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An estimated 7 to 10 million tons of shingle tear-off waste and installation scrap is generated from roof installations every year. It is estimated that the construction of a new home requires between 3,000 to 4,000 ft2 of shingles, the installation of which equates to about 300-400 ft 2 of shingle scrap. Converting to a more user-friendly unit - asphalt shingles generally weigh between 175 - 233 lbs per "square", which is roofing jargon for 100 ft2 of new shingles. In 2007, there were 7746 new housing units constructed in Connecticut, thus it can be estimated that the housing market generated between 2,333,800 to 3,098,400 ft2 (or 2,133 - 3,610 tons) of asphalt shingle scrap. Asphalt shingles are the most common type of roofing material used in new home construction and re-roofing in the United States. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), 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:
Grinding Sizing Grading Contaminants
Source: CalRecycle
The following are potential end uses for recycled {Road Paving} asphalt roofing shingles:
Pavements constructed with Hot-mix asphalt (HMA) modified with waste shingles are performing well in the state of Georgia. They have found that using shingles at a rate of 5% of mix weight has resulted in significant savings in cost of new asphalt binder as well as savings in disposal cost. In Minnesota, field projects using shingles in HMA have found excellent performance and cost savings by reducing asphalt binder required in HMA. Shingle modified mixes were found to be as resistant to moisture as unmodified mixes, reported to have a slight increase in hardness of binder of the mix and resulting from the binder in the shingles, and there were no adverse of effects on low temperature properties of the HMA. The installation of new asphalt shingle roofs and reroofing generate the same types of waste materials; however re-roofing generates larger quantities.
Source: From Roofs to Roads (NAHB) Asphalt shingles are made from these basic materials:
Felt Backing (fiberglass or cellulose) Asphalt Cement (on fiberglass matt base) Asphalt Cement (on felt matt base) Mineral filler/stabilizer Source: From Roofs to Roads (NAHB) Numerous industries utilized asbestos in construction products such as asphalt and vinyl floor tiles, asphalt-containing roofing materials, and cement board. Asbestos was historically used in asphalt roofing shingles to act as a reinforcement (i.e. mat) for the shingle and also acted as a fireproofing/insulating material. Asbestos was banned from many products and uses in the 1970’s, but some roofing products may have contained asbestos until the early 1980’s. According to CalRecycle, the incidence of asbestos-containing shingles in roof tear-offs today (old shingles) is extremely low. The total asbestos content of asphalt shingles manufactured in 1963 is only 0.02 percent; in 1977, it dropped to 0.00016 percent. Due to the practice of covering a worn out roof with new shingles, there may continue to be a very small amount of asbestos in the shingle waste stream until about 2016. Asbestos Regulations In Connecticut, all permittees (those who have received a General Permit for Storage and Processing of Asphalt Roofing Shingle Waste (ARSW) and/or for the Storage and Distribution of Ground Asphalt Aggregate (GAA) are required to conduct asbestos testing of ARSW unless they are 1) pre-consumer (new) shingles that have been certified by the manufacturer as not containing asbestos; 2) ARSW which has been tested by a certified laboratory prior to acceptance and accompanied with documented test results; and 3) post-consumer ARSW that has been generated from a residential source, documented by the contractor or generator, to have been constructed after 1981. To learn more about the CT Department of Public Health’s Asbestos Program, visit their website, or call 860-424-3366.
Asphalt Roof Recycling Center Incorporated Industries, LLC Babylon Recycling Center, LLC Articles and Publications Recycling Tear-Off Asphalt Shingles: Best Practices Guide (CMRA) 2007 Recycling tear-off shingles: Paving Innovations (ForConstructionPros.com) Environmental Issues of Recycling Tear-Off Roofing Shingles (Construction Materials Recycling Association [CMRA], et.al), 2009 WEBINAR – 5 different presentations Environmental Issues Associated with Asphalt Shingle Recycling (CMRA) 2007 Report From Roofs to Roads...Recycling Asphalt Roofing Shingles into Paving Materials, (NAHB Research Center), 1998 Roofs to Roads Innovative Recycling Grant (FL DEP) 2001 Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Road Applications: An Overview of the State of Practice (VT ANR) 1999 Literature on Asphalt Shingle Recycling (CMRA) Overcoming the Barriers to Asphalt Shingle Recycling: Final Report for the RMRC Project 22 (Dan Krivit and Associates) 2005 Asphalt Roofing Shingles in Aggregate Base (CalRecycle)Asphalt Roofing Shingles in Asphalt Pavement (CalRecycle) Asphalt Roofing Shingles in Cold Patch (CalRecycle) Evaluation of Use of Manufactured Waste Asphalt Shingles in Hot Mix Asphalt (Chelsea Center for Recycling and Economic Development, 2000)From Roof to Road Video, 2.25 minutes, July 2001) Recycling Roofs into Roads (Fine Homebuilding article, 2007) Asphalt Shingle Waste Management in Northeast, Fact Sheet (NERC)Asphalt Shingle Recycling in Massachusetts (Green Goat) 2005 Asphalt Shingles in HMA MoDOT Specification, Presentation (MO DOT) Shingles in Paving Demonstration Project (King County, WA)Georgia’s Experience with Recycled Roofing Shingles in Asphaltic Concrete (Transportation Research Board) Minnesota’s Experience with Scrap Shingles in Bituminous Pavements (MN DOT) 1996 Organizations, Associations and Business Connecticut Advanced Pavement Laboratory (UCONN) Asphalt Shingle Recycling (CMRA) Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA) National Association of Home Builders Research Center (NAHB) Disclaimer: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) maintains the content on this web site to enhance public access to information and facilitate understanding of waste reduction, reuse and recycling. The DEEP is not recommending these resources over any others and recognizes these represent only a partial listing of resources on this subject. Content Last Updated on January 29, 2014 |
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