Giving new life to old roofing shingles

Gaf is blazing a path toward more environmentally responsible manufacturing and construction

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After roof shingles are ripped off a home and thrown in a dumpster they typically head to a landfill. Each year, the removal of old asphalt shingles generates more than 1.6 billion square feet of waste—11 million tons. But not for long. After years of research and innovation, GAF, North America’s largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, is rolling out a new process to recycle asphalt shingles.

“When you think about what manufacturing is today and what it could look like in the future, circularity has become crucial,” says the company’s CEO, Jim Schnepper. “It’s important to us that we do business in a sustainable way to be good citizens of the planet. And as we optimize recycling, it may help create efficiencies and even new industries.”

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