Saint-Gobain Pilots Gypsum Wallboard Circular Economy …
The ambitious closed-loop project, hosted at the only gypsum wallboard manufacturing site in the state of New York, comes as Saint-Gobain continues to roll out its new global Grow and Impact strategy, which includes reducing waste and increasing the circularity of raw materials in its production processes, allowing Saint-Gobain to achieve …
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Improving and using recycled gypsum
It is a textbook example of how to build a mutually beneficial closed-loop recycling system. Establishing a nationwide mechanism for collection and recycling of gypsum has required industry-wide co-operation and Knauf is currently chair of the Gypsum Product Development Association (GPDA).
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Closing the loop on gypsum
NWGR says their closed-loop sustainable solution ensures gypsum is not 'lost', as it is when composted or land-spread, and …
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What Is Closed Loop Recycling?
In a closed loop, goods are recycled over and over again and remade into the same (or similar) products every time, without any waste going to a landfill. Closed loop recycling works for materials ...
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Gypsum to Gypsum (GtoG): The European Life+ Project …
Such closed-loop recycling for gypsum products will only happen if: !!Deconstruction techniques are applied for all demolition or refurbishment projects; !!Sorting of waste is done at source - thereby avoiding mixed waste; ... UK, some gypsum recycling companies are starting to develop for the UK market,
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NYC closes the loop on gypsum wallboard
We're able to get a recycling program for sheetrock and have very little impact on the job," says Vinnie Teklits, executive superintendent at Hunter Roberts Construction Group, who has played a "pivotal role" in …
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Life cycle of gypsum products in a circular economy
Download scientific diagram | Life cycle of gypsum products in a circular economy. Highlighted in grey, the EoL stage and EoL processes needed to achieve closed-loop recycling. RG recycled gypsum ...
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Gypsum Recycling Process | Portland, Oregon | Urban Gypsum
Learn how post-consumer gypsum is a perfect closed-loop product applicable for many uses and how we reuse this valuable resource. top of page ... More. CALL TODAY 503-232-6108. OUR PROCESS. At Urban Gypsum®, our gypsum recycling process is based on basic principles of recover, recycle, and reuse. Step 2. RECYCLE. Step 1. …
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Gypsum recycling plant in cooperation with PORR & Saint …
Gypsum-to-gypsum recycling – closed-loop recycling means teamwork PORR and Saubermacher are active as strong players on the deconstruction and disposal market, which ensures the delivery of the gypsum waste. Among other things, recycling specialist Saubermacher offers new digital logistics solutions for transporting gypsum …
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Drywall Recycling
It can be used in a closed-loop to manufacture new gypsum drywall. It is also commonly used in agriculture as fertilizer and soil amendment to support crop and soil health. Additionally, recycled gypsum has other industrial uses, such as the manufacture of Portland cement. Recycled gypsum provides both environmental and economical benefits.
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Recycling Gypsum | Walls & Ceilings
March 29, 2023. When this column last addressed gypsum panel recycling in 2016, the focus was on development of an ASTM standard …
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Gypsum) |
May 5, 2018. Recently, the green building sector has outpaced overall construction growth in the U.S., generating $167.4 billion in GDP—and it doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. In fact, green …
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6th European Gypsum Recyclers Forum
interested in gypsum recycling. Tim Mulso, from USA Gypsum, explained that the company has been recycling gypsum for agricultural use for over 20 years and that more closed-loop recycling opportunities have been arising in the past years. One of the main hurdles he mentioned was the relatively low profitability of the recycling business
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Gypsum Wallboard Recycling: A Reality Check
The processors remove the paper facers and create recycled gypsum feedstock for closed-loop recycling in drywall and open-loop recycling into agriculture, portland …
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ASTM C1881-2020: Standard Guide for Closed-Loop Recycling …
This guide provides guidance for the handling, physical condition and compositional considerations for selecting scrap gypsum panel products and the recycled gypsum derived from that scrap for recycling into new gypsum panel products. This guide applies to material derived from gypsum panel products manufactured in accordance with …
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Management of end-of-life gypsum in a circular economy
5.1. Introduction. As a construction and demolition waste (C&DW) stream, the case of gypsum is considered to be quite particular as its reversible hydration chemical process makes it indefinitely recyclable (Eurogypsum, 2006) and thus well suited for closing the loop in a circular economy.Closing the gypsum loop in a circular economy involves …
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Recycling
To facilitate the safe recycling of clean scrap, GA staff and member companies led the development of ASTM C1881 – 20 Standard Guide for Closed-Loop Recycling of Scrap Gypsum Panel Products. Recycling gypsum board from any source remains …
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Environmental Evaluation of Gypsum Plasterboard …
Especially against the background of a circular economy, the recycling of waste gypsum is of growing importance. However, the use of recycled gypsum only makes sense if it is environmentally friendly. …
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Gypsum recycling presents challenges | American Recycler …
As Weaver noted, end markets are another big challenge surrounding gypsum recycling. In addition, gypsum is a low valued commodity that is expensive to transport. According to Weaver, of the 42 million metric tons supplied, 10 percent is used to manufacture Portland cement, 36 percent for agriculture and miscellaneous. and 53 …
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Sustainability
The greater cost of such disposal increased the demand for cost effective closed-loop recycling. The plasterboard industry also promotes greater recycling through its support of the Environment Agency & WRAP Quality Protocol programme, and the successful development of BSI PAS109: 2013 "Specification for the Production of Recycled …
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C1881 Standard Guide for Closed-Loop Recycling of Scrap Gypsum …
Note 2: Closed-loop recycling is just one means to consider, as there are many pathways for landfill diversion. Scope 1.1 This guide provides guidance for the handling, physical condition and compositional considerations for selecting scrap gypsum panel products and the recycled gypsum derived from that scrap for recycling into new …
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US association takes fresh look at gypsum recycling
Close. Back. Insight. ... have perfected methods to process the material into useful end products ranging from soil amendment to closing the loop into new wallboard. To support increased interest in recovering more gypsum, the CDRA – which promotes and defends the environmentally sound recycling of the more than 600 million t of …
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Improving and using recycled gypsum
It is a textbook example of how to build a mutually beneficial closed-loop recycling system. Establishing a nationwide mechanism for collection and recycling of gypsum has required industry-wide co …
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Best practices for the management of end-of-life gypsum in …
While gypsum can effectively be recycled, most gypsum waste (GW) is currently landfilled in the European Union. In order to achieve higher recovery rates and promote a closed-loop supply chain, it is necessary that stakeholders can implement best practices, in particular from waste production to waste processing, processes that are …
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Recycling of Gypsum Panels | ASTM Standardization News
ASTM's gypsum and related building materials and systems committee (C11) developed the new standard, which will soon be published as C1881. ... "The intended application of the new standard will be to help the closed-loop recycling of gypsum panels, in which the gypsum derived from the scrap panels is used in new panel products," says ...
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Life cycle energy and material flow implications of gypsum plasterboard
In the high recycling case, 18.7% of recycled gypsum is reincorporated, corresponding to 93.6% closed-loop plasterboard recycling. When moving from the 2013 base case to the high recycling case, 1.65 Mt/year of plasterboard waste landfilling is avoided, therefore contributing to mitigating primary resource depletion and preventing H …
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Construction Materials
Clean gypsum wallboard with no paint, nails or wood, can be ground up and reprocessed into new wallboard or used as a landscaping additive similar to lime. ... Armstrong World Industries is a designer and manufacturer of floors and ceilings that also operates a "closed loop recycling program" for ceiling tiles. Check out Armstrong's ...
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A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION …
original and naturally occurring gypsum state again. Therefore g, ypsum products can be counted amongst the very few construction materials where "closed-loop" recycling is possible, i.e. where the waste is used to make the same product again. 2. Article 4 of the Directive 2008/98/EC on Waste (also known as the Waste Framework Directive,
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Processing of Gypsum Construction and Demolition …
The gypsum CDW recycling efficiency is still being investigated and evaluated to reach the highest efficiency of a closed life-cycle loop of gypsum binder. The properties of gypsum binders coming from four types of CDW have been investi-gated in this research. The recycling process and the properties of the secondary gypsum …
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