Soil and concrete skip binsHeavy waste skips across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs
Clean soil from a dig, broken concrete from an old path, bricks and rubble. Heavy waste goes in smaller skips, filled level with the top edge.
- Clean fill priced separately
- Weight explained before you book
- Small skips for heavy jobs
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Heavy waste goes in smaller skips
With soil, concrete and bricks, weight is the limit, not space.
- 2 to 2.5 tper m³ of concrete, tiles or rubble, says Trailer Trash
- about 1 tper m³ of dry dirt, and 1.5 to 2 t when damp, says Trailer Trash
- 1.3 tYarra Valley Skip Bins’ limit for a 4 m³ mixed heavy load
By our arithmetic, 4 m³ of broken concrete comes to 8 to 10 tonnes. That’s why heavy jobs use 2 to 4 m³ skips, and why a skip that looks half full can already be at its limit.
Clean fill or mixed heavy
Fill either kind level with the top edge and no higher: M Tucker & Sons warns that “Overfilled bins cannot be transported and will incur a return fee charge of $110.00”.
Clean fill (usually cheapest)
- One material only: 100% soil, 100% concrete or 100% bricks
- Clean means clean: Eastern Recycling in Ringwood says clean soil is “DRY sand, silt or soil only” with no grass, roots or rocks
- Turf and roots from a garden bed belong in a green waste skip
Mixed heavy (costs more)
- Soil, rubble, tiles and some general waste together, with a weight limit
- Not every company takes it: Suburban Skips in Kilsyth says “No mixed Dirt”
Prices: skip or tip run
Published skip prices, then what three transfer stations in the east charge if you have a trailer that can take the weight. Council hard rubbish won’t take soil, bricks, concrete or rubble anywhere in the east.
Published prices: soil, concrete and bricks
| Skip size | 100% concrete, dry dirt, brick or green, Yarra Valley Skip Bins | Clean fill (100% soil, bricks or concrete), ASAP Bin Hire |
|---|---|---|
| 2 m³ | $415 | $280 |
| 3 m³ | $465 | $370 |
| 4 m³ | $495 | $450 |
| 6 m³ | $625 | $600 |
| 8 m³ | $735 | $750 |
Single-material skips: one material only, filled level with the top edge. Yarra Valley Skip Bins’ price applies to 100% concrete, 100% dry dirt, 100% brick or rubble, or 100% green waste or timber, and it doesn’t offer these loads in 10 m³ or larger skips; mixed heavy loads cost more and carry a weight limit (its “heavy” price for 4 m³ is $725, up to 1.3 t). ASAP Bin Hire’s clean fill means 100% clean soil, 100% bricks or 100% concrete, with no 10 m³ or larger option published. GST not stated by either. Checked 1 October 2026.
Heavy waste at transfer stations in the east
| Load | Published price | Who publishes it |
|---|---|---|
| Clean fill: concrete, tiles, bricks and heavy inert | $406.50 per tonne | Knox Transfer Station, Wantirna South |
| Bricks, concrete and ceramics | $122.00 per tonne, minimum $60.00 | Whitehorse Recycling and Waste Centre, Vermont South |
| Concrete only | $125 per tonne, minimum $70 | Eastern Recycling Transfer Station, Ringwood |
| Soils only | $250 per tonne, minimum $125 | Eastern Recycling Transfer Station, Ringwood |
Gate prices from 1 July 2026, as each station publishes them. Knox and Whitehorse include GST; Eastern Recycling doesn’t say. Whitehorse doesn’t take soil. Checked 1 October 2026.
Common questions
How long can I keep the skip?
We confirm the hire period with the price. Published standard hires in the east are mostly 3 or 4 days: Yarra Valley Skip Bins lists a standard 3-day hire, and M Tucker & Sons includes 3 days and charges $25.00 for each day beyond.
Can the skip go on the street?
Only with a council permit, and the skip company applies for it, so we arrange it when the skip can’t fit on your property. On your driveway, no permit is needed. See council skip permits.
Where these figures come from
The prices and rules on this page come from these published pages, checked on 1 October 2026.
- Yarra Valley Skip Bins: skip bin hire prices · Skip hire business, Dixons Creek (Yarra Ranges); price table by size, waste and weight limit, no visible date, GST not stated
- ASAP Bin Hire: Bayswater skip bins · Skip hire business, Kilsyth; main “Our skip bins” table (the page also shows a second, different price guide), GST not stated
- M Tucker & Sons: skip bins Ringwood · Skip hire business, Mount Evelyn; published hire terms and extra charges (no price table), GST included
- Trailer Trash: frequently asked questions · Trailer-bin hire business; its published guide to material weights, page updated 14 August 2024
- Knox Transfer Station: gate prices · Transfer station gate prices as of 1 July 2026, GST included
- Whitehorse Recycling and Waste Centre: items accepted at a charge · Council fees 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027, including levy and GST
- Eastern Recycling Transfer Station: gate prices · Private transfer station, Ringwood; prices as at 1 July 2026, GST not stated
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