Complying with Regulations
The Richmond Sanitary Service staff will help you understand the various rules and regulations in the communities where you conduct business and make recycling of construction and demolition debris easier for you. Call us at (510) 262-7100 with any questions.
Order a Debris Box
To order a debris box and for more information about recycling construction and demolition debris, call us at (510) 262-7100.
Recycling Options
Single-Source, Separated Debris
Customers can save by delivering single-source loads. These loads must contain only one type of recyclable material. No garbage of any kind is allowed. To create single-source loads and qualify for lower rates, customers must separate debris and construction material and place each type of material in individual debris boxes. For example, a debris box for wood, another for metal, another for concrete and so on. The following are accepted as single-source loads:
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Asphalt
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Black or brown, tar-like material mixed with aggregate used as a paving material. Composite shingles or other roofing material made with asphalt.
Size preference: 2' x 2' x 1' pieces.
No bricks. |
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Concrete
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Material made from sand, aggregate gravel, cement mix and water, including pieces of building foundations, concrete paving, and concrete blocks.
Size preference: 2' x 2' x 1' pieces
Small amount of rebar is OK. |
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Dirt
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Soil, dirt, and other matter.
Examples: Sand, clay, soil and other fines.
No rocks, sod or concrete. |
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Metals;
ferrous and nonferrous
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All ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Examples: Office furniture and fixtures, metal doors and framing, appliances, including heaters, freezers, refrigerators and air conditioners
An additional fee is required for the removal of Freon and mercury switches. |
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Lumber
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Processed wood for building, manufacturing, landscaping, packaging.
Demolition items including lumber cutoffs, plywood and particleboard, wood scraps, pallets, fencing, shake roofing and siding.
No creosote or lead-based paint.
Nails are OK. |
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Paper and cardboard
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Corrugated cardboard boxes.
No wax-coated materials. |
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Cardboard
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Corrugated cardboard boxes.
No wax-coated materials. |
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Carpet padding
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Used carpet padding and remnants of padding from newly installed carpeting. |
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Lumber and wood;
including painted wood
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Processed wood for building, manufacturing, landscaping and packaging.
Items from demolition including lumber cutoffs, plywood and particleboard, wood scraps, pallets, fencing, shake roofing, siding.
No creosote or lead-based paint.
Nails are OK. |
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Metals
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All ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Examples: Office furniture and fixtures, metal doors and framing, appliances, including heaters, freezers, refrigerators and air conditioners.
An additional fee is required for the removal of Freon and mercury switches. |
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Sheetrock, drywall, plasterboard, wallboard
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Interior wall coverings made of a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between paper layers.
Gypsum board may be called sheetrock, drywall, plasterboard, gypboard, gyproc or wallboard.
Must be clean.
No wire meshing, paper or cardboard. |
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Small pieces and quantities of asphalt paving, concrete and rocks
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Stones and rocks of any size and shape including pebbles.
No bricks.
No sandstone. | |
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