Meaning of wood waste
8 Meaning of wood waste
For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, wood waste means:
biomass:
produced from non‑native environmental weed species; and
harvested for the control or eradication of the species, from a harvesting operation that is approved under relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory planning and approval processes; and
a manufactured wood product or a by‑product from a manufacturing process; and
waste products from the construction of buildings or furniture, including timber off‑cuts and timber from demolished buildings; and
sawmill residue.
Examples for paragraph (b): Packing case, pallet, recycled timber, engineered wood product (including one manufactured by binding wood strands, wood particles, wood fibres or wood veneers with adhesives to form a composite).
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