Several messages both on Usenet and from people I know seem to suggest that most recycling or waste sites run by councils won't take plasterboard, saying its a hazard. Excuse me, but my ceilings are made of the stuff, if it was in any way dangerous, we surely should have figured this out by now! Maybe its just hazardous to the machinery that crunches everything up.... Brian

My local waste site is strict about plaster not going in with hard core but they have a separate giant skip for plaster board and plaster.

What is so bad about plasterboard?

Jun 12, 2016 62 Replies

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James Wilkinson 10 years ago

Please not sig lines are jokes. I wasn't actually asking you.

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Andrew 10 years ago

It reacts with something in the soil and generates H2S :-

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PeterC 10 years ago

Although that's toxic, it's not as destructive as HS2!

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