DIY waste, rubble and building materials

Where is it taken?

Rubble: Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd, Moreton Valence, Gloucester

Plasterboard: Plasterboard Recycling Group, Bristol and New West Gypsum, Weston-Super-Mare

What happens to it?

Rubble is processed and graded into new aggregate at Moreton Valence.

Plasterboard is bulked and sent to plasterboard recyclers where the gypsum is ground, refined and reformed into plaster products. Paper backing is used for animal bedding.

End market

UK

End products

Rubble: aggregate.

Plasterboard: recycled plasterboard and animal bedding.