The yards I use typically don't even look. I do try to make a reasonable amount of effort to make sure I have a clean load but not sure they even notice because the quantity I give them is never more than a light duty pickup truck full at a time.



I don't recall ever getting file cabinets with wood on them but, I might take it off depending on how much time it would take and how thick/heavy the wood was. If it was just laminate fake wood - meh maybe peel it off. Thick real wood, I would make a reasonable amount of effort to remove it.