BPB America has joined the U.S. Green Building Council as part of the company's efforts in developing and improving products to meet emerging "green" or sustainability standards.
The company recently announced a long-term agreement with Progress Energy for the development of a major synthetic gypsum wallboard manufacturing plant adjacent to a Progress Energy electric generating plant in Roxboro, N.C. The synthetic gypsum raw material will be recovered from the power plant's coal desulphurization equipment. The company currently operates two plants in North America that already manufacture wallboard from 100 percent recycled material, and 15 other plants, which use at least 15 percent recycled content.