by: forconstructionpros.com, 06.15.2010

Charlotte, NC - Monroe-based contractor Boggs Paving, Inc. has launched a program designed to reclaim materials and save substantial landfill space by recycling asphalt-shingles used in roofing homes. The "Roof to Roads" program marks the first time a company has received a permit from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) to undertake the entire recycling process at an asphalt-manufacturing facility.

Roads in Union and Anson counties will be resurfaced with the reclaimed shingles in late summer 2010. Numerous companies in other states have been recycling asphalt-shingles for years in DOT approved asphalt mixes. However, Boggs Paving is one of the few companies employing this process in North Carolina.

"We accepted numerous loads of asphalt shingles in the first three weeks of the program," said Mike Batson with Boggs Paving. "We are making tremendous progress with our Roof to Roads program and are pleased with the participation and support from many roofing contractors in our area."  ..........read more