Did anyone see the news item -recycling Gib board?
johotech,
Oct 10, 5:23am
I can't find the news item now. I saw it on the TV though.
They were recycling building material and separating the gib board, and shredding it to use the gypsum. The article showed a fertiliser spreader truck spreading the white material, presumably gypsum.
But later I was thinking, Gib board has glass fibre in it - Aqualine has a lot of glass fibre.
What's going to happen to that glass fibre in the environment? Are cows going to be eating it? Is it going to end up contaminating vegetables?
alleycatz,
Oct 10, 7:49am
its a cunning way of reintroducing milk in GLASS BOTTLES again.
it comes out "prepacked " from the cow !
ira78,
Oct 11, 2:51am
Contaminating vegetables? Glass? It's just silica, hope there's never been sand on that field, it might contaminate the vegetables.
trade4us2,
Oct 11, 8:27am
Fireproof Gib board has glass fibre in it, and ordinary Gib board doesn't.
daz59,
Oct 11, 8:44am
And I thought they fedcows chocolate to make chocolate milke!
johotech,
Oct 11, 9:44am
They all have glass fibres in them. Even standard.
So they have re-engineered Gib board since I used it. So it should not now be put into the environment.
"Since re-engineering GIB ® Standard 10mm and 13mm in 2010, its strength, flexibility, and reputation for ease of installation and long lasting quality have been well proven"
johotech,
Oct 11, 8:39pm
Yes. And the news article I saw was about recycling waste from building sites, including off-cuts of new Gib.
Aqualine and Braceline have a lot of glass fibre in them. You can see the strands sticking out of any cut edges.
supernova2,
Oct 12, 12:47am
I just pulled out some old Gib. It was the real old stuff with the small stones in it. Love to see them put that thru a fert spreader. Wait for it somebody will suddenly realise that Gib is now not a recyclable product.
colin433,
Oct 12, 1:12am
it looked like a viable option when they showed it on TV, only time will tell
Thanks for that. I was searching from the wrong keywords I think.
kerryalan,
Oct 13, 3:51am
Pumice
golfaholic2,
Oct 14, 4:48am
All the Gib has a heap of glass now , by far the most would be toughline and superline . they have a glass mesh inside the back of the board
As for pumice , the story I heard was that the Maori , who were selling it to Winstones , upped the price so Gib did away with it . I got to use the board the once , on the Park Royal in Chch . it came down from the north island as aqualine when the Opawa branch couldnt up with demand . Pumice wasnt used in Chch . at least from my limited experience , 80-17 It was painful to use . wrecked a stanley blade on every cut .
supernova2,
Oct 14, 6:47am
Maybe but it was black like road chip. More like very small river run, or sand from a napier beach.
martin11,
Oct 16, 6:23pm
Pumice Gib was around in the Chch are for a long time from the early 70,s . do not know where it was made then . Probably from chch plant which was opened in the early 60,s
fruitbat,
Mar 6, 4:44pm
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