Talk:Construction waste

Hydrogen sulfide claim

 * Plasterboard is broken down in landfill conditions releasing hydrogen sulphide, a toxic gas.

Plasterboard is mainly calcium sulphate, and quite stable and non-toxic material. It is possible to turn sulfates into sulfides, but to do it chemically takes such extreme conditions it could not occur in landfill. It might occur biologically through the action of sulfate-reducing bacteria but these once again have unusual habitat requirements. And on the other hand, there is a much simpler explanation for hydrogen sulfide production from landfill: anaerobic bacterial digestion of many proteins will release it. -- Securiger (talk) 11:19, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Split into two articles
Demolition and construction waste though they happen at the same location are different in important ways. Demolition waste concerns the ability to recyle old materials in a former construction or depose of them safely. Construction waste concerns the ability to create a new structure with minimal lose of material in the building process. They also concern different people and usually different companies.--LOUCHAN (talk) 10:46, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I will split them. Parker1297 (talk) 23:55, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

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