Waste Plasterboard
- Thread starter Jerry
- Start date
wanton dwarf
Member
Why won't the local tip take it ?
Surely the local councils are there to make Recycling work not just ignore it.
Surely the local councils are there to make Recycling work not just ignore it.
ollie989898
Member
This is the problem. If the local tip won't take it, then what do people do but fly tip it?
I would say go through the bags, remove all the timber and nails/screws from it, then throw it all under the nearest dung heap and let it rot down and spread it in the autumn. It's only paper and gypsum at the end of the day.
Netherfield
Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Our's won't take it either, you're expected to pay for a skip, then wonder why it gets fly tipped.
It was blamed on the small builders tipping their stuff.
It was blamed on the small builders tipping their stuff.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
4 dumpy bags = 16 wheelie bins to me. Would easily get rid of that over a few months without any trouble, especially over the summer when I don’t have silage wrap to consign.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
Scatter it on outdoor muckheap, push muckheap up with loader twice.
According to the tinterweb… “Plasterboard is actually designated as non-hazardous waste. It is, however, officially banned from landfill sites and has been in England since 2005. This is due to the gypsum found in plasterboard, that when wet or is mixed with biodegradables such as food, it can produce hydrogen sulphide.”
Get the stuff wet & it will break down really easily. Mixed in with some dung I’m sure it would be fine, just not in a confined space.
Get the stuff wet & it will break down really easily. Mixed in with some dung I’m sure it would be fine, just not in a confined space.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Spread it on your field.
They dont allow it in landfill as its widely recycled into useful stuff, out authority has one site where it is taken in.
They dont allow it in landfill as its widely recycled into useful stuff, out authority has one site where it is taken in.
Nothing but plasterboard in these bags, wood and anything with a nail/screw in it went to the tip as we went through the job thankfully
ollie989898
Member
You're good to go then. Mash it up and scatter over the dung heap, heap it all up and leave it until spreading this autumn.
If there's nothing nasty in it break up a bit and chuck in a shed of cattle or mix in the muck heap
- Location
- Scotland
Now then, is there not something fishy to be wary of putting it in among cattle?
Gypsum + urine = ??
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I was wanting to take something to my local recycling centre, looked on line, I have to book an appointment and take proof of my address/identification with me (according to the website), I have a feeling all this is due to Covid? Funny that throughout Covid the supermarkets managed to stay open with out having to pre book or take identification. Of course they are there to sell and make money, council are there to support the jobs of the council workers! Is it any wonder that there are problems with fly tipping!
ollie989898
Member
It would be dangerous to throw gypsum or plasteboard into a slurry lagoon, particularly under slats and then stir it all up. This is dangerous anyway to be fair. A heap out in the open air should be fine.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
Agree.
It's unlikely to be a serious problem in well ventilated cattle shed but it isn't worth the risk.
Muck heap.
I put small amounts in with cattle when we were doing some work on the house ,didn't cause any problems. 4 dumpy bags isn't much I would put one in at a time unless its a big shed
- Location
- Scotland
Trade can bloody well pay for their waste disposal.
I don't want to pay my council tax for disposal of some waste gathered by 'man with van's.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
wasn't trade, was private stuff.