Concrete Recycling and Roll-Off Dumpsters: Smarter Cleanup for Florida Job Sites

Disposal costs are eating job budgets across Northeast Florida. Tipping fees at Duval County transfer stations have climbed steadily, mixed-debris loads cost more every year, and clean-fill demand keeps tightening. If you're running a demolition, renovation, or new construction project and still hauling everything to the landfill, you're leaving money on the ground — literally.

There's a better way to handle construction debris, and it starts with two services Backsight runs side by side: concrete recycling and roll-off dumpsters.

Concrete is too valuable to bury.

 A standard demolished slab or foundation is 100 percent recyclable. Crushed concrete becomes road base, driveway aggregate, pipe bedding, and erosion control rip-rap. Reclaimed aggregate sells for less than virgin stone, performs the same in most applications, and keeps thousands of tons per year out of Florida landfills.

We crush on site whenever the job is large enough to justify it, and we haul to our processing yard when it isn't. Either way, the concrete leaves your project as a finished product, not as waste.

What we crush.

 Driveways, slabs, foundations, sidewalks, curb and gutter, broken sections of bridge or roadway, masonry block, and unreinforced concrete walls. Rebar is no problem — our magnets separate it during processing and the steel goes to scrap.

What gets produced.

Depending on the screen size, our crushed concrete comes out as #57 stone substitute, road base (1.5 inch minus), or fines for fill. We can run to spec for road or driveway projects, including FDOT-compatible base material for residential and light commercial applications.

Pricing that actually pencils out.

Here's the math contractors run when they call us. Hauling mixed concrete to a transfer station costs roughly $60 to $90 per ton in tipping fees alone, before trucking. Letting Backsight process the concrete instead drops your disposal cost to a fraction of that — and if you need aggregate for the next phase of the project, you can buy back the recycled product at below-virgin pricing. On a job with 200 tons of concrete, the swing can run into five figures.

Roll-off dumpsters for everything else.

Concrete is only one piece of the waste stream. For everything else — wood, drywall, roofing, mixed C&D, household junk on residential teardowns — we run a fleet of roll-off dumpsters in 15, 20, 30, and 40 cubic yard sizes.

Picking the right size.

A 15-yard box handles a kitchen or bathroom remodel, a small roof tear-off, or a garage cleanout. A 20-yard works for a full-house remodel or a mid-size roof. A 30-yard is the standard for new construction framing waste, full house cleanouts, or large landscaping jobs. The 40-yard is for commercial demolition, full additions, or anything where you'd otherwise need to swap a smaller box three times.

When in doubt, go one size up. Swapping a full box costs more than ordering bigger to start.

Lead time and delivery.

We deliver next-day on most orders within the Jacksonville metro, and same-day if you call before 10 a.m. and we have a truck open. Standard rental is 7 to 10 days. Need to keep it longer? Daily rates are reasonable and we don't surprise you with hidden fees.

Where we deliver.

Duval, Clay, St. Johns, and Nassau counties on the standard route. We also run into Camden and Glynn counties in Georgia, and as far south as Flagler, with a longer haul fee on the more distant runs. If you've got a multi-site project, we can stage dumpsters across all of them on one contract.

Why pair the two services.

On any demolition or renovation, the workflow gets cleaner when one company handles both the heavy concrete recycling and the everyday roll-off dumpsters. Fewer phone numbers, one invoice, and a crew that already knows your site. We can pull a full dumpster Tuesday, swing back Wednesday to crush a load of broken slab, and deliver a fresh empty box Thursday — without a single call between you and dispatch.

Cleaner sites, smaller bills.

Sustainable construction isn't just a marketing line. Diverting 70 to 90 percent of your demolition stream from the landfill cuts your hard disposal costs, makes your project look better to environmentally conscious owners and investors, and helps the region's landfill capacity last longer. Recycled concrete and right-sized dumpsters are the easiest wins on any job.



Call Backsight Demolition for a quote on roll-off service or concrete recycling — or both. We'll tell you exactly what you'll spend and what you'll save.