Knauf Recycle

Recycling in Housing Projects

Plasterboard recycling is a great solution on all residential building sites, from single houses to estates and high rise developments. It makes good business sense too – enabling the contractor to monitor waste and costs accurately.

It’s easy to segregate plasterboard from the general building waste stream – all it takes to start the process is a conveniently placed 1m³ bulk waste bag, anywhere within reach of a lorry-mounted crane. Instead of going to landfill, the offcuts’ gypsum cores and paper liners are reclaimed and fed back into the production process – so ‘waste’ becomes economically useful again rather than harming the environment.

On larger developments, such as apartment buildings, 660 litre wheelie bins are placed as close as possible to the workplace, to minimise the movement of waste material and ensure a clean, safe site. When full, the bins are taken to a central point for loading into a mobile compaction unit.

	Case Study: Barratt Elektron Development
	Innovative design detailing and improved plasterboard waste management combine to generate significant building site savings and environmental benefits. On-site evidence from successful tests at a major residential development in East London underline the potential for savings on material and waste costs through cutting the weight and volume of plasterboard waste.
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Collection systems to suit every site
	Bulk bags
	1m³ bulk waste bags are used to collect plasterboard waste from house building sites. They can be placed anywhere within range of a lorry-mounted crane for easy removal.
	Wheelie bins (660 litre)
	660 litre wheelie bins are used in large or high rise buildings and can be moved close to the installers for convenience. They are taken to a central point for loading into a mobile compaction unit.
	Skips (6–14 yards)
	5–11m³ skips are used on medium to large sites where centralised waste collection is a convenient solution.
	Ro-Ro skips (35–40 yards)
	27–31m³ roll-on, roll-off containers are used on major sites that generate large waste streams and where storage space is not at a premium.