Activity 5.2 Shingle Mountain Case Study
Define the Problem The setup of the roofing shingles industry is setting the underprivileged up for more health problems. Shingles are good for about 10 to 30 years as found in recycled asphalt shingles website. I also found on another blog, environmental cost of shingles, that states that asphalt shingles do not break down for a good 300 to 400 years. there has to be a better way to manufacture something to keep our indoors safe and dry. It’s crazy that even at best, it is still not usable for over 100 times its usable lifetime. Quality Waste Management in Chicago, IL: Tri-state disposal . statedisposal.com. (2022, May 18). Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://tri-statedisposal.com/ Not only does it take forever for the environment to break down these asphalt shingles there is an environmental injustice. With the location of these factories, and then where they are disposed of. There is a news article over a pile of these asphalt shingles that was written in about 202...