Title: Gyproc Normal – Standard Plasterboard - NEPD-3364-1995-EN (EPD).pdf
The product stage (A1-A3) is responsible for over 50% of gypsum plasterboard in its lifetime for climate change, freshwater and terrestrial eutrophication, resource use, energy carriers and water scarcity. The main source of impact in the product stage occurs in A3 (manufacturing) due to plasterboard production is an intensive process requiring a lot of energy and raw materials. Relevant impacts (over 50%) can be seen in stage C4 (disposal), due to wastes disposed in landfill. The impacts are reflected in ozone depletion, terrestrial and freshwater acidification and photochemical ozone formation.Module D declares the environmental benefits from reusable products, recyclable materials or energy recovery. In this analysis, the benefits come from the use of recycled gypsum as raw material and the use of gypsum culls that are basically scraps from the process that recovered and reused as part of the packaging material.