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Asphalt dumpster rental — 20 yards, billed by weight

An asphalt dumpster does not rent like a renovation dumpster: weight decides, not volume. One size goes out — the 20 yard, 7 tons included, 12 maximum — filled three quarters at most, never more. And the mix-up to avoid: roofing shingles do not go here — they leave in the mixed dry materials dumpster. Enter your driveway's dimensions below: the tool returns your tons and the number of trips.

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Why this dumpster is billed by weight

A torn-up driveway makes a modest pile at the edge of the pavement. Do not trust it: broken asphalt weighs about one ton per cubic yard — the same order as soil and broken concrete, far above a renovation dumpster that fills with wood and drywall. That is why asphalt never goes into the renovation box, and why the rental is not billed by volume.

One size goes out: the 20 yard. The price covers 7 tons included, 12 tons maximum; each additional ton is prorated from the disposal facility's weigh ticket — real weight, never rounded. And the box fills three quarters at most (45 inches from the floor): the truck's legal load is reached well before the rim. Our drivers say it on every jobsite — an asphalt dumpster filled to the brim would never leave your driveway.

One clarification that saves a lot of sorting: asphalt shingles do not go here. Despite the name, roofing shingles are not paving asphalt — they leave in the mixed dry materials dumpster, and the roofing dumpster page gives the right size by bundle count. This page is for asphalt torn out of the ground: the driveway being redone, the parking lot being repaved, the paving pieces. Why does each material travel alone? The blog explains it.

Asphalt carries no reinforcement: it is roughly 95% aggregate bound by 5% bitumen. The weight comes from the aggregate; the stream is decided by the bitumen. The ministry characterizes asphalt mix by what it carries — C10-C50 petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and semi-volatile organic compounds — and that is what separates it from concrete and brick at a sorting centre. Your driveway does belong in this stream: the ministry's definition of reclaimed asphalt pavement covers the removal of surfacing from roads, storage yards and private and commercial parking lots. What does not belong in it is the base stone still stuck underneath.

How much does your driveway weigh, how many trips?

Measure your driveway, parking lot or walkway: the tool converts to cubic yards, then tons, and tells you whether one dumpster is enough.

A Quebec driveway carries about 2 inches (50 mm) of asphalt once compacted. Underneath, the crushed-stone base is not asphalt: leave it out of this calculation. The result is approximate — the weight that counts is the one on the scale ticket.

Enter the surface dimensions — the calculation appears here.

Site rule of thumb: torn-up asphalt weighs about one ton per cubic yard. Slabs load badly: laid flat they stack well, stood on edge they leave voids and you pay freight on air.

What goes into the asphalt dumpster

A single-material dumpster takes that material only: any mixing brings sorting fees. The rule is simple, and it protects your invoice.

Yes — asphalt only

  • Driveway, parking lot, walkway — the asphalt, torn up and in pieces
  • Paving pieces: a partial repair or a whole surface removed
  • Residential or commercial: same size, same rule — the number of trips is what adjusts

No — this stays out

  • Asphalt shingles: never here. Despite the name, they leave in the mixed dry materials dumpster — the classic mix-up, and it costs a sort
  • Concrete, “while we're at it”: it has its own dumpster — any mixing brings sorting fees
  • Soil: it has its own dumpster. Crushed stone from under the paving is tolerated in small amounts — what comes up stuck to the asphalt, not a load of gravel
  • The refused-everywhere items: tires, oils, paints, solvents, aerosols, propane tanks

How it unfolds, no surprises

From the call to the scale ticket: what asphalt changes at every step.

  1. We confirm the size, the date and what comes out with the asphalt A two-minute call: your dimensions, our calculation, the exact price. Tell us whether the stone base is coming out too — it does not go in the same bin. Delivery Monday to Friday, generally between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
  2. The bin arrives, your driveway is protected PROTEC-O-SOL planks included under the bin. Lay the slabs flat, not on edge: bitumen is slippery and a slab on edge comes back down. Three-quarters full at most — the 45-inch mark is inside the box.
  3. Weighed at the disposal facility, invoiced on real weight The scale ticket is what counts: 7 tons included, the additional ton pro rata, never rounded up. Clean asphalt follows the reclaimed asphalt pavement stream; mixed with base stone or concrete, it drops out of it.

Any doubt while loading — base stone stuck under the slabs, a concrete curb, an old black surfacing that may not be bitumen? Call before the truck leaves: thirty seconds on the phone costs less than sorting at the disposal facility.

MELCCFP, guidelines on the recovery of concrete, brick and asphalt residues, section 4.3; MELCCFP, administrative position on reclaimed asphalt pavement (May 16, 2024); Bitume Québec.

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What happens next: we email you the quote — exact price and possible date. Have your dimensions handy — length, width, thickness: that is all it takes to get the math right.

Asphalt jobsite questions

Do asphalt shingles go into the asphalt dumpster?

No — and it is THE question. Despite the name, roofing shingles are not paving asphalt: they leave in the mixed dry materials dumpster, with the wood and drywall from the job. The roofing dumpster page gives the right size by bundle count. The asphalt dumpster, for its part, takes asphalt torn out of the ground.

Why does asphalt get its own dumpster?

Because it is billed by weight and it travels alone. A single-material dumpster takes only its material: concrete, soil, bricks or asphalt, each has its own disposal facility, and any mixing brings sorting fees — it is your invoice we are protecting. If your project produces more than one material, we plan two boxes or two trips.

How many tons are included?

7 tons are included in the price, and a trip leaves at 12 tons maximum. In between, each additional ton is prorated from the disposal facility's weigh ticket — your load's real weight, never rounded.

Is the asphalt recycled?

Your load goes to a disposal facility, where it is weighed — that weigh ticket is what counts for the invoice. What happens to it next is up to the centre, not us: we will not promise a recycling rate we do not control. What we do guarantee is the mechanism — single material, real weight, never rounded.

Can the crushed stone under the asphalt go in with it?

Do not load it without calling: it is the classic borderline case of the single-material rule. A thirty-second call before loading settles it — always cheaper than sorting at the disposal facility. Soil is no borderline case: it has its own dumpster.

Driveway already torn up?

A two-minute call gives you the exact price, the number of trips and the date. We do the math with you.

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