recycling gypsum wallboard
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Evolving Wallboard RecyclingClosed Loop Pilot Project Presented by: Amanda Kaminsky, Founding Partner, Building Product EcosystemsTerry L. Weaver, President, USA Gypsum
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Gypsum Wallboard Recycling
1996 U.S. start upsClose loop Fail. “upcycling”required
20 Years!
USA Gypsum 1998 – 4,000 Sq. Ft. 2,000 Tons per Year
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U.S Policy Impact
Clean Air Act Requires SO2 Reductions Synthetic Gypsum Floods Market 2005-
2012 Recession Shrinks Demand Cheap Natural Gas
More Air Regulations Less Coal Burned = Less Gypsum Clean Air = Farmers Purchase Sulfur
Gypsum Transport
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Photo Courtesy Of The United States Gypsum Company (USG)
Scraps Agriculture Cement Wallboard0
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20,000,000
Increased Demand - Reduced Supply From A Waste to Resource
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Single Stream Requires Manual “Presort”
New England Recycling, Taunton, MA
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Pre Sort Is Being Done SuccessfullyNew England Recycling, Taunton, MA
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Gypsum Market Owner Driven Changes
Educating construction industryChanges in Waste Management
Recycling Growth Barriers?Mining A Resource From Construction Waste
New USA Gypsum Drywall Recycle Plant – 100,000 Ton Capacity
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New York City Generates 165,000* ton Year *Source NYS DEC, 2010
Multiple Attempts to Recycle – Limited Success
Policy efforts since 2003 Audit Recycling Rates Durst Initiates Building
Product Ecosystems Evolving Wallboard
Systems Work Group Established
One World Trade Center
One Bryant Park
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Driver: Transparent Lifecycle + Content Accountability
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Driver: Drywall Numbers in the U.S. ~9 million tons drywall waste generated/year ~400,000 tons recycled/year Millions of tons being landfilled each year
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Driver: Availability of Synthetic Gypsum/Coal Byproduct
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Driver: Comingled Packer Truck Loads = Mixed Fines
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NYC BPE Evolving Wallboard SystemsClosed Loop RecyclingPilot Project Participants
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Source Separation Sites
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Durst Jobsite Source Separation
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Lend Lease Jobsite Solutions
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Hauler + Recycler, NJ
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Received by Trailer @ USA Gypsum for Processing
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Manufactures with Post-Consumer Gypsum
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Gypsum Category No. of
Samples
Avg. Conc. (ppm)
Max Conc. (ppm)
< Detection Limit
(0.001 ppm)
Renovation board:
Demolition 30 0.05 0.3 40%
New trim scrap:
Natural-mined 6 0.04 0.1 50%
Synthetic 6 0.07 0.2 17%
Research Objective: Understand Content to Inform Reuse
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Research Objective: Understand Content to Inform Reuse Gypsum Source Natural-Mined Synthetic
StudyThis
Study(2015)
Yost(2007)
Sanderson
(2008)
This Study(2015)
Yost (2007)
Sanderson
(2008)EPA*
(2009)Sample Size 6 - 10 6 - 12 20
Average Mercury (ppm) 0.04 0.024 - 0.07 0.38 - -
Maximum Mercury (ppm) 0.1 - 0.03 0.2 - 0.95 3.1
*Gypsum tested is pre-wallboard production. Other studies use post-wallboard production gypsum.
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QUESTIONS?
Or Contact PresentersAmanda Kaminsky: (917) 816-6246, [email protected] Terry L Weaver: 717-335-0379, [email protected]