Portland area service
Concrete & Heavy Debris Dumpsters
Dedicated heavy-debris roll-offs for concrete, brick, block, asphalt and dirt — rated for weight standard dumpsters aren't built to carry.
- Licensed & insured
- Same-day in Portland
- Flat-rate pricing
- All 9 area communities
Concrete & Heavy Debris across the Portland metro area
Concrete, brick, block, asphalt and dirt are dense enough that a standard-size dumpster will hit its tonnage limit long before it looks full — a driveway tear-out or an old patio slab can weigh more by itself than an entire load of household junk in a box twice the size. We run smaller, heavy-rated containers, typically 10 or 15-yard, specifically for these clean heavy loads, sized and priced around weight rather than volume.
This is common work across the Portland metro — driveway and patio replacements, foundation repairs, retaining wall rebuilds, and site prep for new construction or an ADU all generate concrete and masonry debris that needs its own container. Keep it a clean load — concrete, brick, block, asphalt, dirt and rock only, no mixed trash — and we can price it tighter than a general debris box, because the disposal path, an aggregate recycler rather than the landfill, is different too.
At a glance
What you get with concrete & heavy debris
- Smaller containers (10 or 15-yard) sized for weight, not visual volume
- Clean loads only — concrete, brick, block, asphalt, dirt and rock, no mixed trash
- Common for driveway tear-outs, foundation work, retaining walls and ADU site prep
- Routed to an aggregate/concrete recycler rather than landfilled where possible
Why heavy debris gets its own container
Every roll-off has a tonnage limit set by what the truck and trailer can legally haul, and broken concrete runs roughly a ton or more per cubic yard depending on how it's broken up — versus household debris, which is usually a fraction of that per yard. Put a full driveway tear-out in a 20 or 30-yard general dumpster and you'll hit the weight cap with the box still looking mostly empty, and pay overage fees for the difference. A dedicated 10 or 15-yard heavy container, sized and priced for that density, avoids the mismatch.
What counts as heavy debris here
Concrete slabs and driveways, broken sidewalks, brick, cinder block, asphalt millings, dirt, rock, and clean fill all belong in a heavy-debris container — but keep it a single-material or near-single-material load where you can, since mixed loads combining concrete with general trash can push pricing and disposal back toward general-debris rules.
Portland-area geology and reuse
Much of the Portland metro sits on basalt and basalt-derived soils — the Boring Lava field under a wide stretch of the east side, and the Columbia River Basalt Group beneath the broader region. Because of that, a lot of the crushed concrete, broken block and rock we haul out of local jobs gets processed and reused as fill and base rock for driveways, French drains and grading, rather than trucked straight to a landfill.
Suitability
Is concrete & heavy debris the right call?
The fastest way to get this right is to check the load against both lists before you book.
Good fits for this container
- Driveway, patio or sidewalk tear-outs
- Foundation and retaining wall demolition
- Site prep and grading debris (dirt, rock, clean fill)
- Asphalt removal ahead of repaving
Send these somewhere else
- Mixed loads combining concrete with household trash or construction debris
- Large-volume, lightweight demo debris — better suited to a standard demolition dumpster
- Loads larger than a 10 or 15-yard heavy container is rated for — call ahead on big slabs
Concrete & Heavy Debris — the Portland-area specifics
Because so much of the Portland metro sits on basalt bedrock and basalt-derived soils — the Boring Lava field under much of the east side, the Columbia River Basalt Group beneath the wider region — crushed concrete and broken rock from local tear-outs are a natural fit for reuse as fill and base rock rather than straight disposal. We see this work everywhere from driveway replacements in Beaverton and Tigard to foundation repairs on older homes near the Willamette in Milwaukie and Oregon City, where post-war construction sits on some genuinely uneven, rocky ground.
Talk to a real person
Need concrete & heavy debris in Portland?
Call (971) 754-2757, describe the job in a sentence, and you will get a flat price and a delivery window on the same call.
Mon–Sat 7:00am – 7:00pm
Answers
Concrete & Heavy Debris — your questions answered
Can I mix concrete with regular construction debris in one dumpster?
We'd rather you didn't. Concrete, brick and block are dense enough to hit a dumpster's weight limit fast, and mixing them with lighter general debris usually means paying overage fees on a box that isn't even full. Keep concrete and masonry in their own dedicated container and we can price and size it correctly from the start.
What size dumpster do I need for a driveway tear-out?
Most single driveways fit a 10 or 15-yard heavy-debris container — concrete is dense enough that the weight limit, not the box size, usually determines how much you can load. Call us with the approximate square footage and thickness and we'll size it precisely.
Does dirt or rock count as heavy debris?
Yes — dirt, rock, clean fill and grading debris are priced and handled the same way as concrete and masonry, in a dedicated heavy container rather than a general debris dumpster.
What happens to the concrete after it's hauled away?
Where possible we route crushed concrete, brick and rock to an aggregate recycler rather than the landfill — it gets processed and reused as fill and base rock, which fits naturally given how much of the Portland metro's own ground is basalt and basalt-derived rock to begin with.
How much does a concrete or heavy-debris dumpster cost?
It's priced by weight more than by box size, and runs in a similar general range to our other dumpsters — roughly $350 to $750 depending on volume and tonnage. Call (971) 754-2757 with the material and approximate quantity and we'll give you a flat number before delivery.
Service area
Concrete & Heavy Debris across the Portland metro area
We run roll-off containers out of our 6425 N Albina Ave yard in Portland to all nine communities we cover — close-in Portland and Gresham on the Multnomah County side, Beaverton, Hillsboro and Tigard out in Washington County, and Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Oregon City and Happy Valley across the river in Clackamas County. Portland and the closest towns are usually same-day; the farther edges of the service area are next-day. If your town is not listed, call anyway. We likely still get there.