I wondered before about the idea of burning waste wood / pallets.
The thing that put me off is the idea that you are not burning virgin timber, you are burning processed wood. I guess, but I may be wrong, that these are treated with preservatives? Maybe not the cheap disposable ones I suppose.
Some of them are painted tho, again maybe not the cheap disposables.
Anyway, if its not virgin timber I know that burning it will give off dioxins into the general environment, and also into the specific environment of your front room (esp true for an open fire).
Or am I way off here?