Plasterboard Recycling

Plasterboard cannot be disposed in landfill due to it's sulphate content and must be separated for containment and recycling

The McGrath Group can help you separate and recycle plasterboard to meet Environment Agency regulations.

The construction and demolition industry generates 1 million tonnes of waste plasterboard per year.  The McGrath Group can provide environmental, legal and socio economic benefits for all your plasterboard disposal needs.

McGrath's Plasterboard Disposal Services :

The recycling of plasterboard merits a special and complex procedure.  As plasterboard contains sulphate which is a contaminate, plasterboard is categorised as hazardous waste.  Only specialist waste disposal experts can safely recycle and dispose of plasterboard and gypsum materials in accordance with the Environment Agency protocol and Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) criteria.

Since 1st April 2009 UK and European Legislation prohibited plasterboard being landfilled with general waste.  However in accordance with BSI Publicly Available Specification (BSI PAS 109:2008) we can provide a 100% recycling route for all waste plasterboard.

We offer a 100% plasterboard and gypsum materials waste disposal and recycle service under ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 assured accreditation.

Recycled plasterboard has many end uses including:

• To make new plasterboard

• As an ingredient in cement

• To make bricks and building blocks

• For agricultural and horticultural improver and conditioner.

By using our solution you are preserving natural resources, reducing your organisations carbon footprint and helping to prevent shortages of raw materials.

We can provide:

• Clearly labelled skips or wheelie bins to enable on site segregation or deliver to our  MRF’s using alternative transport.

• Monitoring and reporting in accordance with Duty of Care requirements and SWMP compliance.

• Project environmental management performance reporting.