Where possible, recycling is favourable over burning Accoya wood as the end product is 100% recyclable. This is unlike materials such as wood plastic composite (WPC), which are challenging to recycle due to the mixture of wood and plastic.

When recycling is not an option, the German research institute Wilhelm-Klauditz-Istitut (WKI) has confirmed that Accoya wood may be safely incinerated for energy production in the same manner as untreated wood and that no additional toxic substances will be released upon incineration (unlike wood chemically impregnated with metal salts).