Disposing of Waste Hardscape Materials

[Mbella]

Where do you guys dispose of your cut pieces, miscellaneous leftovers?

I have been lucky enough to be able to dump our leftovers/scraps at our yard. However, that may change soon.

[kris]

Same here Mike .. Just lucky.

We have been filling up a property really close to the shop for the last 4 yrs. I talked to a guy in Vancouver and it got so tough for him that he just subbed it all out.

I should add ... we go over with a machine once we cant get any more trucks in and push it in. Usually every week or two depending what jobs are going on.

[Mbella]

Same here Mike .. Just lucky.

We have been filling up a property really close to the shop for the last 4 yrs. I talked to a guy in Vancouver and it got so tough for him that he just subbed it all out.

Is that the "boneyard" you have referred to in the past?

[CaptainsLS]

Here in MA every thing is reprocessed. Pay to get rid of it, they make something out of it, and then you buy it back. Or you dig a really big hole and.......

[kris]

Is that the "boneyard" you have referred to in the past?

No No... I thought you meant scrap...we have a boneyard with leftovers that are still usable plus I keep a supply of pavers and wall units that we use all the time .... if a job only needs a couple of pallets we take it from there rather than get it delivered to site. ...comes in handy to have a few pallets around if a job got bumped up or something else happens like our supplier running low.

[Mbella]

No No... I thought you meant scrap...we have a boneyard with leftovers that are still usable plus I keep a supply of pavers and wall units that we use all the time .... if a job only needs a couple of pallets we take it from there rather than get it delivered to site. ...comes in handy to have a few pallets around if a job got bumped up or something else happens like our supplier running low.

Yeah, I meant the scrap. I get it.

[Colonial]

We have a dumpster at our shop. 4 yds costs abt $120 per month to get emptied, 2 x's per month, its inexpensive if you price it into jobs, comes out to about 6 dollars a day. A company by us now is filling in and old quarry so we can now dump a truck load there for about 20 bucks.

[kootoomootoo]

Golf course.....disposal fee... a case of beer.:)

[STLPONDS]

For the next year or so I can dump at one of my suppliers for $1.50 a ton which is a mile from my house.

[chardscapes]

I take scrap and extra to Potts and Callahan concrete yard in Baltimore.

[DRafto]

Finally, I can post some useful infomation. Diamond materials in Wilmington DE recycles concrete and to dump there is free. I would recommend finding a recycler of concrete and asphalt in your area and then approach them. Or talk to some demolition companies in your area that specialize in conrete or foundations. I am sure you can dump it for free in most areas, you just have to look harder.

Dan

[mckeeland]

we have several recyclers that let us dump clean concrete for free. smaller jobs just come home and get dumped into a large pile in the yard. then when the pile gets big enough i will run it to the recycler.

most concrete companies take it for free too, as long as it does not have rebar.

[mrusk]

So now one puts scraps behind walls or in fill areas on jobsites? I am completly against burying garbage, but i see no proablem burying paver or wall craps if they are several feet below grade.

[yardpro]

we also use scraps as backfill and sub-grade reinforcement.

[ZX12R]

I know someome who is a builder.He lets me dump on his job sites but that may e ending soon. ;-(