Owens Corning Advances Recycling Throughout the Supply Chain
November 11 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Increases recycled content in fiberglass insulation and masonry
products and simplifies asphalt shingle recycling TOLEDO, Ohio,
Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) today
announced significant advancements in the use of recycled content,
end-of-life solutions and the company's collaboration with the
recycling industry. Recycled Content Owens Corning Fiberglas®
insulation products have the highest certified recycled content for
fiberglass insulation in North America. With an additional ten
percent recycled content, Owens Corning residential and commercial
insulation products in North America now are made of at least half
recycled glass content (minimum 50%). In addition to keeping glass
out of landfills, using recycled content also helps reduce Owens
Corning's energy use and CO2 emissions as melting recycled glass
requires significantly less energy. Additionally, Owens Corning's
Cultured Stone® and ProStone® brands are the first manufactured
stone veneer products to receive third party validation for
recycled content. UL Environment(TM) Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories, provided the third party
testing and validation for a minimum 35 percent recycled content.
"One of the green product attributes that matters most is resource
efficiency. This includes using recycled materials, producing
products that can be practically recycled and reducing energy and
material use in manufacturing," said Owens Corning's Chief
Sustainability Officer, Frank O'Brien-Bernini. "As we work to green
our operations and our products, we are finding ways to drive
positive impact up and down the supply chain and in our communities
through recycling efforts." End-of-Life Recycling Asphalt shingles
are the most widely used roofing products for aesthetics,
durability and installed costs. Recognizing the opportunity to
provide a more sustainable end-of-life solution for asphalt
shingles, Owens Corning's Roofing business developed a program to
simplify shingle recycling for its Preferred Roofing Contractors.
Through the program, Owens Corning connects roofing contractors
with convenient drop-offs and recycling centers run by Heritage
Environmental Services. Heritage, the largest privately-held
environmental services company in the US, will provide dedicated,
convenient drop-off centers that will recycle and process shingle
tear-offs for the materials to be used in paving. Working with the
Recycling Industry A common roadblock to increasing recycling
efforts can be a lack of recycling programs or technical reuse
limitations. Owens Corning works closely with the recycling
industry to remove barriers to keeping recyclable waste from going
to landfills. In addition to the strategic alliance with Heritage
for shingle recycling, Owens Corning worked in Kansas City, Mo, to
help create America's first self-contained metropolitan recycling
system. Through a strategic alliance, Owens Corning will purchase
recycled glass from the new recycling processor Ripple Glass and
use the recycled materials in its local facility producing
fiberglass insulation. Owens Corning is helping to keep glass out
of landfills, eliminating the need to transport recycled glass
hundreds of miles and providing an opportunity for the local
community to now engage in recycling glass. To learn more about
Owens Corning sustainability efforts including recycling, visit
http://www.owenscorning.com/sustainability. About Owens Corning
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) is a leading global producer of residential
and commercial building materials, glass-fiber reinforcements and
engineered materials for composite systems. A Fortune 500 company
for 55 consecutive years, Owens Corning is committed to driving
sustainability through delivering solutions, transforming markets
and enhancing lives. Founded in 1938, Owens Corning is a
market-leading innovator of glass-fiber technology with sales of $6
billion in 2008 and about 16,000 employees in 30 countries on five
continents. Additional information is available at
http://www.owenscorning.com/. DATASOURCE: Owens Corning CONTACT:
Ried Artis, +1-419-377-9075, Web Site: http://www.owenscorning.com/
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