Founded in 1995, Thompson Recycle Company was originally a division of Thompson-McCully Company, the largest asphalt contractor in the state of Michigan. The company’s mobile equipment would recycle asphalt at Thompson-McCully plants, as well as servicing outside customers. In 1999, Thompson Recycle Company began operating independently under the leadership of John Thompson.

​Road construction projects produce mountains of scrap asphalt, but that asphalt can be reused as a component in new asphalt mixes. Depending on project specifications, up to 50% of an asphalt mix consists of recycled product. It is both environmentally and fiscally smart for companies to recycle asphalt.

​In 2012, Thompson Recycle Company added a screening division to be able to fractionalize the recycled asphalt product into a variety of sizes to better meet the industry’s needs and to expand its offering.

​Thompson Recycle Company credits its success to a focus on meeting customers’ needs without exception or excuse that was learned from Robert Thompson, Thompson-McCully’s founder and father of company president John Thompson.