Jean-François Blais

Remediation processes for wood treated with organic and/or inorganic preservatives

Treated wood wastes disposal is becoming a challenge because of increasing amounts of treated wood wastes and restricted regulations regarding solid wastes landfilling or burning. Appropriate disposal options have been developed in recent years based on treated wood wastes recycling. However, treated wood wastes recycling options are limited because of organic or inorganic preservative agents. Recovery of these compounds is sometimes required to allow treated wood wastes recycling. This chapter reviews remediation technologies based on inorganic and organic compounds removal by physical, biological or chemical processes. It then discussed future trends concerning treated wood wastes recycling options.