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At Prime Dumpster, we run roll-off dumpsters across Chelsea, Massachusetts, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Chelsea fits a dense housing stock, a working waterfront and a produce district into a little over two square miles. The work follows from that. We see triple-decker gut jobs, roof and siding work on tight lots, shop fit-outs along Broadway, and commercial construction near the Mystic River crossings.
Four things move the price: the size, the weight, the days you hold the container, and what the receiving plant charges. Chelsea also writes the strictest container rules of any city we serve near Boston. Below are our ranges, the permits that apply and who holds them, what has to stay out, and where a Chelsea load is sorted.
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The prices below reflect average ranges for a standard five-day rental period. Your account manager will confirm tonnage, overage rates, and other project specifics during your free, custom quote.
| Size | Average Price Range | Approximate Dimensions | Common Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Yard Dumpster | $399–$499 | 12' L × 8' W × 3.5' H | Concrete, brick, and heavy debris; small cleanouts; single-room remodels |
| 15-Yard Dumpster | $449–$569 | 16' L × 7.5' W × 4–5' H | Garage cleanouts, kitchen and bathroom remodels, small roof tear-offs |
| 20-Yard Dumpster | $499–$649 | 22' L × 7.5' W × 4.5' H | Whole-home cleanouts, multi-room renovations, flooring removal, roofing |
| 30-Yard Dumpster | $599–$799 | 22' L × 8' W × 6' H | Major renovations, new residential construction, large commercial projects |
| 40-Yard Dumpster | $699–$899 | 22–24' L × 8' W × 8' H | Commercial demolition, industrial cleanouts, large-scale construction |
Paperwork is the first cost driver in Chelsea, and it is not a formality.
The City wants a permit for a container on private ground as well as public. The temporary permit for a roll-off runs fifteen days and renews once. So the length of your job is a question for day one, not later.
Weight is the second lever, and the Chelsea housing stock makes it a live one. Plaster and lath from a triple-decker, old roofing and brick chimney material all hit the weight limit while the container looks half empty. Dense work goes into a smaller size emptied twice.
Volume still sets the opening figure. Give your account manager the unit count, the roof area or the number of rooms coming out and the sizing follows.
Sorting is the fourth, and it follows from how the state writes its bans. Brick, concrete, asphalt, clean wallboard and metals cannot be buried, and they cannot be handed to a site for disposal either. So a Chelsea load gets sorted, and a clean one-material container costs less to empty.
Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 2 tons (4,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 50-70 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 3 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 3 tons (6,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 80-100 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 4.5 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 3 tons (6,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 110-130 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 6 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 4 tons (8,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 170-190 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 9 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 5 tons (10,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 230-250 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 12 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Choose on volume, confirm against weight, then measure the spot. Prime Dumpster stocks five sizes in Chelsea.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the one that fits a Chelsea lot. It is also the right size for brick, concrete, plaster and tile, which fill their weight allowance long before they fill the container.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a single gutted bathroom, a cleared basement, or the carpet and flooring out of one unit.
The 20-Yard Dumpster handles a whole-unit renovation or a roof tear-off with trim and siding. Framing, lath, cabinets and fixtures travel together.
The 30-Yard Dumpster suits a multi-unit gut job, a commercial fit-out, or demolition producing bulky mixed debris across several weeks.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the largest container available in Chelsea. It is built for demolition and high-volume construction, and on Chelsea's street grid it needs a genuinely open yard or lot rather than a narrow side drive.
Walk the site through with your account manager and they will name the size and check that the Fire Department will be comfortable with the location.
Chelsea is the exception to the usual answer, so read this before you plan. A container on private property, including a driveway or a yard, still needs a permit here. The rule is plain: no dumpster owner may keep a dumpster on public or private property without the right permits, and they have to be in hand before the container is set down. The Department of Municipal Inspections issues them. It shares enforcement with the Fire Department.
For a remodel or a tear-down, the tool is a temporary permit for a roll-off. It runs fifteen days and renews once on a fresh application, and it is issued to the customer. The spot needs sign-off from both departments. It has to sit far enough from the lot line to keep abutters and the public safe and to spare the curb and sidewalk. The Department can also turn a permit down if it thinks the size is wrong for the site.
The street is close to a flat no. Chelsea states that no dumpster shall be placed or parked on a public way at all. A permit on the public way exists only for an emergency. The Department has to find one, and Public Works, the police chief and the fire chief all have to agree. Even then the container needs lights or reflective panels at night. The police chief can have a container pulled off a public way, and the owner pays to move and store it. Nobody should plan a curb drop in Chelsea.
A few working rules come with it. Containers on a home lot have to be screened. They stay covered and secured except while you are loading. Filling is barred from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. at a home, and emptying or pickup may not start before 7 a.m. or run past 6 p.m. Every container carries the name and phone number of the firm that services it. The fee schedule is set by the director of municipal inspections with the city manager's approval, and a copy is kept at the city clerk's office. Your account manager handles the registration side with the Department and can tell you which permit your job needs before a date is booked.
Framing, lath and plaster, drywall, roofing, flooring, carpet, cabinets, doors, siding and ordinary cleanout debris are all normal Chelsea loads. The limits come from state disposal bans, from the city's Board of Health regulations, and from the ordinary hazardous rules.
The state list of banned materials is long. It covers asphalt, brick and concrete, cathode ray tubes, clean gypsum wallboard, food material from a business, metals of every kind, glass, metal and plastic containers, lead acid batteries, leaves and yard waste, mattresses, paper and cardboard, textiles, and large appliances. Two lines are narrower than people think. Wood and wood waste are barred from landfills only. Whole tires are barred from landfills only, and shredded tires are fine.
Chelsea's Board of Health adds a rule about the container itself. Waste has to sit wholly inside it and stay covered, an overflowing container is a violation on its own, and the body has to be built of non-flammable material. The city also bars dumping refuse from outside Chelsea unless the Department has allowed it, so a container cannot bring material in.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel and asbestos stay out of any standard container. Mattresses and textiles now need their own route as well. Ask your account manager before anything unusual goes over the rail.
If the item you want to dispose of isn’t on this list, give us a call for more guidance or check out our guide of what you can throw in a dumpster.
*Approved items may vary by location. Always check your local laws and regulations to avoid any fines or additional fees.
Chelsea has no landfill, and it has no permitted transfer station or construction and demolition processing plant of its own either. MassDEP's active-landfill record runs to 22 sites across the whole Commonwealth and none of them sits in Chelsea, which is the normal picture for this part of Suffolk County.
So a Chelsea container gets sorted, not buried. The state bars brick, concrete, asphalt, clean wallboard and metals from being handed over for disposal at all. The load therefore goes to a building-debris sorting plant inside the Boston market, where those streams are pulled out and sent on. Every large plant in the state is privately held, so we name none of them. Your account manager confirms where your load goes before pickup.
The nearest high-volume receiving site to Chelsea is the waste-to-energy plant at 100 Salem Turnpike in Saugus, a short run up the coast. It is company operated, so we give the address and leave it there.
That is worth planning around. The plant is paid to split up what you mixed, so one material in a container costs less to empty than the same volume of mixed debris. On a gut job that means keeping brick and plaster away from wood and trim, and keeping metal out of both. Your account manager will tell you whether splitting the job across two containers beats paying the sorting charge on one.
Chelsea orders are usually scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Allow longer than that here, because the permit has to be in hand before the container is placed, not after.
Five habits that keep a Chelsea delivery on track:
One more timing point. Filling is barred overnight at a home and emptying cannot start before 7 a.m., so a container that fills late on a Friday is a Monday job.
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Prime Dumpster covers all of Chelsea, from the streets up on Powder Horn and Mount Bellingham down the Broadway corridor to the produce market and the Mystic River waterfront. The same routes take us into Everett, Revere and the rest of the inner Boston market. Give us the Chelsea address and the scope and we will set delivery, pickup and disposal around your permit dates.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container, sort out which Chelsea permits apply, and give you a firm number while you are on the phone.
Your Prime Dumpster account manager handles the details, from tonnage and overage rates to permit contacts and delivery timing, so you can focus on the work.
Chelsea rentals run from $399 to $499 for a 10-yard container up to $699 to $899 for a 40-yard container over five days. Weight and the sorting charge at the processing plant move the final figure. Your account manager confirms the included tonnage and the overage rate when you book.
In Chelsea the container is cheaper for all but the smallest job. No public drop-off in the city takes building debris. Self-hauling means trip after trip to a commercial plant, a charge at each gate, fuel, parking and a day of your time.
Yes. A three-seat couch takes roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves space for a bed frame, a dresser and a stack of cartons. Note that mattresses and textiles are separately banned from disposal in Massachusetts, so they need their own route.
No hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel or asbestos. Massachusetts also bans brick, concrete, asphalt, clean gypsum wallboard, metals, cathode ray tubes, lead acid batteries, yard waste, mattresses and textiles from disposal, so those come out and travel separately.
The 10-yard container starts lowest, at $399 to $499. Whether it is genuinely cheapest depends on the material. Chelsea plaster, brick and old roofing reach the weight allowance in a half-full small container, so two sorted containers often beat one mixed one on total cost.
Three days normally prices like five in Chelsea, because the delivery, the haul and the processing charge are the cost rather than the calendar. The permit runs fifteen days either way. Ask your account manager what tonnage is included and the rate for each extra ton.
Wood, drywall, plaster, lath, roofing, flooring, carpet, cabinets, doors, siding and general cleanout material are all allowed in a Chelsea container. Clean brick, concrete and asphalt are accepted too but belong in their own load. Raise anything unusual with your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Chelsea, Massachusetts 02150 |
| Phone: | 617-749-0277 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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