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Asphalt Partners
 These LinkUp businesses conduct asphalt and/or asphalt shingle recycling and/or manufacturing products from those materials.
If you would like to learn more about LinkUp partnership opportunities, please contact us.
 American Roofing Recyclers
Materials processed: asphalt composition, cedar shake and composition/wood roofing
Each month, American Roofing Recyclers, located in Snohomish, Wash., processes and recycles about 600 tons of composition and wood shake roofing. About 95 percent of this material comes from roofing and construction companies in King and Snohomish Counties. The company recycles cedar shingle roofing into landscaping chips or sells it as hog fuel. The processed asphalt roofing is provided to a company that turns it into a variety of products, such as ground-cover for trails and walkways, base material for roads or top coat dressing for roofs.
LinkUp assistance:
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Recovery 1, Inc.
Materials processed: construction, demolition and land-clearing debris
 This Tacoma, Washington, construction, demolition and land-clearing debris recycling facility is one of the few in the country that can manage mixed debris shipments. In its facility at the Port of Tacoma, Recovery 1 recycles more than 99 percent of incoming debris materials into marketable products, making its operation a more affordable alternative to trucking that same "waste" to the landfill.
LinkUp assistance:
- Development of communications materials
- Direct-mail marketing campaign
- Market evaluation and material testing
- Media outreach: issued press release
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 Renton Concrete Recyclers
Recycled product: crushed construction debris aggregate
This Renton, Washington, company crushes some 1,500 tons of construction debris each day, including concrete, ceramic, marble, brick, stone and asphalt. The recycled aggregate is sold for roadbed material and fill for sidewalks, driveways and paths.
LinkUp assistance:
- Conducted a workshop on "Building Roads with Recycled Materials"
- Media outreach: issued press release
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 Y.K. Products, LLC
Recycled product: U.S. Cold Patch (asphalt patch)
This Everett, Washington, company produces U.S. Cold Patch, a dry, odorless compound that uses up to 70 percent recycled asphalt for patching potholes and making other concrete repairs. U.S. Cold Patch hardens through compaction, not evaporation, thereby eliminating the release of petroleum-based solvents, which are used in most other cold-patch asphalt materials. The product has been used by more than 60 area municipalities and public works facilities, and is available at several home improvement centers.
LinkUp assistance:
- Marketing assistance
- Business and strategic planning
- Financing and grant assistance
- Development of local government purchasing connections
- Media outreach: issued press release
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