We help homeowners
remove gravel, concrete, artificial turf & more
to upgrade your yard with beauty & permaculture.

Material Categories & Disposal Methods

Gravel & Concrete

Hardscape materials like concrete make Phoenix hotter and drier, especially when unshaded. We remove it whenever it’s unnecessary to achieve a project’s goals.

Whenever possible, we reuse gravel in other areas or projects. The rest goes to the inert dump, which is the least toxic form of landifll.

A backhoe excavator breaking a concrete slab on the ground next to a brown metal fence and surrounded by green foliage.

Grass Lawns

Though living lawns can cool down Phoenix, they’re also quite thirsty. If unused, we like to reduce or remove them entirely. When they are used, we improve soil structure and species diversity to reduce water needs.

Living sod removal gets repurposed in other yards whenever possible, otherwise goes to the regular dump (which actually helps build soil there ironically).

A backyard under renovation with a worker leveling the soil. Part of the yard has been cleared, with some grass remaining, and a new plant is planted along the fence. There are houses with beige walls, tiled roofs, and a basketball hoop visible. The sky is blue with scattered clouds.

Artificial Turf

Contrary to what all the rebate programs in the Phoenix area might make you believe, fake grass is making our Heat Island effect worse—not only because it’s hotter, but because it destroys the soil microbiome underneath it.

We never reinstall AstroTurf due to the chemical detriments, so it all goes in the inert dump as well, until we have a better way to dispose of it.

A small artificial grass yard with a white exterior wall, a blue bucket filled with rocks and a plant, and a coiled garden hose.