Wood waste definition

Wood waste means untreated wood and untreated wood products, including tree stumps (whole or chipped), trees, tree limbs (whole or chipped), bark, sawdust, chips, scraps, slabs, millings, and shavings. Wood waste does not include:
Wood waste means source separated whole trees, tree trunks, tree parts, tree stumps, brush and leaves provided that they are not composted, and lumber (non-chemically treated and unpainted);
Wood waste means solid waste consisting of wood pieces or particles generated as a by-product or waste from the manufacturing of wood products, construction, demolition, handling and storage of raw materials, trees and stumps. This includes, but is not limited to, sawdust, chips, shavings, bark, pulp, hogged fuel, and log sort yard waste, but does not include wood pieces or particles containing paint, laminates, bonding agents or chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol, or copper-chrome-arsenate.

Examples of Wood waste in a sentence

  • Wood waste generation in the Forest industry in Nigeria and prospects for its industrial utilization.

  • Wood waste can be found at lumber mills and wood processing facilities as a residue (bark, sawdust and planer shavings), as well as in urban wood waste streams (construction debris, yard trimmings, etc.).Industrial facilities that produce wood waste and mill residues tend to utilize these fuels on-site in wood- fired boilers.

  • Wood waste fuels (mill residues and urban woodwaste) are considered separately in this report, as they are collected at industrial sites and wood recycling yards, generally costing less than forest residues that have been hauled to the roadside, and having a slightly different composition.


More Definitions of Wood waste

Wood waste means solid waste consisting of wood pieces or particles which are generated from the manufacturing or production of wood products, harvesting, process or storage of raw wood materials, or construction and demolition activities.
Wood waste means trees, untreated wood, and other natural woody debris, including tree stumps, brush and limbs, root mats, and logs.
Wood waste means solid waste consisting of wood pieces or particles which are generated from the manufacturing or production of wood products, harvesting, processing or storage of raw wood materials, or construction or demolition activities.
Wood waste means tree stumps (whole or chipped), trees, tree limbs (whole or chipped), bark,
Wood waste means wood scraps, including painted, treated and coated wood from wood work residues, interior doors and household furniture, but does not include wood or wood scraps generated from construction, demolition, renovation or commercial purposes.
Wood waste means industrial dimension lumber, pallets, shipping dunnage, and similar 18 discarded processed wood materials, and large tree limbs.
Wood waste means chemically untreated wood pieces or particles generated from processes commonly used in the timber products industry. Such materials include but are not limited to sawdust, chips, shavings, stumps, bark, hog-fuel and log sort yard waste, but do not include wood pieces or particles containing or treated with chemical additives, glue resin, or chemical preservatives.