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[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
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Plasterboard is defined as: material consisting of two sheets of heavy paper with a layer of plaster between them, used to make walls and ceilings before putting on a top layer of plaster<ref>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plasterboard</ref>
Plasterboard is defined as a "material consisting of two sheets of heavy paper with a layer of plaster between them, used to make walls and ceilings before putting on a top layer of plaster"<ref>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plasterboard</ref>. The disposal of gypsum-based waste i.e.plasterboard to a [[landfill]] that accepts [[wikipedia:Biodegradable waste | biodegradable]] waste is not permitted due to its potential to produce [[wikipedia:Hydrogen sulfide | hydrogen sulphide]] gas during [[wikipedia: Biodegradation | degradation]]<ref>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dispose-of-waste-to-landfill#dispose-of-gypsum-based-wastes</ref>.
 
[[File:Plasterboard.jpg|300px|left|Waste Plasterboard photograph - image from hippo Waste, all rights reserved]]
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 100 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
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Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 5000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
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{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Ink & toner cartridges' and tonnage >= 100|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Plasterboard' and tonnage >= 5000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
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! Material
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! Tonnes
! Tonnes
{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
! Reporting Period
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==References==
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