REBRI Resource Recovery Plasterboard: Centralised sorting, storage and processing (PDF)

This guide provides good practice advice to maximise recovery rates for plasterboard waste from construction and demolition (C&D) sites. The guidelines cover the sorting of plasterboard, processing of plasterboard into crushed gypsum and paper and the storage of the raw and processed product at a dedicated or centralised facility.

The aim is to assist operators of mobile and centralised crushing facilities to adopt practices that:

• maximise operational efficiency and the amount of plasterboard sorted from the landfill or cleanfill
• minimise contamination and damage of the processed product
• avoid or minimise environmental and nuisance effects from processing.

This guideline covers:

• finding good markets for crushed plasterboard
• on-site versus centralised processing
• setting up a processing facility
• operating a plasterboard recycling plant
• testing and storage of crushed plasterboard
• environmental, health and safety hurdles
• resources and contacts
• other guidelines in this series.