10% Rule to be Abolished For Plasterboard Disposal

The Environment Agency will be removing the 10% rule which currently allows gypsum wastes to be deposited to non inert landfill.

The Environment Agency has announced that they will be removing the 10% rule which currently allows gypsum wastes to be deposited in non inert landfill cells.

The 10% allowance was initially put in place as a working guideline by the Environment Agency. New research by the Agency has revealed there to be no safe limit for sulphate materials in non inert landfill.

As a result of this research the Agency will be implementing a total ban on all high sulphate bearing wastes* in general landfill with effect from April 2009. The alternatives are recycling and landfill disposal in dedicated high sulphate monocells.

Roy Hatfield Ltd have been busy dealing with enquiries from waste companies keen to stay within the law and find a green home for their waste plasterboard stream. We are happy to state that despite increased demand we still have processing capacity to accept more waste plasterboard for recycling.

* Gypsum, plaster, plasterboard and other plaster based products are classed as high sulphate wastes at the point of disposal.