Recycling plasterboard is likely to become increasingly “problematic” due changes in the composition of boards to improve their thermal efficiency, according to a report published by the Department ...

The UK's capacity for recycling plasterboard waste is moving beyond the current 500,000 tonnes per annum level, thanks to two projects expanding their processing activities. In Lincolnshire, Caythorpe ...

Hawke’s Bay has been piloting a new way to tackle one of the building industry’s most persistent waste streams - plasterboard. Since the bag-based trial began in May this year, 13,938 kilograms of ...

A new capital support competition has been launched by the Waste & Resources Action Programme to encourage the increased recovery and recycling of plasterboard. WRAP is a UK-based agency. Following ...

A report into plasterboard use shows waste gypsum has been reduced on four key areas for the third year in a row. The report, released yesterday (February 10) as part of the Ashdown Agreement on ...

Strong progress has been made by the U.K. plasterboard manufacturers in recycling scrap plasterboard and reducing the amount of material sent to landfills in the first year of the industry’s Ashdown ...

According to Dave Marsh, WRAP's material recycling project manager, there are two obvious main sources for plasterboard waste – installation (off-cuts and damaged boards) and removal during ...