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Asphalt
bin rental
Driveway tear-outs, walkways and millings. Old asphalt goes to the recycler as RAP — and this is the job the Driveway Package was built for, because your Granular A comes back on the return leg.
Broken asphalt runs close to a ton per cubic yard. A typical two-car driveway — call it 600 sq ft at 3 inches thick — is somewhere around 10 tons of material. That's several 14 yard bins, not one. Read the sizing section below before you book, or call and we'll do the maths with you.
Old asphalt doesn't go to landfill
Asphalt is one of the most recycled materials in construction. What comes off your driveway goes to a facility that crushes it into RAP — reclaimed asphalt pavement — which gets blended back into new hot mix. That's good for the tipping rate and it's a genuine diversion number you can put in front of a municipal client who asks.
The catch is that the facility wants asphalt and only asphalt. A load with soil, sod, wood or concrete mixed through it isn't RAP feedstock any more; it gets charged at the mixed-waste rate or turned away at the gate. Concrete in particular looks close enough that it gets thrown in without thinking — it goes to a different recycler entirely. See concrete bin rental if you've got both.
How much does a driveway actually weigh?
This is the number that catches people out, so here it is plainly. Asphalt at 3 inches thick weighs roughly 1.8 tons per 100 square feet. Work from your own measurements:
| Driveway | Approx. area | At 3" thick | What that means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single, short | 250 sq ft | ~4.5 tons | Two to three 14 yard bins |
| Two-car, standard | 600 sq ft | ~10 tons | Five 14 yard bins — or a truck and loader |
| Two-car, long | 900 sq ft | ~16 tons | Truck and loader territory |
| Walkway or apron | 80 sq ft | ~1.5 tons | One 10 yard bin |
For a full driveway rip-out, swapping bins four times costs more and takes longer than putting a tri-axle and a loader on it for an afternoon. We own both, so we've got no reason to sell you the wrong one. Describe the job and we'll quote whichever is actually cheaper for you — that's usually the truck.
Bins we send for asphalt
| Bin | Dimensions | Included tonnage | Typical job | Flat rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 yard | 12' × 8' × 3.5' | 1.5 tons | Walkway, apron, patch and pothole work | $349 |
| 14 yard | 12' × 7' × 4' | 2 tons | Single driveway, sectional tear-out, millings | $399 |
What goes in an asphalt bin
Yes — clean asphalt load
- Broken driveway and parking lot asphalt
- Asphalt walkways and aprons
- Cold patch and pothole cut-outs
- Millings and grindings
- Asphalt curb
- Tar and chip surface
- Asphalt with a thin layer of bonded base attached
No — this contaminates the load
- Concrete (different bin — different facility)
- Soil, sod, clay and granular base
- Wood, forms and stakes
- Interlock and pavers
- Roofing shingles (also bitumen — still not RAP)
- Plastic, geotextile and edging
- General garbage and packaging
- Anything on the prohibited list
A note on base gravel. When you rip up a driveway you almost always take some of the old granular with it. A skim of base bonded to the underside of the asphalt is normal and nobody will argue with it. Shovelling the whole base course into the same bin is a different thing — that's a fill load, it's heavy, and it turns a clean RAP load into a mixed one. If you're taking the base out too, ask for a second bin. See soil & clean fill bins.
The Royal advantage
This is the
driveway job.
Every asphalt tear-out is really two jobs. Old surface has to leave, and new base has to arrive. Traditionally that's two companies, two delivery windows, two trip charges and two invoices — and a crew standing around on the morning the gravel truck runs late.
We own a dump trucking fleet. The truck taking your asphalt to the recycler is driving back past your site anyway. It comes back loaded with Granular A, ¾" clear, sand or screening — dropped exactly where you want it.
Paving contractors: this is the single line item that makes your driveway quote cheaper than the guy across town.
Book bin and base together
Tell dispatch the square footage and what base you want back. One call covers both halves.
Early AM drop
Bin on boards before your crew starts, so the saw cutting begins on schedule instead of at ten.
Rip out and load
Level with the top rail, asphalt only. We'll swap same-day if you fill it before you're finished.
Asphalt out, granular in
Same truck, same run. Base material lands where you want it, and it's one line-itemized invoice.
What it costs
A 10 yard asphalt bin is $349 and a 14 is $399, flat — delivery, 7-day rental, pickup and disposal up to the included tonnage. No fuel surcharge, no environmental levy at the bottom of the invoice.
Over the tonnage, you're billed by the ton at the rate on your quote, against a certified scale ticket that goes on the invoice. Because asphalt is dense, overage is more common on this material than any other — which is exactly why the sizing conversation is worth having before the bin arrives rather than after.
Base material on the return trip is quoted per tonne plus one delivery, not a second trip charge. Ask for a combined number when you book.
Asphalt bins across the west GTA
Mississauga-based, running daily through Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon and Vaughan, plus Bolton, Georgetown, Woodbridge, Etobicoke, Milton, Oakville, Halton Hills and North York.
Paving season is short and it rains. Call before 3 PM and there's a strong chance your bin is on site the next morning — and if a truck is already running your way, same day is often possible.
Book an asphalt bin
Call dispatch at (905) 555-0147 or send the job details. Give us the square footage, the thickness and what base you want back, and we'll quote the whole thing as one number.
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Ripping out
a driveway?
Give us the square footage and the base you need back. One call, one truck, one invoice.