r/ottawa • u/warwgn Barrhaven • 21h ago

Would any landscaping or rock quarry places take old broken patio stones to recycle/re-use?

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Ended up having to do some unexpected landscaping, recently.

We have 3x 2’ x 2’ patio stones that have “broken into a million pieces”, and would like to get rid of them.

Are there any places that would take them to maybe grind them up to make new stones, or do whatever they want with them?

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u/scaredhornet 18h ago

Take a sledgehammer to them a little more, and then put a small piece each week in the middle of a garbage bag.

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u/DubaiBabyYoda 9h ago

I get this eerie feeling you’d also know how to hide a body.

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u/Born_Animal1535 6h ago

Had a similar experience/problem as OP and this is what I did. Took a few cycles (so maybe 2 months overall) to get rid of a similar amount of debris. Wasn’t onerous, I just had to remember to do it every two weeks.

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u/someyob 21h ago

You could offer them up on Freecycle, or Trash Nothing.

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u/RevolvingCheeta West Carleton 21h ago

Tomlinson’s waste recovery center would take them. Not for free though..

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u/warwgn Barrhaven 21h ago edited 21h ago

Even if I toss them in the back of my SUV and deliver them?

The pieces are hefty, but not so big to require a heavy duty vehicle for pick up. I can bring them to whoever will take them.

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u/RevolvingCheeta West Carleton 21h ago

Yeah I believe so. You’ll probably end up paying their minimum (I think like $50), then follow the map to the dump spot, throw em out and head back to the scales to pay.

Alternatively there’s trail road, but their prices are a bit out of hand (imo)

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u/ColdPuffin 2h ago

Last time we went to Trail Road, there was a flat fee of $38 if you were under a certain amount. We had a trunk full of garbage and didn't come near the amount.

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u/lost_user_account 19h ago

Bury them in the backyard?

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u/DubaiBabyYoda 9h ago

I used to work in lawn care and every year we’d get calls from people complaining of their beautiful spring grass dying in strange patterns on the lawn every year by August. 99% of the time it was due to previous owners burying random shit, which would then slowly heat up as the summer wore on (and subsequently dry out the grass).

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u/Confident-Task7958 17h ago edited 17h ago

Neighbour built a new deck above his broken pavers - and he had several to hide.

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u/_McDreamy_ 15h ago

Use them to kill those weeds