Because the nation marks Earth Day 2024, DaVinci Roofscapes is marking a milestone of its personal. Through the previous 12 years DaVinci, a division of Westlake Royal Constructing Merchandise™, has reprocessed greater than 12.2 million kilos of polymer scrap.
In 2023, 666,378 kilos of reprocessed product have been repelletized and used to make starter roofing tiles that are product of near 100% recycled inside materials. A further 640,282 kilos have been bought to exterior sources to be used within the building of different merchandise. One of many firms shopping for scrap from DaVinci is Westlake Dimex, which makes use of the post-industrial waste to make exterior landscaping merchandise.
Zero Waste All the time a High Aim
At DaVinci, each pound of polyethylene scrap generated by the corporate’s expansive manufacturing operation goes into repurposed product. Inexperienced initiatives are all the time being enhanced to guarantee scrap from making roofing tiles is recycled. The primary precedence is to reuse the product on the Lenexa operations.
“We make our composite roofing and siding tiles with virgin polymers,” says Mark Pagel, normal supervisor at DaVinci Roofscapes. “Our merchandise are created in dozens of colours and coloration blends.
“After we swap from one coloration to a different, there’s a pure transitioning interval between the colours through the change. These transition tiles are ‘off spec’ and can’t be used, so we recycle them.”
Pagel relates that the transition tiles are fastidiously pulled off the product line. They’re segregated into particularly coloured scrap bins. Up to now 12 months, 666,378 kilos of those coloured tiles have been floor up and repurposed into starter roofing tiles, that are typically unseen on the roof. The reground product was additionally inserted into the underside cavity on strong accent roofing components, with virgin resins used on the highest seen portion of the product.
The rest of the recycled product was shipped out of the DaVinci facility to be used by different firms. Some use them to make landscaping supplies and pallets.
Why Recycled Polymers Are Worthwhile
DaVinci slate and shake tiles are product of virgin resins, UV and thermal stabilizers. A extremely specialised hearth retardant is added to the combo, making them hearth resistant. DaVinci merchandise are warranted to final a long time on properties and business initiatives. Nevertheless, after their lifespan, they’re additionally 100% recyclable. These similar options make the recycled polymers advantageous when they’re utilized in recycled merchandise.
Made for life like magnificence, excessive efficiency and low upkeep, DaVinci merchandise resist splitting, cracking, curling and fading. Every polyethylene tile has been crafted to withstand excessive winds, mould, algae, fungus and bugs.
DaVinci composite merchandise are Class A fireplace and Class 4 impression rated. They’re licensed by ASMD 3161 to straight line winds as much as 110 mph and hurricane excessive velocity winds as much as 180 mph.
Manufactured on the DaVinci Roofscapes facility in Kansas, the composite shake siding and roofing tiles are made with coloration all through every bit and require no portray. The composite tiles function an environmentally pleasant various to actual wooden shakes, pure slate tiles and plastic siding.
Be taught extra about how DaVinci recycles and our whole manufacturing course of in our digital plant tour.