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Saint-Gobain Gyproc India’s plaster obtains Environmental Product Declaration

15 May 2025

India: Saint-Gobain Gyproc India has launched the country's first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for plaster. Press Trust of India News has reported that that the EPD covers Elite 100, Elite MR and Xpert+ plasters produced at the company's Chennai plant.

Plasters Vice President Tridiv Ojha said "This milestone creates a platform for us to engage with our partners in sustainable progress.”

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Knauf España expands Cradle to Cradle certification

01 May 2025

Spain: Knauf has expanded its Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Silver certification to ‘nearly all’ gypsum wallboard and metal profiles produced at its Escúzar and Guixers gypsum wallboard plants. The C2C certification evaluates product sustainability across five categories: material safety, circularity, emissions, water and soil management and social equity. Interempresas – Construcción News has reported that it requires renewal every two years.

Marketing and Technical Director Pablo Maroto called for a transition from linear to circular building products.

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Massachusetts government launches recycling grants

30 April 2025

US: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has launched the Waste Reduction Innovation Grant (WRIG) initiative. The initiative will provide funding between US$50,000 and US$100,000 for up to 10 recycling projects and between US$500,000 and US$2m for up to four further projects. Gypsum wallboard is among the recyclables eligible for funding, along with other building materials like bitumen felt shingles and wood.

Construction & Demolition Recycling News has reported that the WRIG initiative supports Massachusetts’ Solid Waste Master Plan to reduce landfill by 30% by 2030 and by 90% by 2050.

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Adaptavate partners with SigmaRoc to scale up production of Breathaboard

25 April 2025

UK: Adaptavate has formed a strategic partnership with lime producer SigmaRoc to industrially scale production of its Breathaboard calcium carbonate-based wallboard, with 4kg/m²-reduced CO₂ emissions. The partners will collaborate on the establishment of a supply chain throughout Europe. Additionally, they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for an upcoming industrial demonstrator plant project.

Adaptavate concluded its €3.16m pre-Series A funding round on 23 April 2025, with investments from SigmaRoc via its venture capital platform Skreenhouse Ventures.

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Siniat to launch RECYPLAC recycled gypsum wallboard

04 April 2025

France: Siniat has announced the forthcoming launch of its RECYPLAC 100% recycled gypsum wallboard in July 2025. Siniat developed the product at a pilot line at its Carpentras plant in Vaucluse and will now start to produce it at its Ottmarsheim plant in Haut-Rhin.

Siniat’s parent company Etex says that it is the European leader in the use of recycled gypsum, with some gypsum wallboard plants already producing over 35% recycled wallboard. Group recycled gypsum use rose by 34% between 2018 and 2024.

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Adaptavate trials reduced-CO2 alternative wallboard in mixed-use development in London

03 March 2025

UK: Adaptavate has partnered with British Land, Royal London Asset Management Property and office refurbishment company Overbury to test its Breathaboard 50% reduced-CO2 alternative wallboard at the 1 Triton Square mixed-use development in Camden, London. This is the product’s first large-scale commercial application.

Adaptavate produces Breathaboard from renewable agricultural feedstocks as a scalable, CO₂-sequestering alternative to conventional gypsum wallboard. It offers net reduction of 4kg/m3 of CO₂.

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Sumitomo Osaka Cement uses recycled gypsum wallboard to produce CO2-sequestering circular calcium carbonate

03 March 2025

Japan: Sumitomo Osaka Cement has applied for a patent for a method of combining alkali metal hydroxide solutions with CO2 to produce alkali metal salts that react with gypsum to produce calcium carbonate. Energy Weekly News has reported that the developers used gypsum from recycled gypsum wallboard to demonstrate the process.

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Alier to build net zero gypsum wallboard recycling plant in Zaragoza

29 January 2025

Spain: Paper products specialist Alier has begun construction of a new €40m gypsum wallboard recycling plant in Zaragoza’s López Soriano Recycling Technology Park. The plant will recycle gypsum wallboards powered by a solar plant and biomass plant, generating net zero CO2 emissions. The Heraldo de Aragón newspaper has reported that the plant will create 130 direct jobs and an estimated 390 indirect jobs.

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Knauf España secures Cradle to Cradle Silver certification for all gypsum wallboard

09 January 2025

Spain: Knauf España has successfully achieved Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Silver certification for all gypsum wallboard and metal profiles produced at its Escúzar and Guixers plants. Corresponsables News has reported that the company is the first gypsum wallboard producer to do so globally. Its products achieved C2C Gold certification in the Material Reutilisation category.

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CertainTeed Canada to commence selling CarbonLow reduced-CO2 gypsum wallboard in 2025

09 December 2024

Canada: CertainTeed Canada will begin to sell its new CarbonLow range of reduced-CO2 gypsum wallboard in 2025. The range includes Easi-Lite, Type X and M2Tech boards and GlasRoc sheathing. The products offer 60% lower emissions cradle-to-gate than the company’s ‘traditional’ gypsum wallboard.

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