A plasterboard poser

I RECENTLY visited the Littlehampton amenity tip to deposit some rubbish, which included some offcuts of ceiling coving panels, but was told that they do not accept them, as they contain plaster and that I would have to take them to the tip at Chichester.

I would be interested to hear from anybody the reason for, what seems to me, something extraordinary.

As far as I know plaster doesn't contain anything toxic, it's not asbestos.

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As it happens we do go to Chichester from time to time, but if you don't drive or don't have a car, what do you do?

Dump it in the nearest ditch, cut it up, put it in bags and then hide them in the dustbin with normal household rubbish, or what?

Is this a LOCAL amenity tip or not?

Eric Ball

Old Manor Road

Rustington

A county council spokesperson said: "From the April 1, 2009, new environmental legislation came into effect preventing the disposal of plasterboard (and other gypsum containing wastes) to landfill.

"Consequently, this has meant that plasterboard type materials could no longer be disposed of via the general waste routes at household waste recycling sites (HWRSs).

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"Plasterboard is classed as a construction and demolition waste (not household waste).

"Because of this, the county council is under no obligation to provide disposal facilities for this type of material.

"However, it is recognised householders will from time to time produce small quantities of construction and demolition type waste.

"For this reason, facilities for the acceptance of plasterboard are provided at four of the county's HWRSs, where residents can bring up to 200kg of this material per visit.

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"It is not operationally feasible or cost effective to provide facilities for the acceptance of plasterboard at every facility."

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