When you’re remodeling your home or office, you’re left with considerable excess materials after demolition and construction are complete. Recycling is the best option for getting rid of them, but you can only throw certain supplies in a recycling container and not a dumpster rental. Below are four common housing materials that you can recycle after your project.

What Remodeling Materials Can Be Recycled

1. Concrete

You can recycle concrete if it is only concrete. This means it can’t have any substances or chemicals on it, such as oil stains, paint, or epoxy coatings. Once recycling facilities break it into manageable chunks, recycled concrete is used to make more concrete and form a base for asphalt.

2. Brick

Bricks are a durable material that you can reuse around your home. They are useful for making fire pits, walkways in your garden, retaining walls for landscaping, or in other projects. If you don’t want them or if they’re in poor shape, recycling centers will grind them into a powder and use them to make new bricks.

3. Shingles

If you’re replacing shingles on a roof, save the ones that you tear off. Recycling centers can reform old shingles into new shingles, or they can be added to road mixtures to strengthen them. If you want to hold onto them, use them to make a path in your yard or as an unusual element in an art project.

4. Drywall

Drywall accounts for a substantial number of leftover materials, so don’t let it go to waste. Surprisingly, it contains a component called gypsum, which adds nutrients and baseness to the soil to make it healthier for plants. Strip the drywall of nails, make sure there’s no lead paint or asbestos on it, and ask your local recycling center or landfill if they will recycle it.

For all of your non-recyclable remodeling materials and waste, contact Lone Star Containers for a competitively-priced dumpster rental. Serving Kerrville, TX, they offer a variety of roll-off containers, ranging from 12-yard dumpsters to 40-yard ones. They provide unbeatable same- or next-day services, and they’ll handle everything from delivery to pick up – all you have to do is fill it. Learn more about their services online, and call (830) 329-1401 to arrange your demolition and construction dumpster today.