leadarrows
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Just for the record we only recycle new construction trimmings. Demo materials are not used because of the paint and other contaminates that go along with old material.tuney443 said:
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drywall recycling
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murray83
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i wanted to ask can u sell the ground up material to a plant to use in the remanufacturing process?
bobcatuser
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This is the only place in the lower mainland that will take large quantites of dry wall. Are there any problems with using Gypsum as soil amender?
http://www.nwgypsum.com/english/home.htm
http://www.nwgypsum.com/english/home.htm
leadarrows
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murray83 said:
Yes but in order to do so you would have to use a different system than I am using. To use it in the re-manufacturing programs you must strip the paper first. I priced paper striping systems 6 years ago when I first started researching the idea. 250 thousand for the strip-er and then you have to deal with the paper. That means a paper baler and a separate market. All told to prepare drywall for re-manufacture use your talking a minum 500 thousand to get started.
For use as a soil amendment you just grind it up paper and all. I spent $17,500.00 for a tub grinder. Now I would love to upgrade to a better system someday...finer material would open up my customer base but I'M just glad I can afford to get started.
Then there is the additional shipping costs associated with sending the material to a re manufacturing facility. Those cost would of course very according to access to shipping methods and distance to deliver.
I am able to sell my product to local farmers that come in there grain trucks so I have no shipping costs.
leadarrows
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bobcatuser said:
No none that I am aware of and I have research it exhaustively.
Some sites I have researched.
http://www.wastecapwi.org/index.html
http://gypsumagricycle.com/
jd1364
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We use ground up sheet-rock to clear up muddy ponds. The finer its ground the faster it will clear the water.
KeppleServices
Active Member
clear it up how? as in make it clean, or dry it up?
I am looking into this as a viable second source of income. I have access to a tub and horizontal grinder and means to ship the rock. This next week or so I will be doing a demo that will produce roughly 120 yards+ or rock.... Being a commercial demo job it will be almost 100% clean rock, as it is mounted on steel studs and they are separated for salvage.
I am looking into this as a viable second source of income. I have access to a tub and horizontal grinder and means to ship the rock. This next week or so I will be doing a demo that will produce roughly 120 yards+ or rock.... Being a commercial demo job it will be almost 100% clean rock, as it is mounted on steel studs and they are separated for salvage.
local drywaller drops his scraps at a local farm. farmer puts it on the floor in his cow pens. it gets mixed with the cow manure, then he scoops it up and spreads it out in the fields.
jd1364
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Kepple Services
Gypsum will clear a muddy pond in less than a week. It takes about 1500 to 2000lbs per acre. The finer the grind the better it works. The gypsum attaches itself to the suspended clay particles causing the clay particles to sink. We throw it out in the prop wash of a small boat. Will turn a pond almost white. I lived with a muddy pond for 10 years until I meet a gentleman on a job site that used it in his pond. He new the guy that had the recycling business.
Gypsum will clear a muddy pond in less than a week. It takes about 1500 to 2000lbs per acre. The finer the grind the better it works. The gypsum attaches itself to the suspended clay particles causing the clay particles to sink. We throw it out in the prop wash of a small boat. Will turn a pond almost white. I lived with a muddy pond for 10 years until I meet a gentleman on a job site that used it in his pond. He new the guy that had the recycling business.
leadarrows
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You need to check with your state Environmental people before you do that.
In Indiana we are only allowed to use clean/new construction scraps for soil application. Demo drywall has paint and sometimes glue contaminates that are prohibited. Imagine demo drywall with lead paint. Fines would put most business out of business.
KeppleServices
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True, I had not thought of the wall coverings that are applied to the rock... even with the new scrap, there is LOADS of it being produces here with all the new building going on. Still worth something to look into.
leadarrows
Charter Member
New scrap has never been applied to the wall will not have anything on it. You just need to keep the other debris separate.
I don't want to discourage you in any way. I am glad to hear anyone else is interested in doing this. It is not a get rich quick scheme but there is profit to be made. In my case we go in to the new homes and remove the scrap drywall so we profit from that and by not going to the land fill but by recycling the drywall instead we profit in saved dump fees and from selling the ground board to farmers as a soil amendment. Profit from both ends is how I make it work for me.
Recycling drywall keeps it out of our land fills and prevents the waste of a valuable resource that benefits agriculture as a whole and our soils in particular.
If we so happen to show some profits as well then. :cool2
I have been recycling drywall and ceiling panels for quite some time, for personal use. The drywall I grind and bake to make plaster, for my old-fashioned plaster walls. The ceiling tiles I beat into a wet pulp, then created new concealed grid tiles for my home. Recycling also helped me make friends in the construction and supply businesses. I used demolition wood and wood scrap as the heat source for drying the gypsum and mineral fiber ceiling tiles. When I move and build a new home, I want to do this again. Ironically I never use drywall in anything I build!