Vision Document on recycling Gypsum Waste

In order to reach the In order to reach the 70% target Recycling, Re-use and Material recovery target of C&D WASTE, we need to have a scientific, fact based, European overview of the demolition techniques in various Member States, which for the time being is crucially lacking. Without knowing how and what we deconstruct for which purposes, it is very difficult to implement an efficient and forward looking recycling policy at the construction product level.

In other words, the construction product manufacturers wish to push for deconstruction on the basis of realistic and achievable targets and for this purpose, we need data, facts and evidence across Europe.

Vision Document -EN.pdf

VGB Power Tech: Instruction Sheet Analysis of FGD Gypsum

The analysis of FGD gypsum includes the chemical analysis of FGD gypsum constituents and the determination of further properties, which are defined in the quality requirements for gypsum as worked out by Bundesverband der Gipsindustrie as well as by Eurogypsum,
VGB PowerTech and ECOBA.

VGB-M 701-EN.pdf

Drywall Jointing and Finishing - Surface Quality Level Classifications

This document has been jointly realised by the European Union of contractors of plastering, dry lining, stucco and related activities
(UEEP) and Eurogypsum. It describes four levels of jointing and finishing gypsum board surfaces prior to the application of specific
types of final decoration. The surface quality level classification on wall and ceiling surfaces varies with the final decoration to be
applied and can also be dependent on their location into a building and the type of illumination striking the surface.

The surface quality level 4 or skimming is thus intended to become the standard in plasterboard finishing. In promoting the best
finishing surface we expect not only to create satisfaction for the final customer and value for the contractor but also as significant
amount of skilled jobs in the plastering activity.

C&D Waste Management: towards 70% Recycling Target

The aim of this charter is to promote in real life an ever increasing culture of sustainable production and consumption patterns for gypsum pro ducts and systems within the Gypsum Industry and with the relevant stakeholders in the construction chain.
Protecting the natural resources and avoiding an overall negative impact on the environment is a key element of such a culture – well-being, quality and sufficiency for all – within a global economy.

Biodiversity Stewardship: our Best Practices

This brochure describes the best practices implemented throughout Europe for conserving and adding value to the biological
eco-systems during and after quarrying.
It also demonstrates that quarrying has a positive environmental impact on the eco-systems providing efficient solutions
to the loss of biodiversity and also increasing biological diversity during and after use of the quarry. Adaptation to climate
change is thus also in the heart of quarry rehabilitation.

Building Value for Society: Sustainability of Gypsum: our Assets

The Gypsum Industry generates a prosperous and sustainable environment. An established tradition in the responsible use of natural resoruces and in the rehabilitation of depleted gypsum quarries is now matched by an active stance in the recovery and reprocessing of gypsum waste.

Eurogypsum drafted a brochure published in June 2008 . For more details, download it.

REACH Dossier

On 29 November 2007, Eurogypsum and ECOBA (the European Coal Combustion Association) presented a dosier to the European Commission asking to be listed in Annex IV of the REACH Regulation, thereby being exempted from the obligations of registration.

Waste Policy Paper: Building Value for Society

Gypsum plasterboard is extensively used all over Europe to create interior walls and ceilings. The environmental loads from the production and use and disposal of Gypsum plasterboard can be minimised by the recycling of Gypsum. This raw material is indeed fully recyclable.

This policy paper identifies efforts undertaken by the Gypsum Industry in improving processes to enable increased volumes of recycled products to be used again in plasterboard manufacturing. This is not an easy task, even though the willingness to progress is strong within the European Gypsum Industry (October 2007)

Gypsum Products Ergonomy based on Risk Assessment

In order to tackle health (WMDSs) and safety (falls and other accidents) on the construction site for Gypsum products, the Gypsum industry thinks that we should strive for a comprehensive approach based on risk assessment for each task, which will determine the solutions. We need to lighten the load, not necessarily by decreasing the product load, but by changing the behaviour of workers via organisational (job scheduling, project planning, site management that allows sufficient time for the work to be completed, etc.) and engineering risk controls (mechanical aids).

On this basis, Eurogypsum drafted a brochure published in September 2007. For more details, download it.