ASTM | New Standard Will Support Recycling of Gypsum Panels

A new ASTM International standard will allow the gypsum industry to continue to manufacture quality products while integrating recycled materials into their processes. ASTM’s gypsum and related building materials and systems committee (C11) developed the new standard, which will soon be published as C1881.

“The intended application of the new standard will be to help the closed-loop recycling of gypsum panels, in which the gypsum derived from the scrap panels is used in new panel products,” says ASTM International member Michael Schmeida, director of code, standards, and research, Gypsum Association. 

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