Hello,<p>I know I don't do any where the volume of some of you, but I usually try to recycle some of the brick. <p>Its usually me and one other so heres what I do. I usually start off using whole pieces for the first half of the job. The man who cuts then takes any cut bricks that are "more than half" and drops them on one side of the saw and the rest get chucked on the other.<p>When halfway through job, I then start to recycle bricks. At the end, I try to use scraps to cut the "pies" (wedge pieces to fit between soldier rows on edge turns)<p>Since I do smaller jobs, 400 sq or less, I try to recycle. When woking for others, it seems that there was a lot of waste coming out of bigger jobs. I think, when you are running a crew of 4 or so and doing a big job, that it seems more efficient to just chuck all the cuts. For me, I usually return the tractor after the excavation and prep work, so I try to keep waste down because quite frankly, I don't feel like loading up all those scrap pieces when finished.<p>I think a good system of work is needed to recycle pieces. I did a couple of jobs where we had a extra "runner" who ran pavers for us. One guy marked and installed, one guy cut, and one guy just carried marked and cut pavers back and forth to the two. In between runs (when the cutter has to catch up to the marker), the runner would also carry scraps back to the 'marker' so that they could be used again. It seemed to work well, and scraps were at a minimum, but I never sat down and figured out whether it was profitable to have a person doing this. A very good question that could use some researching.<p>Also, for me, disposal can be tricky. If you don't have a good dump site, the scraps become a 'where do I get rid of these' issue.<p>One quick question, I always noticed how it seems all paver contractors around me end up with a "Yard" full of half-opened paver pallets left over from jobs. One Guy I know must have at least 3000 sq ft plus of misc. pavers laying around his yard, all mixed up. Was wondering how many of you have this problem. He offered to sell them to me, but it seems like too much work. With all the time and labor spent 'sorting' through that mess, it would be cheaper just to order a new pallet. Even if he were to give them to me for free, it still seems cheaper and A LOT easier to just order new. <p>Just wondering if you consider "leftover's" a waste product or if you try to use them and actuallly set up a system so this doesn't happen<p>steveair<p><p><br><font size="1">Edited by: steveair<br><p><font size="1">Edited by: steveair