1. Shingle Recycling Husnu Kalkanoglu November 2, 2007

2. CertainTeed Corporation Profile - Founded in 1904 in East St. Louis by George M. Brown as the General Roofing Manufacturing Company - Headquarters in Valley Forge, PA - Technical Center in Blue Bell, PA - Eight operating groups - 9,000 employees - 70 Manufacturing locations in USA and Canada

3. Polymer and Vinyl Siding

4. Fiber Cement Siding

5. Polymer Trim

6. Fence and Railing

7. Pipe

8. Insulation

9. Gypsum Board Joint Tape Finishing Products

10. Ceilings

11. Residential Roofing - Shingles

12. Commercial Roofing - Membranes

13. Cost incentives encourage post industrial recycling Asphalt shingles contain similar raw materials as hot mix; asphalt, glass mat, granules and limestone stabilizer

14. Recycled plant waste hardly makes a dent - Annually an estimated 10 million tons of asphalt shingle tear-offs are disposed as landfills - Annual plant waste is reported to be about 1 million tons

15. Adding tear-offs from re-roofing has its challenges - Tear-offs usually contain various contaminants – nails, wood, demolition debris, household refuse, and in very rare occasions asbestos… - Some state DOTs require pavement standard for non- road applications - Hot-mix plant operator preference for adding recycled asphalt shingles varies - Logistics to collect and transfer re-roofing tear-offs to hot-mix plants lacks widespread workable infrastructure

16. Intellectual property field is active - 17 patents and patent applications (1978 – 2007) were identified that reference products made from recycled shingles composite board, ground cover, pavement, patching… - Separately 26 patents and patent applications (1978 -2007) made claims for methods to recycle shingles shredding heating & milling hydrocarbon recovery size reduction & mixing in hot asphalt/oil

17. There are also those who are determined to make a difference

18. - - Incentives – Incentives – Incentives - - - Federal & state DOTs - Roofing manufacturers - Roofing contractors