Concrete
Broken slab, footings, the old path and the driveway. It's heavy, so it goes in a small bin, 2m³ to 6m³. Weighed in at our yard and crushed into road base.
Sort it before you book
Tap what you are throwing. Anything that would re-grade the bin gets sent to the right one.
Concrete bins are weighed and crushed as one material, so one thing that is not concrete re-grades the whole load. Tiles, plaster and formwork timber go in a builders bin, roots and soil in a soil bin.
Sizes and allowances
Heavy waste runs out of allowance while the bin still looks half empty. The 2m³, 3m³ and 4m³ are concrete only. The 6m³ takes a maximum of 6 tonne.
Weight over the allowance is charged per tonne at the rate on your quote. Bins fill to the top rail and no higher.
Not sure? Compare every bin size or try the load on the weighbridge.
Where it goes
Concrete and masonry are crushed and screened into drainage gravel and road base materials, which reduces the demand on quarries. Kept clean, none of it needs to see landfill.
Follow one load through our yard
Jobs this bin suits
Read the heads-up on each one. That's the part that costs money on the day.
Concrete is the one job where the smallest bin is the right call. It hits the weight limit long before it looks full.
Heads upA concrete bin takes plain and reinforced concrete, masonry, pavers, bricks and rock. No ceramic tiles, and no soil or roots mixed through it. Kept clean, it's crushed into road base instead of going to landfill.
2m³, 3m³, 4m³
Soil and concrete only, no other materials.
Plain and reinforced concrete, masonry, pavers, bricks, besser blocks and rock. Ceramic tiles, plasterboard and formwork timber are builders waste, and soil or roots make it a soil load, so keep all of those out.
Smaller than you think. Concrete is heavy waste, and a slab reaches the weight limit with the bin barely a third full. The 2m³, 3m³ and 4m³ concrete bins are concrete only, and the 6m³ takes a maximum of 6 tonne. Not sure? Tell us the job and we will size it.
Yes. Concrete runs in dedicated concrete bins with their own allowance rather than as a mixed load, because it is weighed and crushed as one material. Concrete tipped into a general bin is charged as a mixed load at the more expensive rate, so keep it separate.
Not in a concrete bin. We run a Soil & Concrete bin in 2m³, 3m³ and 4m³ for exactly that job. Tell us at booking and we will send the right one.
Our triple guarantee
Every cost is confirmed and every scenario explained before you book. If we did not mention it, you do not owe it.
We deliver and collect on the day we said we would. No chasing, no ghosting.
Every collection gets sorted for what can be recycled: green waste to mulch, concrete to road base, metals to scrap recycling.
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Slab, footings, pavers. Weighed in, crushed, reused.