Landowners get paid
Have land that can take clean fill? You can earn from permitted placement on farms and rural sites.
I have landSoil marketplace · Ontario, the GTA, and Durham
Your land is worth more than you think.
The one-stop marketplace for soil and the materials that move with it. Landowners get paid to receive clean fill. Contractors and developers spend less getting rid of soil, granular, and other material.
The mission
The right material goes to the right home, because everyone has needs. One person's surplus is another person's need.
Read the missionTwo sides. One marketplace.
Contractors spend less
Have soil, granular, or other material to move? We match it with a local home, a site that needs it.
My soil needs a homeNeed soil brought in? I need soil
Four ways a swap works
Clay, gravel, and sand
We take suitable material and haul it away at no cost to you.
See this offer →Pond digs at cost
A farm or recreational pond, priced as the cost of the work, when the soils are worth taking.
See this offer →O. Reg. 406/19 excess soil
We match soil to a site, coordinate sampling, and help file when the rule requires it.
See this offer →Get paid for fill
We handle the fill permit and place clean soil. You earn from the placement.
See this offer →Mulch, grindings, and stone
The same two-sided swap covers mulch, brush, firewood, granular, and rock. Have it, or need it.
Why reuse is the Ontario rule
O. Reg. 406/19 came in on 1 January 2021, with testing and the registry on 1 January 2023, and a landfill restriction for cleaner soil on 1 January 2027. We place soil from Table 1 through Table 3.1 when the site can take it.
The ministry estimates about 25 million cubic metres of excess soil a year. A 2017 RCCAO study estimated 25.8 million cubic metres of excess construction fill in 2015. Both figures, and the limits on them, are cited on the rules page.
Regulations and researchHow it works
01
Pick a side
Land that can take soil, material you need, or soil that needs a home.
02
Call or text
You reach Evan Richardson at Vasq Ltd.. No form.
03
We place the soil
Match the material, sort the permit, and move it to a site that wants it.
Questions
All answersWho gets paid to receive soil?
Landowners and other receiving sites earn income when clean soil is placed on their land under a permit. What you earn is written into an agreement for that site. Soil Swap does not publish a rate.
Can contractors save on excess soil disposal in Ontario?
That is the other side of the swap. We match soil, granular, and other material with a local home, a site that needs it. That can cost less than disposal. Whether it does depends on distance, the permit, and the material. We do not advertise a saving.
What soil quality can you place?
We can work with soil from Table 1 through Table 3.1 of the Excess Soil Quality Standards under O. Reg. 406/19. Table 1 is the full-depth background standard. The Rules say it contains the same standards as Table 1 under O. Reg. 153/04, with notes on leachate analysis. Table 2.1 is the volume-independent full-depth potable standard. Table 3.1 is the volume-independent full-depth non-potable standard. The reuse site and a qualified person still decide if a load fits.
How do I start?
Call or text 647-787-9255. You reach Evan Richardson, General Manager. Email office@vasq.ca if you prefer. There is no form.
About Vasq Ltd.
Soil Swap is a service line of Vasq Ltd., an Ontario civil contractor. The company works in environmental remediation, dewatering, civil construction, hydraulic dredging, and storm-pond cleanouts.
Evan Richardson, General Manager, Vasq Ltd.. office@vasq.ca