Waste Type Guide – Clean & Hard Fill Waste (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between hard fill and clean fill? ›

Our hard fill bins gives the option of disposing heavy material such as concrete and bricks, but also refers to ceramic tiles, rock, stone, dirt and soil. The term clean fill means that the hard material is uncontaminated by other types of waste.

The term “fill” is a generic term for any kind of dirt material used to fill low areas. Though often made of subsoil, fill can consist of any material – sand, clay, gravel, and so on. The term “clean” fill simply means the material contains no contaminants.

Clean hard fill consists only of reinforced or non-reinforced concrete, asphalt concrete, brick, block, tile, and/or stone.

What is clean hard fill? Clean hard fill is comprised of items such as concrete, bricks and stones. The “clean” in clean hard fill means that the waste is not contaminated by any other form of waste. These skip bins are typically used for worksites and construction companies, as well as DIY'ers.

Clean fill includes soil, rock, stone, dredged material, used asphalt and brick, block or concrete from construction and demolition activities that is separate from other waste and recognizable as such.

Clean fill refers to a certain type of waste material that can be repurposed, recycled or reused for future construction projects. The “clean” in clean fill is a reference to the environmental impact of the materials you're handling – meaning that the materials you're looking to reuse are free from contaminants.

Clean fill includes soil, rock, stone, dredged material, used asphalt, and brick, block or concrete from construction and demolition activities that is separate from other waste and recognizable as such.

Clean fill refers to construction waste materials that can be reused or recycled in other construction projects. The term “clean” implies that the material is eco-friendly and free of any toxic substances that may adversely affect the health of humans and animals, or contaminate the environment where they're disposed.

Things like arsenic, combustibles, radioactive substances, and human waste are just some of the things that can make their way into the dirt. By using clean fill dirt, you can help ensure that these contaminants do not find their way into our local forests, fields, and waterways.

By Atlas Concrete. Basecourse or hard fill is a crushed graded metal and contains fines. Basecourse or Hard Fill is used primarily as a bedding base for a wide range of applications and often referred to as "Gap" and is short for "general all passing", and contains all chip sizes up to a nominal stated size.

What is considered clean dirt? ›

Clean fill dirt: The word clean doesn't refer to the dirt but the fact that it contains no contaminants such as combustibles or corrosives. Clean fill dirt also doesn't have glass, wood, or other types of debris mixed into it.

The Best Fill Dirt For Leveling A Yard

Experts recommend topdressing the yard using friable soil, which is a mixture of top soil and sand.

If you have a low spot on your property that needs to be filled, or is a little soft, maybe damp, and you'd like to firm it up, gravel may be the great equalizer you need.

Hardfill: materials like soil, clay, bricks and concrete.

Clean fill includes soil, rock, stone, dredged material, used asphalt, and brick, block or concrete from construction and demolition activities that is separate from other waste and recognizable as such.

Fill dirt can consist of any material – sand, clay, gravel, and so on. Fill dirt is commonly made of subsoil, which is found about 12 inches below the topsoil. It consists of partially broken down soil that contains clay, sand, silt, and stones, and any other materials found in the source ground.