The History: Behind the Business

R2B Crushing is a great-great grandchild of a family owned and operated business started in the 1920s. We are now doing business ad (DBA) under our new brand, R2B Crushing. The land on which it operates originally served as a cattle yard. Because of its location, with the railroad running through it, it housed livestock coming from all over the southwest, including Mexico. That livestock was processed through the family’s slaughtering and meat packing operation which, in turn, provided meat products sold in the family’s multiple meat markets located in downtown Phoenix.

Over the years, as the City of Phoenix grew, so did the business. In the 1950s it became necessary to move the cattle yard to the far outskirts of the city, leaving 16+ plus acres of vacant land just waiting for a new venture. In the late 1960s, a nearby sand and gravel company came in and “mined” the land to create product for its business. When that process was complete, an approximate 14 acre, 65 ft deep hole was created.

The hole created another new opportunity and in 2004, Arizona Landfill, LLC was formed, owned and operated by 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations of the same 1920s family. With construction booming, there was a need for a place to dispose of inert construction material…concrete, rebar, dirt, asphalt. For the next 5 years, the hole was filled, to capacity and then some!

To paraphrase…..when a door closes, a window opens. When Arizona Landfill ceased taking in material, through that open window we saw construction and infrastructure projects still going strong. Recycling had become a household word. And, just like that, Arizona Landfill re-invented itself into a recycling business, building a crushing operation that processes the concrete, dirt, and asphalt from the “hole” into usable material for the afore-mentioned construction/infrastructure projects. 

We turn rubble to base….We are R2B Crushing.