Shingle Recycling Benefits

WHERE DO RECYCLED SHINGLES GO?

Recycled asphalt shingles can be used in a variety of end uses, including:

• Hot Mix Asphalt Pavement

• New Asphalt Roofing Material

• Cold Mix Asphalt

• Alternative Fuel used in Power Plants and Cement Kilns

BENEFITS: FOR ROOFERS AND WASTE HAULERS

• Promotes green construction for LEED credits or certification projects

• Significantly reduces shingle disposal cost – much cheaper than the landfill

• Significantly reduces disposal timea - much quicker than landfill

• Shingle recycling can be used as a selling point to homeowners

• Minimizes waste stream from going into the landfill

• States, local municipalities, and landfills are banning or deterring shingles from landfills

BENEFITS: FOR HOT-MIX ASPHALT PRODUCERS

• Significant cost savings compared to rising virgin asphalt prices

• Process can be engineered to provide HMA with equivalent or better performance

• Improved resistance to pavement cracking

• Improved resistance to rutting

• Conservation of natural resources – reduced use of virgin asphalt cement & mined aggregate

BENEFITS: FOR COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS AND CEMENT KILNS

• Reduces cost of virgin fuel - coal and fuel oil

• Reduces carbon footprint of the facility

• Promotes green sustainable technologies

• Asphalt has an energy value of 17,000 BTU's/lb

BENEFITS: FOR THE COMMUNITY

• Conservation of natural resources by reducing the demand for oil and mined aggregate

• Conservation of landfill space by keeping roofing shingles out of landfills

• Produces longer lasting roads