Northstar receives first truckload of asphalt shingles at Delta facility

Empower Pilot Facility, Delta, BC, Nov 16, 2022 (CNW Group/Northstar Clean Technologies Inc.)

VANCOUVER — Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. has announced its first collection of previously landfill bound asphalt shingles at the company’s asphalt shingle reprocessing facility in Delta, B.C.

While the company has been producing saleable quantities of liquid asphalt from its on-site shingle inventory, the company has now fully commissioned its digital weigh scale and is able to collect shingles. The processing of the first truck of asphalt shingles means the shingle collection process is operational. The company expects to work with local partners to ramp up collection activities at the Empower Pilot Facility.

Northstar president & CEO Aidan Mills said that this represents a milestone for the company and its stakeholders. The diversion of discarded asphalt shingles from the company’s Vancouver landfill to the Empower Pilot Facility signifies their entry into the circular economy, a process which should help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from liquid asphalt production.

“We will work with our industry partners to increase shingle collection at the Empower Pilot Facility. This is an important step for our business model, as it will mark our ability to collect tipping fees, an important revenue stream for the business,” he said in a statement.