RECYCLING GYPSUM WASTE
Plasterboard, gypsum wallboard and gypsum based products
The landfilling of gypsum and other wastes with high sulphate content together with biodegradable waste has been banned in England and Wales since July 2005. This is to prevent the build up of hydrogen sulphide gas which is both toxic and odorous. However, where construction waste contains up to 10 per cent gypsum, separate disposal has to date not been required.
On 1 April 2009 the ten per cent guideline was scrapped and gypsum waste that cannot be recycled and is sent to landfill must be deposited in a separate cell with non-biodegradable waste.
Recycling gypsum waste for householders
We have introduced large dumpy bags into every household waste recycling site we operate in order for this waste to be recycled and are now in the process of introducing skips onto the sites that have the room.
Find your nearest site here.
Recycling gypsum waste for commercial customers
We can arrange for containers to be placed on site to contain your gypsum waste. Please ring 08450 178 688.
Acceptable waste materials for our collection skips:
- Gypsum blocks
- Virgin gypsum board cut-offs
- Complete boards or broken parts
- Gypsum ceilings, floors, walls etc.
- Gypsum based pharmaceutical products & materials
- Industrial based gypsum based products and materials
This material can come from:
- Waste from rebuilds
- Waste from demolition projects
- New construction waste
- Production scrap
How is the waste gypsum recycled?
All the waste plasterboard is processed in the UK, with a firm that has over the years developed a number of reuses for the by-products from the process. All the gypsum is 100% recycled through sustainable and responsible outlets, predominantly in the cement and plasterboard industry.
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