On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 16:43:29 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 12/06/16 16:38, Bob Minchin wrote:
Mike Clarke wrote:
On 12/06/2016 15:18, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Several messages both on Usenet and from people I know seem to suggest
that
most recycling or waste sites run by councils won't take plasterboard,
saying its a hazard. Excuse me, but my ceilings are made of the stuff,
if it
was in any way dangerous, we surely should have figured this out by now!
Maybe its just hazardous to the machinery that crunches everything
up....
Brian

Wasn't there a new (EU ??) rule a while ago about not being allowed to
put gypsum into landfill.

And where do we get gypsum from?? Oh yes, out of the ground!

These days yes. Used to be the end product of coal power station sulfur
scrubbers.

We should be using wood. Plasterboard makes a right mess. Whoever thought making walls out of powder was a good thing?

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