Waste wood and furniture wood disposal in Berlin
Not all wood is the same: for disposal it matters whether it comes from indoors or was treated with wood preservative outdoors. We take furniture wood, pallets and interior doors; for treated outdoor wood we clarify the route beforehand.
The Waste Wood Ordinance distinguishes by contamination
- Chipboard furniture, painted or veneered: normal waste wood from indoors.
- Solid wood pallets and crates: uncontaminated waste wood.
- Interior doors, floorboards, shelf boards: waste wood from indoors; doors please without glass inserts or by arrangement.
- Exterior doors and wooden windows: classed by the Waste Wood Ordinance as category A IV.
- Fences, palisades, pergolas, railway sleepers: impregnated outdoor wood, category A IV, a special case.
Included in our fixed price
- Dismantling furniture, bundling and carrying the wood
- Wood sent for recycling separately from metal, electrical and residual waste
- Treated outdoor wood only by arrangement; we tell you beforehand what is possible
Collections start from €250. Photos via WhatsApp are enough for a written fixed price.
Typical waste wood
Furniture wood
Dismantled wardrobes, chests of drawers, table tops, bed frames and shelving, coated or painted too.
Pallets & crates
Pallets from the last move or project, fruit crates, slatted bases and stacks of boards from the basement.
Doors & floorboards
Interior doors taken off their hinges, frames, floorboards and panels, if they have already been removed.
Special case: treated wood. The recycling centre does not accept old picket fences, palisades or railway sleepers from the garden like furniture wood. Such wood must not be burned in a fireplace or fire pit either. Let us know beforehand and we will work out the right way. Tearing down fences or digging out railway sleepers is not part of our services.
Take it away yourself or have it collected?
The BSR recycling centre accepts wood from indoors without wood preservative (dismantled furniture, chipboard, interior doors without glass, panels) from Berlin households free of charge, together with bulky waste and metal up to 3 m³ per vehicle. If you can dismantle and load yourself, you save money. Our collection is worthwhile when whole wardrobes first have to be dismantled, a lot of wood comes from the basement or attic, or wood is part of a larger clearance.
Sources (as of November 2026, without guarantee; in German): Waste Wood Ordinance – Annex III (waste wood categories) · § 3 1st BImSchV – permitted fuels · BSR – acceptance conditions at the recycling centres · berlin.de – Rubbish: where to put old things?
What happens to waste wood
Indoor waste wood such as furniture, chipboard and interior doors is mostly turned into new wood-based materials or burned in licensed plants that produce power and heat. Wood treated with preservatives may only be burned in specially equipped plants. That is why separating matters, and why we ask about fences and garden timber.
Laminate usually counts as waste wood because it is made of fibreboard. It is only accepted when clean, without underlay, glue residue or screed. Indoor parquet and floorboards are fine as long as they are not contaminated with tar or old adhesives.
Questions about this topic
Can I burn old furniture wood in the fireplace?
No. Of the types of wood, only untreated natural wood is allowed in a fireplace. Painted, coated or glued furniture wood and wood with preservatives must be disposed of.
Do you take pallets?
Yes. Pallets in perfect condition can often be given away or returned to dealers, which is cheaper than any collection.
What about wooden windows?
Wooden windows and exterior doors count as contaminated waste wood and also contain glass. Please agree it beforehand; you or a tradesperson have to remove them yourselves.
Is laminate waste wood?
Usually yes. It should be clean, without underlay, glue residue or screed. Glued laminate or laminate with an unknown underlay we check beforehand from photos.
Is the wood recycled?
We take wood separately to the acceptance points. Depending on contamination it is made into wood-based materials or used for energy in licensed plants.
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Tell us briefly what it is about. We reply by e-mail in English, usually the same working day.