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Article: Turning Roofs Into Roads.(Editorial)(Brief article)
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- Western Builder
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- October 6, 2008
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Story by Mike Larson, Editor
Recycling asphalt shingles into pavement makes ecological and economic sense.
B.R. Amon & Sons, Inc. and Rooftop Recycling, LLC, both of Elkhorn, WI, have teamed up to become Wisconsin's first companies to recycle asphalt roofing shingles for use in asphalt pavements.
Recycling the roofing material will not only keep mountains of waste out of the state's landfills, it also helps make asphalt pavements better and more economical.
In addition, it reduces the amount of new asphalt and aggregate that needs to be processed from the earth.
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