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  • Glossary item | 19 Mar 2025

Construction and demolition wood waste

Timber waste generated during construction, demolition, and renovation. There are three types of wood waste: untreated timber waste, engineered wood waste, and preservative-treated or painted wood waste.

Israt Jahan, Guomin Zhang, Muhammed Bhuiyan, Satheeskumar Navaratnam, Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach, Sustainability 2022, 14, 10478 . https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710478

Source category: Scientific & Technical Literature