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The tonnage quoted, permitted or delivered.
About 1.2 short tons per cubic yard for broken brick and mortar; lighter than concrete rubble but still heavy waste.
Approximate volume
8.333 yd³
About 1.2 short tons per cubic yard for broken brick and mortar; lighter than concrete rubble but still heavy waste. Loose material occupies more space than stacked or compacted material.
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.83 yd³ per short ton
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Brick Rubble Tons to Cubic Yards Calculator: 8.33 yd³ — shown in imperial, US market. The link sets both, so the result they see is the one on your screen.
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Formula source(s)
- Inverse of approximately 1.2 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
Inputs used
- Brick Rubble weight (short tons)
- 10
Intermediate steps
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.83 yd³ per short ton
Confidence note: About 1.2 short tons per cubic yard for broken brick and mortar; lighter than concrete rubble but still heavy waste. Loose material occupies more space than stacked or compacted material.
What this calculation does not cover
- A container's quoted capacity is not all usable for rubble. Hire terms normally require the load level with the sides so it can be sheeted and taken away, which means this yardage has to fit below the rim rather than into the nominal size on the listing.
- Light rubbish is what inflates the volume, not heavy contamination. Timber, insulation and packaging that come out with the brickwork occupy far more room per ton than brick, so a mixed demolition tonnage fills more of a container than this converts to. Wall ties, nails and the soil off the footings are as dense as the rubble or denser, so they add nothing to the space even though they still have to be picked out.
- This is the volume for the whole tonnage, not the size of one container. Demolition arisings accumulate over days, so what a container has to hold is what comes out between exchanges. Divide this volume across the collections planned before choosing a size.
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Sources checked 2026-08-26 · in the site-wide review of 2026-09-06 · v1.0.0
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- Inverse of approximately 1.2 short tons per cubic yard
- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; a metric tonne is about 10% heavier
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Converting a brick waste tonnage into volume answers how much container capacity it will occupy, and the answer depends heavily on whether the material is being sorted. Bricks stacked for reclaim occupy far less space than the same bricks thrown loose into a skip, and reclaimed brick has value that disposal does not. Where the mortar is lime and the bricks separate cleanly, the sorting labour frequently pays for itself twice over — once in reduced disposal weight and once in the salvage value of the brick.