstaat — Circulair Materialenplan
- Afvalstromen en dienstverleningDe Graaf Groep
Checked on 18 August 2026