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NPR: What qualifies as "Clean Fill"?

MominatorMominator
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I dug up a 60sq ft area in my back yard for my vegetable garden. In order to do so, I removed all of the sod/grass and it is currently sitting in a big pile in my driveway. I have no idea what to do with it, and want to maybe put up an ad on Craigslist for "free fill". Does this qualify as clean fill since it is just dirt and grass or something else? Any other ideas how to get rid of it?
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Re: NPR: What qualifies as "Clean Fill"?

  • AnnapolisLariAnnapolisLari member

    I always thought of clean fill as plain topsoil devoid of rocks, sticks, bricks and large clumps of grass. But maybe I am being too generous with the idea of fill.

    I found this, which is apparently the new thing I will learn today:

    "Fill" is dirt. Top soil, clay, sand, gravel, rubble, even brick or concrete. "Clean", in this case, means environmentally clean, i.e. free from contaminants, including corrosive, combustible, noxious, zootoxic, reactive, or radioactive materials. The reason some people want it is to raise the elevation of a lot in order to make it more suitable to construction, change the contours of a construction site to improve drainage, replenish soils lost to erosion, or simply to obtain some suitable material for a subfoundation where otherwise a site may not support construction.

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  • KoriBrettKoriBrett
    I think for that you'd want top soil.  Fill is more for levelling out landscaping & stuff from what I remember.  
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  • MominatorMominator

    imageKoriBrett:
    I think for that you'd want top soil.  Fill is more for levelling out landscaping & stuff from what I remember.  

    No, I don't need to add anything to the garden, I'm trying to get rid of what I dug out! :)

    Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/9/11 - 34:24 - 1st race evah!
    Kelly Monaghan's 5K - 5/15/11 - 3rd Place in AG
    Walk the Talk 5K - 5/18/11 - 31:12 PR
    Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/14/12 - 1st race of the year, 32:45
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  • j-wj-w
    If it is at the end of your driveway, it'll probably be gone faster than you think!
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  • Emiliana7Emiliana7
    No, the grass/sod isn't clean fill. You could perhaps offer it sod patches, but be honest that it wasn't raised as sod.
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  • KoriBrettKoriBrett
    imageMominator:

    imageKoriBrett:
    I think for that you'd want top soil.  Fill is more for levelling out landscaping & stuff from what I remember.  

    No, I don't need to add anything to the garden, I'm trying to get rid of what I dug out! :)

    Ok, I can read, really LMAO

    call it topsoil  :-)

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  • joseysbridejoseysbride member
    The first 3-6" is considered topsoil. It can vary in depth.  I am assuming that is what you have.  Not sure how deep you went.  Fill is what is underneath the topsoil; a lot of people know it as just "black dirt." 
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  • jen5-03jen5-03 member

    I'd post it as "free dirt" and just say in the ad that you dug it up to make a garden and it's a mix of dirt and grass.

    Let the taker decide if it's clean enough for their purposes.

    - Jena
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