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Missouri nears shingle recycling boost.


A resolution requiring the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Many sub-national governments have a Department of Natural Resources or similarly-named organization:
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  • Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
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 (DNR See dynamic noise reduction and domain name resolver. ) to assist any applicant attempting to open a shingle recycling facility in the state has been approved by the Environmental Committee of the state House of Representatives and has been sent to the floor for a vote.

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 the resolution, the state's goal is to divert solid waste from landfills and that asphalt roofing shingle recycling provides an alternative to disposal, having been recycled and used in other states for asphalt road base, parking lots, patch repair and dust control on roads.

Because these market opportunities exist in the state, the resolution asks DNR to assist those wanting to start shingle recycling plants and to educate local governments and the citizenry on the benefits of using recycled asphalt roofing shingles shingles: see herpes zoster.
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, as well as to review all permit applications and facility operating needs in a "timely and expeditious ex·pe·di·tious  
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ex
 manner."

Dale Behnen, whose company Peerless Landfill in Missouri is a member of the Construction Material Recycling Association, has testified on the resolution. She says it is a non-binding document, but may be a first step toward a state bill supporting these actions.
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Title Annotation:C&D News
Publication:Recycling Today
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U4MO
Date:Jun 1, 2004
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