Arsenic based timber treatments will be phased out in the US by the end of this year. Their use in Australia is under investigation. The review will determine whether this kind of treated wood ...

Cca Treated Timber Is As Safe As Houses! Monday, 5 May 2003, 10:41 am Press Release: ... You could burn treated timber and inhale the fumes, play in the ashes or even eat the ashes.

CCA Timber as it is known, is treated with copper chrome arsenate, and it's used to prevent wood from rotting. The product was banned in the United States in January last year, and in the European ...

The CCA-treated timber waste is equivalent to approximately 175,000 10-meter-high pine trees going to waste annually. Photo / Getty Images. New Zealand's ongoing use of toxic agents to treat its ...

CCA-treated timber cannot be separated from untreated timber in demolition waste. Read more: We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here's how to stop it going to landfill ...

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There are alternatives to using CCA-treated timber that include substituting alternative timber treatments, naturally resistant woods that don't need treating, or alternative materials.

Canterbury residents should not burn treated timber this winter because of risks to their health. Christchurch City Council water and waste unit manager Mark Christison said in New Zealand, copper ...

Australia is the world's third-highest per capita user of CCA-treated pine after New Zealand and the US, with about 800,000 cubic metres produced locally each year.

Chromated copper arsenate or CCA is a wood preservation process which involves saturating timber with chemicals that protect the wood from deterioration and delays combustion due to fire. While many ...