money EVERYWHERE!

**Torker Man** · 11-30-2011, 06:37 AM

^^ Mate, I think you will find it's "GYP - Board" the GYP is short for Gyprock (the brand name) as it is made from Gypsum...

**GeorgeB** · 11-30-2011, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by PistoneScrapProcessing

George, Think of all the capped landfills in the USA. Now think of all the materials that they hold in them. To bad there is no way to uncap them and recycle the material hidden underneath the inches of rubber and feet upon feet of fill dirt without releasing toxins and massive amounts of methane.

Did they sort all recyclables including different grades of plastic, cardboard, paper, and wood?

The stuff we were doing, never entered the actual landful. Not sure how it was brought there, but it was in a huge pile (mountain like), and a crane would lift it onto a conveyor belt, and it would come through the shop, and then you took out the wood, cardboard, plastic, concrete/cender blocks, drywall, and metal, and the rest which would be pure junk/garbage would go to the landfill.

I do agree, if there was a way to untap it all, we could probably be talking about a few hundred million, with all the landfills in the world.

Originally Posted by Midnight

George,

Sounds like you have an in for some info to post in the new non-metal scrap section. With the amount of drywall scrap I see dumped around here, it would nice to be able to make a buck off of it.

Well, all the stuff we were recycling, I know for sure is a buyer for it all, but never heard of a buyer for the drywall. My friend doesn't even know what the landfill does with it, but he said, he does know that it doesn't end up in the garbage.

And yes, I agree, if I knew of a local buyer for drwall, I would have a GREAT year!

Originally Posted by eesakiwi

I wanted to recycle some drywall here as a edging for the lawns (dig a groove & fill it with white drywall)
but I couldn't figure a way of getting the paper off it.

I'd used old white brick mortar before & it looked real nice.

Here in NZ we call drywall 'Gib board', its a brand name.

What do they do with the recycled drywall.

The paper just peeled off for us..a razor blade might help too.

Originally Posted by Torker Man

^^ Mate, I think you will find it's "GYP - Board" the GYP is short for Gyprock (the brand name) as it is made from Gypsum...

**cdiaz3827** · 02-26-2013, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

The stuff we were doing, never entered the actual landful. Not sure how it was brought there, but it was in a huge pile (mountain like), and a crane would lift it onto a conveyor belt, and it would come through the shop, and then you took out the wood, cardboard, plastic, concrete/cender blocks, drywall, and metal, and the rest which would be pure junk/garbage would go to the landfill.

That's called C&D. I assume it was a Waste Management facility? They dump those big roll-offs you see at demolition, remodel, and house builder's sites and sort out of the recycleables, mainly cardboard, metal, wood, etc. Kinda the new fad in the waste management industry.

**TowtruckJohnny** · 03-02-2013, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by cdiaz3827

That's called C&D. I assume it was a Waste Management facility? They dump those big roll-offs you see at demolition, remodel, and house builder's sites and sort out of the recycleables, mainly cardboard, metal, wood, etc. Kinda the new fad in the waste management industry.

It has a lot to do with LEED, and jobsite recycling for environmental purposes too. We actually pay extra to the waste companies to get little certified reports on the weights and classifications of what was diverted and what ended up in the landfill. Federal gov't requires it on most contracts.