DGS recycles drywall waste to recover gypsum for practical use. We believe that by recycling drywall waste we are putting it back into the earth in a more responsible manner. Drywall waste is one of the largest waste stream in the construction industry. It gets buried in a mass in our land fills. When it is buried this way it takes up more space and it takes years to break down. We believe it is unnecessary to waste that space in land fill and irresponsible. Our goal is to intercept as much drywall waste as we can going to land fills. We then recycle the waste and make products to improve soil conditions.
Gypsum is the forgotten soil amendment. Gypsum will loosen your soil and allow water to penetrate. It will also give your soil a boost in calcium which helps in growth of plants. Gypsum also contains Sulphur which will stabilize you PH. If you have salt or alkali in your soil Gypsum will open up your soil and allow water to push the salt or alkali down deep out of the root zone. It is used on salt contaminated soil in oil fields. Gypsum is a cost effective solution for salt and alkali impacted soils.
The use of Gypsum traces back to the Romans who used it as a plaster building material. It was readily available and desired because of its flame resistance. George Washington used Gypsum as a soil amendment. He understood the cost effective value of the mineral and also, knew how it would improve his soil conditions.
Our gypsum is available in:
Coarse size (1/2″ size) Breaks down slower, slowly releases Calcium and Sulphur, loosens soil, and will hold moisture and release it to keep soil moist.
Granular ( 1/4 ” size) Breaks down faster, releases Calcium and Sulphur faster, and will loosen soil faster but, will not retain as much moisture.
Fine Powder Breaks down the fastest, releases Calcium and Sulphur fastest, loosens soil the fastest, with little moisture retainage.
We are able to blend any of the 3 sizes depending on your needs. We have our Gypsum available in bulk and 50lb bags.
Just call and we can tell you what works best depending on the customers needs.
We have a couple of specific blends branded and bagged.