Table 2-2. Amount of Chemical Constituents in Wood Products (Construction and
 Demolition Waste Landfills 1995)
Wood Product Chemical Constituent Amount of Note
 Chemical(s) in
 Wood
 Product
pallets and skids, pentachlorophenol < 10 ppm a
(hardwood/softwood) lindane dimethylphthalate
 copper-8-quinolinolate
 copper naphthenate
pallets, plywood phenolic resins 2-4% a
pallets, glued epoxy 2-4%
painted wood, lead-based paint lead 1400-20,000 ppm b
 (before 1950)
painted wood, acrylic-based acrylic acid, styrene, vinyl
paint toluene, < 0.01%
 nitriiles
painted wood, "metallic" aluminum powder, copper
pigments acetate, < 0.01%
 phenyl mercuric acetate, zinc
 chromate, titanium dioxide,
 copper ferrocyanide
plywood, interior grade urea formaldehyde (UF) resins 2-4% c
plywood, exterior grade phenol formaldehyde (PF) resins 2-4% c
oriented strandboard phenol formaldehyde resins, or 2-4%
 PF/isocynate resins
waterboard urea formaldehyde resins, or 5-15% UF d
"Aspenite phenolic resins 2.5% PF, 2% wax