European company to open Gypsum Recycling plant in U.S.* Gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. Recycling International, a European company, is seeking to grow its gypsum recycling business by opening and expanding its operations in the United States. To accomplish this, the company has started a U.S.-based operation, called Gypsum Recycling America LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . The subsidiary recently received approval from the state of Massachusetts, as well as the city of Cambridge Cambridge can refer to three cities:
While the project is initially taking in clean gypsum, the plan is that within one year the company will be taking in gypsum scrap from home builders, transfer stations and retailers of gypsum. The GRA GRA Graphic Arts GRA Grande Raccordo Anulare (circular highway surrounding Rome, Italy) GRA Graduate Research Assistant GRA Georgia Research Alliance GRA Graduate Research Assistantship GRA Guyana Revenue Authority process will remove the paper backing from the gypsum and use the pure gypsum powder to make new wallboard. U.S. Gypsum and National Gypsum will both accept the material produced by Gypsum Recycling America, according to the company. GRI GRI Graduate, Realtors Institute GRI Global Reporting Initiative GRI Gas Research Institute GRI Gallaudet Research Institute GRI General Rate Increase GRI Geoscience Research Institute (Loma Linda, CA) started in 2001 in Denmark, where more than 60 percent of all gypsum and plasterboard scrap is now being recycled. GRI, U.S. Gypsum and National Gypsum have pledged to start gypsum wallboard recycling operations in the United States beginning in Massachusetts. |
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