Creosote Council

The Creosote Council is a non-profit product stewardship and joint data development group composed of the U.S. registrants of coal tar creosote — a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-registered wood preservative applied to industrial wood products at pressure-treatment plants.

Creosote-treated wood products have been making a valuable contribution to the nation’s transportation, communications, energy, and maritime infrastructures for more than a century. Today’s railway ties, utility poles, and marine pilings are protected with creosote from insect infestation and decay. In terms of performance and cost, creosote-treated wood products deliver benefits that cannot be matched by substitutes.