August 11, 2006—USG Corporation has announced that its gypsum recycling program partner, Gypsum Recycling America, LLC (GRA), has begun collecting new gypsum wallboard scrap, which will be recycled and reused in USG’s wallboard manufacturing operations. USG also announced that it will collect and recycle customers’ used ceiling panels as part of the company’s new USG Ceiling Panel Recycling Program.
“With these two programs, we’re helping to divert thousands of tons of waste from landfills and reusing it for wallboard and ceiling panel production, while also helping our customers and others lower their waste disposal fees,” said David Wonnell, director, Environmental and Manufacturing Services at USG Corporation.
USG was the first wallboard manufacturer to contract with GRA’s parent company, Gypsum Recycling International, to purchase reprocessed gypsum for the production of new wallboard, says USG.
GRA’s first facility, located in Cambridge, Mass., started collecting new-construction wallboard scrap in March. GRA’s Cambridge recycling facility can process a permitted capacity of 60,000 tons of recycled gypsum a year. As GRA expands in the Northeast, USG’s plants in Stony Point, N.Y., and Baltimore, Md., will also purchase the reprocessed gypsum.
USG customers can now recycle pre-approved ceiling panels made by USG or other manufacturers and, once customers have a full truckload, USG will pay the way. The company’s Ceiling Panel Recycling Program accepts panels from the continental US and areas of Canada, and is as simple as stacking, wrapping and calling for a ride, says USG. USG will reuse the recycled panels to manufacture new ceiling products.
For more information about Gypsum Recycling International, visit the Web site.
