Recovery and reuse of asphalt roofing waste. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Feb 02 04:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5184572· OSTI ID:5184572

Desai, S.; Graziano, G.; Shepherd, P.

Burning of asphalt roofing waste as a fuel and incorporating asphalt roofing waste in bituminous paving were identified as the two outstanding resource recovery concepts out of ten studied. Four additional concepts might be worth considering under different market or technical circumstances. Another four concepts were rated as worth no further consideration at this time. This study of the recovery of the resource represented in asphalt roofing waste has identified the sources and quantities of roofing waste. About six million cubic yards of scrap roofing are generated annually in the United States, about 94% from removal of old roofing at the job site and the remainder from roofing material production at factories. Waste disposal is a growing problem for manufacturers and contractors. Nearly all roofing waste is hauled to landfills at a considerable expense to roofing contractors and manufacturers. Recovery of the roofing waste resource should require only a modest economic incentive. The asphalt contained in roofing waste represents an energy resource of more than 7 x 10/sup 13/ Btu/year. Another 1 x 10/sup 13/ Btu/year may be contained in field-applied asphalt on commercial building roofs. The two concepts recommended by this study appear to offer the broadest applicability, the most favorable economics, and the highest potential for near-term implementation to reuse this resource.

• Research Organization: Manville Service Corp., Denver, CO (USA). Research and Development Center
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-82CE40558
• OSTI ID: 5184572
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE/40558-T1; ON: DE84009368
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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ASPHALTS
BITUMENS
BUILDING MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT
MANUFACTURING
MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PAVEMENTS
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ROOFS
SCRAP
SOLID WASTES
TAR
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES