News Brief

Asphalt Shingle Recycling Program Launched

by Allyson Wendt

Owens Corning has developed a national recycling program for its asphalt shingles like those shown here.

Photo: Owens Corning
Owens Corning has announced that it will partner with Heritage Environmental Services to offer a national recycling program for its asphalt shingles. The program will provide contractors with access to recycling facilities nationwide through Owens Corning’s preferred contractor program, making recycling convenient and cost-effective. According to Owens Corning, this is the first program of its kind.

When recycled, asphalt shingles are ground up and added to hot-mix asphalt used in road construction and repair. More information is available at roofing.owenscorning.com.

Published January 1, 2010

Wendt, A. (2010, January 1). Asphalt Shingle Recycling Program Launched. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/asphalt-shingle-recycling-program-launched

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BuildingGreen Basic Member

January 6, 2010 - 10:42 am

When faced with my own home reroofing project, I was happy to find three independant companies in my state (Connecticut) dedicated to recycling asphalt shingles for the road-paving industry. Through my contractor I arranged for the delivery of the appropriately-sized dedicated dumpster to receive the old shingles and then haul it back to the recycling company. That was one huge environmentally -weighted concern lifted off my shoulders. My first stop in the process however, was EBN which had highlighted the the recycling industry in a past article. THANK YOU EBN !

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