Doing anything that falls outside the status-quo takes proactive over-communication and buy-in on the front-end of a business arrangment when securing your roofing contractors and waste management service providers. It also requires plenty of research if C&D waste managment options aren't readily available, as is the case in Tulsa. I bet I spent more than 15 hours on the phone and online investigating C&D waste recycling options for Tulsans trying to the do the right thing. Whew, brutal! Most people won't go the extra mile to do this...but now you don't have to!
In Tulsa, Harley Hollan (918-317-7777, ask for Dale) will drop a container off at your site and deliver to APAC (918-438-2020), where they offer a variety of C&D waste recycling, to include: concrete, wood, and asphalt shingles. APAC will take shingles with the nails in in and felt, but not with wood shingles/decking. Harley Hollan recommends you order a container strickly for the shingles so there isn't a bunch of mixed waste to rummage through, although they will go through and separate it if needed. Plan ahead and talk the project through with all contractors and service providers involved. The last thing you want to do is inform the roofer that you want them to recycle the shingles the day they come to do the tear-off -- it ain't gonna happen.
Most roofers are used to bringing their own trailers so they can pull them up close to the house. So if you do order a container, make sure you try to drop it off near the house so the roofers can pitch it right in. The easier you can make it for the roofer, the more likely they are to use this new procedure. You can also arrange for the roofer to take to APAC -- call ahead to confirm everything. You have to hand-hold everybody because this is all new to them.
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