European Waste Catalogue
Gypsum-based construction materials including plasterboard are 17 08 02 — or 17 08 01 when contaminated with hazardous substances. Plasterboard must be landfilled separately from biodegradable waste.
Also searched as: drywall, gypsum board, gib board, wallboard
Have a 17 08 02 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier~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.
Simulate this streamThe European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your plasterboard is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
Gypsum-based construction materials
Gypsum-based construction materials other than those mentioned in 17 08 01*
Gypsum materials contaminated with hazardous substances
Gypsum-based construction materials contaminated with hazardous substances
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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Market context, buyer industries and valorisation routes for this stream.
Plasterboard
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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