Dumpster Rental Cost Calculator

A small $582-ish flat rate covers most garage and single-room cleanouts at national-average markets: dumpsters.com publishes a $582 average for a 10 yard ($328–$1,307 by location) and $672 for a 20 yard ($374–$1,362). Rate includes delivery, pickup, the rental period and a weight allowance — the price moves when you exceed the weight, keep it longer, or need a permit.

Match the container to your debris weight and volume, not your optimism. A garage or bathroom cleanout fits a 10 yard; a kitchen remodel needs a 20; a whole-house cleanout is 30–40 yard work ($1,416 at national-average rates). Roofing is measured in squares — a 20-square tear-off models to about $582, a 10 yard's worth of weight. Concrete and dirt are the exception: they weigh so much per yard that haulers put them in smaller bins on purpose.

Roofers buy the bin in squares. Tear-off runs ≈250 lb per square, so a 10-square residential re-roof models to 1.3 tons — a 10 yard — and a 40-square job models to 5.0 tons, more than even a 40 yard's 4.5-ton allowance, which prices at about $966 with the 0.5-ton overage on its own line. Layers are the number contractors miss: each layer removed adds the same ≈250 lb per square, so a two-layer tear-off means entering double the squares.

A mid-size office or retail strip-out models to 5 tons of furniture-grade debris — desks, shelving, fixtures, old carpet — past the allowance of every container, so this page prices a 40 yard at about $966 and shows the overage separately. Haulers quote big commercial cleanouts another way too: a swap load, where a full bin is hauled and an empty one dropped in the same visit, billed as a second rental rather than per-ton overage. Get both prices before you book. Electronics, fluorescent tubes and refrigerant appliances ride separately; this model excludes them.

The hauler weighs the loaded truck at the landfill scale and bills the overage per ton — Budget Dumpster publishes $50–$250 per ton and this model uses the $150 midpoint. That's why a container that looks half full of concrete can double your bill: weight, not space, is what the landfill charges for. If your project will clearly out-weigh the biggest allowance, ask about a swap instead of eating per-ton fees.

Most flat rates bundle a rental period — dumpsters.com includes seven to ten days. Extensions bill daily at $15–$50 per day published ($30/day modeled here), so a week of indecision on a 20 yard costs roughly $180. Have the debris staged before the bin arrives and the included window is plenty.

Not in your own driveway. On the street, most cities require a right-of-way permit — dumpsters.com publishes $20–$150 and more in major metros, modeled here at the $85 midpoint, or about $85 on this page's 20-yard job. Cities also limit how long a bin may sit and often require cones or reflectors; haulers that file the permit for you usually charge a handling fee on top.

Paint, chemicals, solvents, tires, batteries, asbestos and appliances with refrigerant are banned from municipal landfills and carry their own disposal routes — junk removal or specialty haulers handle those. Concrete, brick and dirt are allowed but usually must ride alone in a dedicated heavy-debris load. Wet debris counts against your weight allowance, so keep the tarp on between loads.

Different products. A dumpster is a flat rate you fill yourself — $672-ish for kitchen-remodel debris at national-average markets. A junk removal crew brings labor and the truck, so you pay for their loading time and often more overall, but you never touch the debris. Rent the bin when you have days and able bodies; call the crew when you don't.

Local landfill tipping fees drive most of the spread: a 10 yard averages $582 nationally but prices $328–$1,307 across markets, and metro permits can clear $150. Fuel surcharges, weight limits set per locality, and busy season all push the same bin in different directions. Get two or three quotes by zip — the spread between haulers in one town is routinely the widest number on this page.