Allied Waste provices debris box service for construction and demolition materials. Debris boxes range from 10-40 cubic yards. Materials can be commingled or source separated.

The City of Pleasant Hill requires contractors to divert 50% of waste materials from alndfills if a construction , demolition, or renovation project is expected to cost $50,000 or more or if it will onvolve 5000 or more square feet of space. To comply, each applicant for a building, demolition or encroachment permit must submit a Waste Management Plan (WMP) that includes:

• The total square footage of the area to be constructed or demolished.
• A list of construction and demolition materials to be generated.
• The identitiy of the vendors or facilities that the applicant proposes to use to collect or receive the material.
• An achnowledgement that the applicant is responsible for meeting the 50% diversion requirement and for the actions of contractors or other agents in meeting the requirement.

For more information, contact the City of Pleasant Hill at (925) 671-5200 or Allied Waste at (925) 671-5853.

Single-Source, Separated Loads

To create single-source loads, customers must separate debris and construction material and place each in individual debris boxes, i.e., a debris box for wood, another for metal, another for concrete and so on.

The following separated materials are accepted for recycling:

• Metal (ferrous and nonferrous)
• Wood - must be clean, no creosote or lead paint
• Lumber - processed wood for building, including dimensional lumber, lumber cutoffs, engineered wood, wood scraps, pallets, shake roofing and siding.
• Green Waste - Lawn clippings, shrubbery, plants and prunings. No tree stumps,no branches over 12" in diameter.
• Concrete - pieces must be smaller than 2 ft. x 2ft. x 1ft.
• Asphalt - must be clean; no bricks
• Dirt and rocks - clean fill; no sod, no bricks, concrete or sandstone
• Paper/Cardboard - all paper and cardboard products Mixed Construction & Demolition Loads
  
  

Commingled Loads
For customers who place a mix of construction and demolition debris into a single debris box, up to 50 percent of the contents can be trash.
The remaining 50 percent must be recyclable materials, which can be a combination of the following:

• Cardboard no wax-coated materials
• Carpet padding
• Lumber and wood - same types as for source-separated loads
• Shake roofing
• Metals - same types as for source-separated loads
• Sheetrock, drywall, plasterboard, wallboard
• Green waste - branches and trees, lawn clippings, brush, prunings
• Painted wood
• Small pieces and quantities of asphalt paving, concrete and rocks
  
  
  Unacceptable materials in mixed loads include liquids, heavy steel plates, concrete tile roofing, creosote treated wood (railroad ties, utility poles, pressure-treated wood), hazardous wastes, including computer monitors and televisions.