Wood-based materials (plywood)

Basic legal sources

Annex 2.17: Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance (ORRChem)

- Wood-based materials

Wood-based materials (e.g. chipboard and fibreboard) may only be place don the market if the levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, benzo[a]pyrene and pentachlorophenol that they contain do not exceed the prescribed limits. The aim is to prevent pollutants finding their way into new products via wood residues.

Further informations

Documents

Schadstoffgehalte in Holzwerkstoffen und Altholz (PDF, 477 kB, 16.07.2010)Schlussbericht der schweizweiten Marktkontrollen. 2010

Schadstoffgehalte in Holzabfällen

Analyseresultate der Holzkampagne 98. 2004
(available in German)

Last modification 07.09.2023