Wood and wood products

This guidance is for businesses that manufacture, treat or process wood or timber products. This includes:

• treating timber with preservatives such as fencing, decking, landscaping products or construction timbers
• manufacturing timber composites including fibreboard, plywood, veneers and laminates
• saw-milling to produce wood chip, wooden pallets, fencing stakes or sawn timber
• wood-working to produce furniture, garden timber products or structural timbers used in construction
• applying a coating or finish to wooden surfaces including doors, windows, and furniture
• burning processed waste wood as a fuel.