Asphalt shingles are the most common type of roofing material used in new home construction and re roofing in the united states.
Bitumen roofing recycling.
The documentary is critical of excessive consumerism and promotes.
Shingle recycling is the process of taking asphalt shingles from roof tear offs and collecting them for reuse into another product ensuring the material does not end up in a landfill.
Roofing webadmin 2019 10 21t17 41 26 07 00 dtg recycle offers commingled recycling of composition tile and shingle roofing at all locations.
Our shingle recycling process recovers up to 100 of post consumer roof tearoffs and manufacturers scrap all reused in asphalt paving.
According to the national association of home builders an estimated 7 to 10 million tons of shingle tear off waste and installation scrap is generated from roof installations every year asphalt roofing shingles ars have a great recycling potential in connecticut.
Asphalt shingle recycling is becoming very common as an alternative to sending materials to a landfill.
The story of stuff.
The story of stuff is a short animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods.
Bitumen roofing can be recycled but isn t why there are challenges in exporting a viable bitumen recycling process throughout europe bitumen the sticky gooey black stuff you sometimes see oozing out of hot road surfaces is a valuable binding agent.