Wood waste means:

  • wooden furniture (without upholstery), wooden cabinets and chests of drawers
  • wooden and pallets
  • boards, planks, plywood, chipboard
  • fiberboard and hardboard, wooden parquet
  • painted wood, unpainted wood, wood removed from buildings
  • wooden doors, window frames (without window glass)
  • logs, sawn trees

Wood waste is delivered for chipping and burning in energy production. There is no need to remove nails from the wood waste.

Wood waste does not include:

  • Furniture with fabric upholstery or partially upholstered furniture with wooden frames does not belong to wood waste but to mixed waste.
  • Durable wood or pressure-treated wood is hazardous waste and is sorted separately for disposal for hazardous waste treatment. (Link to instructions for durable wood)
  • Doors and window frames with glass, including windows, are received separately at Kooninkeitaa.

 

Wood waste is received:

Free of charge at the Kooninkeita sorting station.

A map-based image of a wood waste pile
Wood waste pile

Published: June 1, 2020, updated May 22, 2026.