Asphalt Shingles Recycling: A National Perspective

1
Asphalt Shingles Recycling A National
Perspective

• Kimberly Cochran, PhD
• U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste
• 3rd Asphalt Shingles Recycling Forum
• Chicago, IL
• November 1, 2007

2
Upward Trend

• There is a large drive to increase CD materials
  recycling
• Asphalt shingles have great potential for
  recycling
• Post-consumer asphalt shingles are largely not
  recycled

3
State Programs Regulations

• Massachusetts ban on disposal before processing
• California requires 50 diversion from landfills
• Various states have grants and education programs

4
Local Ordinances

• Disposal bans
• Ban of specific materials from being disposed
• Waste plan requirement
• Require all contractors to submit plans on how
  they will reduce disposal when applying for a
  permit
• Deposit system
• Fee required when applying for a permit that is
  returned when recycling is proven
• Salvage period requirements

5
Other Factors Influencing Recycling

• Increases in fuel prices
• Green building initiatives
• Efforts to reduce GHG emissions
• General difficulty to site landfills

6
RCC Challenge

• Industrial Materials Recycling is a priority of
  the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC)
• CD Materials
• Foundry Sands
• Coal Combustion products
• Current goal
• Increase CD materials recycling to 65 by 2011

7
Accomplishing Our Goals

• Measure What gets tracked gets managed
• Explore barriers and how to overcome them
• Increase awareness
• Recognize success

8
EPA Activities

• Asphalt Shingles Material Resource
• Construction Initiative
• Encouraging use of industrial materials in
  building or highway construction projects
• Green Buildings, Highways, and Sustainable Sites
• Helping develop criteria
• Promoting industrial materials recycling in green
  structures/sites
• Promoting coordination between transportation and
  environmental agencies
• Disaster Debris Management Planning

9
EPA Activities

• Working with industry and government
• Construction Materials Recycling Association
• Associated General Contractors of America
• National Association of Home Builders
• National Demolition Association
• Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste
  Management Officials
• National Association of Counties

10
EPA Activities

• Improving CD materials measurement
• Measurement tool for contractors
• Developing a toolkit to help contractors with how
  to recycle/use recycled materials
• Determining recognition methods
• Reaching out to contractors, recyclers, and
  governments

11
EPA Activities

• Asphalt Shingles Energy Materials
• Exploring the applicability of use of shingles as
  a fuel and material for cement kilns
• Working with Owens Corning
• Looking to other countries that currently
  practice this

12
EPA Innovative Waste Grants

• 2005 OSWER Innovations Workgroup Pilot Grant to
  CMRA for Tear-Off Asphalt Shingles Recycling
• Update www.shinglerecycling.org website
• Recycling Asphalt Shingles Best Practices Guide
  
• Environmental Issues Associated with Asphalt
  Shingle Recycling

13
EPA Innovative Waste Grants

• 2004 EPA Region 5 Grant to WasteCap Wisconsin
  CD Waste Management Toolkit Training
• Several recycling accreditation courses held in
  WI
• City of Chicago will host 1st training outside WI
  
• Friday, November 9th
• EPA Region 5 Building (Metcalfe Federal Building)
• www.wastecapwi.org

14
Things to Think About

• What obstacles have you encountered?
• What role does each participant play in
  overcoming the obstacles to asphalt shingle
  recycling?
• Contractors
• Manufacturers
• States
• EPA

Make sure you use your comment cards!!
15
Contact Information
Cochran.Kimberly_at_epa.gov 703-347-8950