O’Lyn Contractors, Inc. dba O’Lyn Roofing Contractorsis leading the effort in the State of Massachusetts to make shingle recycling more widely available and give homeowners the option of choosing a roofing contractor such as them who is ensuring shingles don’t end up in landfills. O’Lyn Roofing’s most recent efforts began through an understanding of the Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt, LLC’s program that simplifies recycling asphalt shingles for contractors. Their efforts are the first by any roofing manufacturer and are facilitated by a national strategic alliance with Heritage Environmental Services. As part of the program, contractors pledge to recycle their shingle tear-offs. In addition to keeping shingle waste out of landfills, contractors benefit by promoting sustainable business practices to homeowners.

Owens Corning is working with Heritage Environmental Services, the largest privately-held environmental services company in the United States. Heritage will provide convenient, cost-competitive, and differentiating drop-off centers that will recycle and process shingle tear-offs into use in paving applications. With programs already in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Chicago & Denver, and with others in the works, O’Lyn Roofing is hoping to focus the attention of this effort, increase consumer awareness, and motivate the state government to accelerate the shingle recycling presence in the North East. One critical component will be guiding the state Department of transportation to set a specification for the use of recycled shingles in paving mixes, which will drive the use of recycled shingles by local paving contractors.