Dive Brief:

• An Alabama facility is the second asphalt shingle facility in North America to be GreenCircle Certified for Waste Diversion from Landfills.
• GAF, a roofing manufacturer in Tuscaloosa, had to meet specific objectives to get the rating.
• GAF created initiatives to lower waste and improve operational efficiency. Those efforts included the company teaming with recyclers and other groups to find other uses for waste that before was directed to a landfill and devising ways to reuse waste it generates at the plant.

Dive Insight:

Much construction-related waste could be re-used by contractors, homeowners and many others. Keeping usable items out of landfills is essential for such reuse, and GAF’s decision to create less waste at its point of origin could be a model for other manufacturers to follow.