• 10 Steps to Asphalt Shingle Recycling
• What are the benefits for roofers?
• What are the benefits of recycling shingles?
• How can I participate?

10 Steps to Asphalt Shingle Recycling

1. Attend a Roofs 2 Roads training class. We have trainings scheduled regularly. We can also schedule a training for you and your company at your convenience.
2. Complete the questionnaire concerning your current disposal practices.
3. Your company name will now be listed on our website, and provided to the managers of collection points.
4. Each project you recycle has to be tested for asbestos by using the process outlined below.
5. When you get a contract for a roofing tear-off, take asbestos samples. 3 samples are required for each roof layer. The samples can be small, about the size of a quarter.
6. Complete the asbestos testing form and send it to the testing lab via FedEx:
   
   URS Corporation
   5 Industrial Way,
   Salem, NH 03079
   
   Roofs to Roads is covering the shipping costs. Here is an example form.
7. You and Roofs to Roads will receive your report within 24 hours via e-mail. Please print out a copy of your test results to give to the gatekeeper at the collection point.
   • If the shingles contain asbestos over 1%, Roofs to Roads will not be able to accept the shingles and they will have to be taken to an approved Asbestos Landfill.
8. Tear off the roof. Keep asphalt shingles in one receptacle and all other trash and recyclables in another receptacle. Add shingle waste from the new roof to the asphalt shingle receptacle.
9. Recycle your shingles! Proceed to the most convenient collection point.
   • If you will be going to Brannan Sand and Gravel you must have a copy of the asbestos report for the load you are tipping to give to the gate keeper. You also must purchase a "Pit Pass" from Brannan directly before you proceed to the collection location.
   • The Collection Location can refuse loads that are not clean. You can bring these to a landfill.
10. Enjoy the greenhouse gas reduction, the reduced disposal fees, and the green marketing benefits!

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What are the benefits for roofers?

• Reduced tipping costs
• Green marketing opportunity
• Meet construction and demolition requirements/LEED points
• Help make the roofing industry more sustainable

Use this template to market your roofing business and your recycling efforts!

What are the benefits of recycling shingles?

Recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) can replace a significant percentage of asphalt-cement virgin binder asphalt used for paving roads. In 2009, paving projects completed with RAS are using a 5% mix. Positive impacts include:

• Every ton of virgin binder replaced with RAS avoids 27 tons of C02 emissions.
• The project will divert 5,000 tons of shingles from landfills in 2009.
• Market analysis in Missouri and other states shows the potential savings of over $1,500 per mile of road, for each inch of paving depth, by using RAS.
• Data coming in from Missouri and Minnesota show several years of high performance for roads with RAS content.
• This project is be monitored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, (CDOT).
• The success of the Roofs to Roads project will put Colorado in a leadership position for reducing green house gases and innovative use of RAS.

How can I participate?

General contractors, roofers and other subcontractors, architects, municipalities, realtors, green building stewards, home owners and building owners -- the ultimate success of this pilot project to recycle asphalt shingles is up to every one of us!

Contact us to set up your initial training, learn more about national results with Recycled Asphalt Shingles, and begin recycling and using recycled asphalt shingles today. Let's create Colorado's sustainable future together!