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Recycled asphalt shingles can be used in a variety of end uses, including:
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Asphalt Pavement |
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Alternative Fuel used in Power Plants and Cement Kilns |
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Cold Patch – for potholes. Sidewalks, utility cuts, driveways, ramps, bridges, and parking lots |
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Pothole Patch |
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Road and ground cover |
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Promotes green construction for LEED credits or cerification projects |
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Significantly reduces shingle disposal cost – much cheaper than the landfill |
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Shingle recycling can be used as a selling point to homeowners |
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Minimizes waste stream from going into the landfill |
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Various states are expected to ban the disposal of asphalt shinges in landfills |
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Estimated cost savings of $5.00 to over $7.00 per ton of HMA |
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Process can be engineered to provide HMA with equivalent or better performance |
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Improved resistance to pavement cracking
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Improved resistance to rutting |
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Conservation of natural resources – reduced use of virgin asphalt cement & mined aggregate |
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Reduces cost of virgin fuel - coal and fuel oil |
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Reduces carbon footprint of the facility |
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Promotes green sustainable technologies |
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Asphalt has an energy value of 17,000 BTU's/lb |
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Conservation of natural resources by reducing the demand for oil and mined aggregate |
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Conservation of landfill space by keeping roofing shingles out of landfills |
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Produces longer lasting roads |
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