money EVERYWHERE!

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

I don't know that there is much of a market for drywall waste. I have always just seen it ground up with brick and block waste to be used as landfill cap and liner. That doesn't mean things have changed, gypsum has many uses, but it's also common as...well.. Dirt.

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.

I use broken drywall scraps in my garden, of all things. It works as a weed barrier until it breaks down, and then just amends the soil after that. I just lay it down as is.

Originally Posted by Jillyenator

I use broken drywall scraps in my garden, of all things. It works as a weed barrier until it breaks down, and then just amends the soil after that. I just lay it down as is.

The agricultural industry is one of the main end-users of recycled gypsum. Glad to see that you're searching deep into some of the old postings Jilly! There certainly is some good reading in the older posts.

Thanks, DWJ. There is so much good information in the forum posts. So much of it is buried.

I wish the topical posts could be combined, somehow. All the lawn mower posts, all the workspace pictures posts, all the ones about tantalum capacitors, etc. Maybe I'll compile some of the most useful information for my personal benefit.