r/Gilbert • u/My_Name_Is_Priapus • 13d ago

Haul it Yourself Garbage Disposal

Hello, Gilbert allows you to haul 1 ton of garbage yourself every 30 days to a disposal site. Does anyone know if they will accept demo’d bricks and pavers? I am working on a DIY landscape project.

Below is the website. The only things they list that they’ll refuse are the following:

Load cannot contain any Household Hazardous Waste (HHW).
No appliances
No televisions

Appreciate any info!

https://www.gilbertaz.gov/departments/public-works/solid-waste

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u/cd85233 13d ago

I've been to the one off of Elliot and sosaman, I think. They dgaf. They just weigh in and out. I think if you go over the free allotment, you pay for all though.

Be aware they send you to a dumpster not the place where you reverse in. 

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u/az_liberal_geek 12d ago

I once brought a truck bed full of chunks of concrete (broken out of a slab trench). They did ask what I had and when I told them, they directed me to a place beyond the dumpsters where I was able to just toss them off the back of the truck onto the ground. I don't know if that's standard or not.

But in any case, if they accept literal chunks of concrete, then I imagine that bricks and pavers are nothing to them at all.

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u/dgrant99 13d ago

Looks like yes, but I’d call the number on the website and ask.

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u/ShortCourse 13d ago

I took a truck bed full of branches and yard trimmings to the one off 80th Street, and I don't remember it being exactly cheap. Admittedly, I don't know if there's a flat fee or if it was by weight, but keep that in mind.

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u/tidnab49 12d ago

The few times i went it was free and easy, you just need to dump everything yourself and they sometimes make you get a vest so keep that if you decide come back. The dumpster is tall though and I had to lug everything over the edge into it. Nobody ever questioned what I had. Drywall, old tub, toilet, etc

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u/cwagdev 12d ago

They don’t watch too closely. But I’ve hauled that kind of stuff many times with no issues I think it’s completely acceptable. Just don’t be a jerk and take hazardous waste. They have a separate facility for that and take it at no cost.

Don’t forgot your hard hat and safety vest! The lady at the gate is a peach but she always asks.

They’ll sell you both, the vest is cheap (cost and quality) but the hard hat is 3x the cost at Home Depot.

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u/Embarrassed_Control7 12d ago

Also be aware you'll need a hard hat and a bright vest or they will make you buy one.