Recycle Waste

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Areas upon areas of our precious land is at risk everyday of becoming consumed

with byproduct of our quest to build. From the late 1930’s to our present time man has

ultimately flourished our land with mass construction of marvelous structures that safely

encompass our lives. As buildings spring into our horizon of our focus, its waste lay in

the dark hillside of some once unoccupied land in the outskirts of our regions and minds.

Overtime, many efforts have been made to recycle these wastes via finding an

alternative use such as wood chips. Wood chips can be used for engineered wood

products that proportion to size, are more durable and stronger, though timber must still

be processed to create chips. Conversely, advances in technology are helping to shift our

focus from simply finding an alternative use for construction waste to creating a useable

building product from it. Thus, it is better to find a product that can be manufactured once

and reused several times. Materials such as steel have a long history of being

successfully extracted from the site and recycled back into a usable product. Other

building components though have not had this option until a short time ago.

Gypsum board, used mainly for interior sheeting, for many years was recycled for

use as a soil amendment. This lay mainly to its paper backing which was problematical in

removing. In spite of this, hard work continued in the quest to recycle this product into a

material fit for reuse until it was resolved. In 1999, this method of recycling was

accomplished allowing gypsum board to be recycled into new gypsum, ready for

construction once again. One of the benefits of recycling gypsum board is produced

savings in energy used in the mining process.

In retrospect to finding an alternative use, finding new uses for materials found in

buildings can be just ...