{"id":33368,"date":"2022-10-10T18:52:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33368"},"modified":"2022-10-10T18:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:52:56","slug":"asphalt-roofing-shingles-mushrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33368","title":{"rendered":"Getting solar shingles? Here\u2019s how your asphalt roofing can be recycled using mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

In what\u2019s believed to be a first-of-its-kind project, four companies worked to give asphalt roofing shingles a sustainable second life by using mushrooms to break them down in a technique known as\u00a0mycoremediation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asphalt shingles and mushrooms<\/h2>\n

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 11 to 13 million tons of asphalt shingles end up in US landfills each year, where it will take upwards of 300 years for them to break down.<\/p>\n

Global real estate and investment group Lendlease<\/a>, waste and recycling digital marketplace Rubicon<\/a>, early-stage cleantech mycoremediation company Mycocycle<\/a>, and shingle recycling company Rockwood Sustainable Solutions<\/a> teamed up to create a recycling solution after witnessing the large amount of shingle waste generated by a reroofing project in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Sara Neff, head of sustainability at Lendlease Americas, said:<\/p>\n

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Every asphalt shingle from those 214 homes would have gone to a landfill. There was simply no viable use for them. We understand the importance of reducing our Scope 3 carbon by diverting waste streams from the landfill. <\/p>\n

After teaming up with Rubicon, Mycocycle, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, we came up with an innovative idea using mycoremediation technology \u2013 combining mushrooms and shingles to break down waste materials and create a new byproduct that could ideally be reintroduced for reuse, furthering a circular economy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shingle samples were gathered and transported to Rockwood Sustainable Solutions\u2019 facility in Lebanon, Tennessee, where Mycocycle mixed the sample with three strains of fungi. Check out the video below to see what they did:<\/p>\n

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