A new standard for recycled wood mainly covering panel board, energy from waste, animal bedding and mulch, which has been published by WRAP and others will not apply to wood that has been reclaimed for reuse as wood. The standard is called PAS 111:2012 Specification for the requirements and test methods for processing waste wood. A PAS is a publicly available specification, which is an industry sponsored standard carrying no legal weight in its present form, but it may eventually become a British Standard or CEN European standard.
 
The standard states that it aims to provide a specification for individuals and organizations recovering and processing post-industrial and post-consumer waste wood into wood products such that potential customers will be assured that they are procuring a material of consistent and verifiable quality.
 
Its also states that under current legislation, all forms of waste wood covered by this PAS are classified as waste until incorporated into an end use application. It follows that handling, transportation storage and use of these materials must comply with all regulations arising from the Waste Framework Directive.
 
Also 'This PAS does not apply to the reuse of wood products or to the processing of pre-consumer wood waste.'
 
And '3.14 hazardous waste wood that is covered by legislation on hazardous waste and subject to the associated controls. NOTE 1: Waste wood that has been treated with CCA or creosote is likely to be classified as hazardous waste. NOTE 2: See also 3.20 for definition of non-hazardous treated waste wood. NOTE 3: The classification of waste wood as non- hazardous or hazardous is in most cases a complex matter requiring information on the specific chemicals in the wood and their concentration' also does not apply to antique reclaimed or salvaged wood.