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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Gypsum

Most common code17 08 02

Gypsum-based construction materials — plasterboard, plaster — are 17 08 02, or 17 08 01 when contaminated with hazardous substances.

Also searched as: plaster, gypsum waste, plaster skim

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PrimaryWallboard Recycling (Closed Loop)
SecondaryCement Retarder (Calcium Sulphate)
SecondaryAgricultural Soil Amendment

~25 Mt/year EU (CDW gypsum); ~1.5 Mt/year industrial gypsum by-products · €10–50/tonne processed recycled gypsum

Primary buyers include Manufacture of lime and plaster and Manufacture of cement.

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Which Code Applies?

The European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your gypsum is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.

Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue

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Gypsum

With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.

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An engineer replies within 1 business day. That reply confirms what is needed to run the dossier and when it can follow. A route the engine does not cover yet is reported as not yet evaluable, with the evidence that would change that.

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