Getting rid of plasterboard

[Chalked]

Every bathroom I do, I always allow for a skip. They have been warning for a few months that no plasterboard is allowed.
i have been putting small off cuts in, and this skip was no exception.
Had a large skip picked up today and received a call when they picked it up. I was warned before they came that any plasterboard would be bagged and returned or charged for, because the tip where they take all the non recyclable will not take it.
by the way I am friends with the skip company owner.
anyway, when they sorted it, in there was about a builders large bag of plasterboard. So they are now charging me £45 disposal fee! On top of the £180 skip.
i understand that they now have to sort this into a hazardous waste skip. But what do I do next time?

Tell customer to to get rid themselves, but tip won't take it.
pay extra for a separate plasterboard skip!
bury in in a field?
fly tip?

they are not making it easy to get rid of!
If this hasn't happened to you yet. Mark my words it will.

 

[T & H Plumbing]

Never heard of this before

 

[SimonG]

Not allowed plasterboard in skips round our way. But will accept some as long as its on top of the skip when its collected.

 

[zzzjim]

How long before I here local radio offering the disposal service " Gov QUANGO "

surely its only Paper/card + Plaster ?

 

[woodytheplumber]

they tried banning plasterboard in leeds about a year back but ended up with a plasterboard skip after a few months never had a problem with skips though

 

[erpkid]

We bag separately and put on top of skip. Has been in place for the last few years.If the measure becomes more draconian then fly tipping and hiding in wheely bins will increase.

 

[wetdrip]

Every bathroom I do, I always allow for a skip. They have been warning for a few months that no plasterboard is allowed.
i have been putting small off cuts in, and this skip was no exception.
Had a large skip picked up today and received a call when they picked it up. I was warned before they came that any plasterboard would be bagged and returned or charged for, because the tip where they take all the non recyclable will not take it.
by the way I am friends with the skip company owner.
anyway, when they sorted it, in there was about a builders large bag of plasterboard. So they are now charging me £45 disposal fee! On top of the £180 skip.
i understand that they now have to sort this into a hazardous waste skip. But what do I do next time?

Tell customer to to get rid themselves, but tip won't take it.
pay extra for a separate plasterboard skip!
bury in in a field?
fly tip?

they are not making it easy to get rid of!
If this hasn't happened to you yet. Mark my words it will.

Order a smaller skip rather than the £180 you're using now, and also order a mini skip for the board, so both come to the same price as the original £180.
Or bag the board on an understanding with the skip owners that it will be clearly marked and bagged for them to dispose of, placed on top of the normal £180 skip you use.
When skips go back on skip site for disposal there's one or two lads employed to sort through as and when the skips come in.

 

[julesverne]

Not heard of this round our way. But local tip has a skip for plasterboard and used that sometimes with small loads.

 

[Paulplumb]

Only one tip near me will accept plasterboard. Something to do with the plasterboard giving off radon. As far as I knew skips would take anything. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[stevetheplumber]

all sites now have seperate skips for plasterboard

 

[PhoenixServices]

I take small amounts to the local tip. But even they are charging for that and rubble now.

 

[Rickster123]

What you mustn't do is bag it up, drive to a block of council flats and dump it in their big bins. I'd never do that but my friend has and apparently it was easy...

 

[Destroyer2813]

So what you supposed to do with plaster board covered in old tiles then bad it as p board as said getting silly having to have 2.skips

 

[townfanjon]

Same round here as long as its separated thay seem happy ,for now !!

 

[lame plumber]

most sites now have numerous skips and god help anyone who fills them with the wrong stuff, you'll be kicked of rather quick if it anything like that I've seen down here, tiz another reason to avoid site work

 

[lame plumber]

most sites now have numerous skips and god help anyone who fills them with the wrong stuff, you'll be kicked off rather quick if it anything like that I've seen down here, tiz another reason to avoid site work

 

[Destroyer2813]

most sites now have numerous skips and god help anyone who fills them with the wrong stuff, you'll be kicked off rather quick if it anything like that I've seen down here, tiz another reason to avoid site work

Leave all your carp in a pile and let the labourer tidy it up

 

[lame plumber]

Leave all your carp in a pile and let the labourer tidy it up

and everyone one says that the class divide has gone

 

[hammers4spanner]

Lame is correct all sites now separate rubbish and plasterboard has been on this list for few years,

try using hippo bag in future

 

[Chalked]

Lame is correct all sites now separate rubbish and plasterboard has been on this list for few years,

try using hippo bag in future

its not the fact that it has to be separated, it's more that it is charged extra and expensive!

 

[REDSAW]

not round here?

makes you laugh, british gypsum 7 mile down road, they dig it up and make the board but you cant tip it!!!!!!!!

 

[AWheating]

its classed as a non hazy waste but it can only be landfilled at very few landfill sites that have a specific setup to contain it and stop it mixing with biodegradable/ organic wastes which can cause a certain gas to be released.

so its alot more expensive to get rid and must not be mixed with other stuff. Alot of sites now have a skip supplied by the plastering company which is part of the contract to remove there waste and recycle. One job i went onto i was told on induction that if anybody is caught putting other waste in the plasterboard skip it will be a charge of £500 due to the extra recycle costs.

 

[REDSAW]

why dont they just water it down and reuse it?

 

[AWheating]

why dont they just water it down and reuse it?

they do recycle it back onto boards but ive been told by a few spreads that the recycled board can be very poor and they have found all sorts of stuff in it like glass, nails, screws etc....