If you're in Kingston with a trailer full of busted concrete or old asphalt, your dumping options are narrow. Roane County's public waste channels don't run a big construction-and-demolition operation for private contractors, and the nearest dedicated C&D landfill in Knoxville shuts down for the weekend. That leaves most Kingston jobs hunting for somewhere that will actually take the load.

Here's what your options really look like, and where a recycling yard fits into the picture.

What Kingston Contractors Currently Do

Most Roane County contractors end up hauling east to Knoxville or south to Chattanooga. Both are a real drive. Both charge per-ton at the scale. And both are Monday-through-Friday only, which kills your Saturday cleanup plans.

For a small remodel or a driveway tear-out, that's a full workday of round-trip just to get rid of the debris. If you're running a crew, that's expensive time.

The Maryville Alternative

Smoky Mountain Sand & Gravel sits about 40-55 miles east of Kingston. You've got two main routes:

TN-72 south through Loudon, then east into Blount County
I-40 east, then Alcoa Highway south

Either way it runs 45-55 minutes depending on traffic through Alcoa. The yard is a concrete and asphalt recycling operation, not a landfill. You pay a flat per-vehicle fee at the gate instead of getting weighed in and out.

Drive Time Honesty

The Maryville yard isn't the closest dump to Kingston. Here's the real comparison:

| From Kingston to | Approximate drive | |------------------|-------------------| | Knoxville C&D landfill | 35-45 minutes | | SMSG (Maryville) | 45-55 minutes | | Chattanooga C&D landfill | 60-75 minutes |

So Knoxville is closer on paper. What the Maryville yard has going for it is a Saturday morning gate, flat pricing that doesn't scale with load weight, and a much shorter in-and-out at the drop point.

If you can hit Knoxville during the week and your load is light, that's your shortest run. If you're working a Saturday, if your load is heavy, or if you'd rather not sit at a scale, the extra 10-15 minutes east is usually worth it.

The Watts Bar Lake Angle

A lot of Kingston work is lakefront — dock pads, boat ramp footings, seawall pours, driveways cutting down to the water, retaining walls on sloped lots. Those jobs generate mixed loads: broken concrete with some brick, chunks of asphalt from an old driveway, maybe some natural stone from a wall rebuild.

Mixed loads are fine at a recycling yard. You don't need to separate concrete from brick from stone. As long as it's clean construction material with minimal trash mixed in, it all gets processed the same way.

What You Can Drop

The yard accepts:

Concrete (with minimal rebar — light rebar is fine, heavy structural steel isn't)
Asphalt (millings, chunks, tear-out slabs)
Brick and block
Natural stone
Clean fill dirt

What doesn't fly:

Household trash or bagged garbage
Wood, drywall, or general construction debris
Roofing shingles
Painted or treated lumber
Hazardous materials, chemicals, or fuel containers
Loads mixed with any of the above

If your load is 90% clean concrete and 10% mixed junk, sort the junk out before you leave the job. It's cheaper than getting turned away at the gate.

How It Works When You Arrive

Drive up during operating hours. Staff spots your rig at the gate, checks the load, quotes you a flat fee based on vehicle size. You pay, back into the dump area, tip the load, and roll out. Ten to fifteen minutes on-site for a typical single vehicle.

No paperwork, no weigh tickets, no waiting on a scale house. You don't need an account. You don't need to call ahead for a small load.

Q&A

How long is the drive from Kingston? About 45-55 minutes. TN-72 south through Loudon is the most direct route. I-40 east to Alcoa Highway is similar time but heavier traffic through Alcoa in the afternoon.

Is it cheaper than the Knoxville landfill? Depends on your load. Knoxville charges per ton at the scale, so a light load can be cheap and a heavy load gets expensive fast. The Maryville yard charges a flat per-vehicle fee, so pricing is predictable regardless of weight. For a typical single-vehicle load of concrete or asphalt, flat-fee usually comes out ahead.

Can I drop off on Saturday? Yes, 7am to 12pm on Saturday. That's the biggest reason Kingston contractors make the drive — the Knoxville C&D landfill is Monday-through-Friday only, and if your crew works Saturdays you need somewhere open.

Do I need a contractor account? No. Anyone can drop off during operating hours — homeowner, DIY, one-truck contractor, whoever. Accounts exist for contractors who want monthly invoicing and a priority lane at the gate, but they're optional.

What if my job is in Harriman or Rockwood? Both are closer to the yard than Kingston, so drive time is similar or slightly shorter. Same routes work — TN-72 or I-40 east.

Working a Kingston, Harriman, or Rockwood job and need somewhere to drop concrete or asphalt on a Saturday? Smoky Mountain Sand & Gravel is 45-55 minutes east in Maryville. Call (865) 999-0857 for pricing or route questions before you head out.

Kingston TN Dump for Concrete & Asphalt — What Roane County Contractors Should Know