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Find out everything you need to know about recycling plasterboard.

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  • How plasterboard is made
  • About plasterboard
  • Disposal and recycling of plasterboard
  • Uses of recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard
  • Plasterboard recycler directory

Project information

  • Ashdown Agreement
  • Review of plasterboard material flows and barriers to greater use of recycled plasterboard
  • Segregated plasterboard collections at Household Waste Recycling Centres
  • PAS 109: Specification for the production of recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard

Key publications

  • Ashdown Agreement AR 2010 cover
    Ashdown Agreement Annual Report - April 2009 to March 2010. 170kb pdf
  • Cover of Ashdown Agreement Annual Report 2008-09
    Ashdown Agreement Annual Report - April 2008 to March 2009. 171kb pdf
  • Ashdown Agreement annual report document cover
    Ashdown Agreement Annual Report 2007/08. 244kb pdf
  • Recycled gypsum in construction product applications document cover
    The use of high recycled gypsum content in concrete mixes for use in construction product applications such as masonry or paving blocks. 756kb pdf
  • Life Cycle Assessment of Plasterboard document cover
    A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) demonstrating the measurable benefits achieved from recycling waste plasterboard. 6149kb pdf

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