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At Prime Dumpster, we arrange roll-off dumpster placement across Chester, Pennsylvania, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Chester is Delaware County's oldest city, on the Delaware River between Philadelphia and the state line. The work shows that history. We see rowhouse rehab block by block, roof and porch work on century-old stock, stadium-area construction, and industrial reuse on the waterfront.
Four inputs set your price: the container size, what the load weighs, how long you keep it, and the charge where the material is received. Chester has one real advantage over most of its neighbors on that last point. Below are our ranges, the city's private collection rules, how to get a container onto a Chester street lawfully, and where the material actually goes.
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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 |
Chester's advantage is the short haul, and it is unusual.
Most cities send their containers a long way. Chester does not. The region's main receiving plant for municipal waste sits inside the city limits on Highland Avenue, which takes a real slice of mileage out of the job and is one reason prices here compare well with the suburbs north of the city.
Weight is still the main lever. A rowhouse roof, a chimney take-down or a plaster gut job fills its weight allowance while the container looks half empty, so dense work usually goes into a smaller size emptied twice.
Volume sets the opening figure. Give your account manager the number of rooms, the roof area or the frontage and the size follows from that.
Separation is the fourth, and in Pennsylvania it changes the legal category of the load rather than just the price. Keep uncontaminated soil, rock, stone, gravel, brick and block, concrete and used asphalt apart from everything else and the state treats that material as clean fill rather than waste. Mix it with wood and plaster and the whole container is construction and demolition waste.
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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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Pick on volume, test against weight, then measure the frontage. Prime Dumpster runs five sizes in Chester.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the one for dense material and tight rowhouse streets. Brick, block, concrete, plaster and chimney rubble all belong in it, and it is the easiest size to fit at a narrow curb.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a single gutted bathroom, a cleared basement, or the flooring and carpet out of one house.
The 20-Yard Dumpster handles a kitchen and bath together or a roof with porch work. Framing, lath, cabinets and fixtures travel in one container.
The 30-Yard Dumpster takes a full rowhouse rehabilitation, a commercial fit-out, or demolition producing bulky mixed debris week after week.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the largest container delivered in Chester, built for demolition and industrial work, and it needs an open lot rather than a street frontage.
Describe the project to your account manager and they will name the size and tell you whether the street or the lot is the better spot.
A container on private property is the simplest route, and Chester's rules push you that way. Where a property uses private collection, the City wants an area on the property outside the right-of-way, big enough for the containers the site needs, clear of sidewalks, walkways, driveways, roads and building doors. Lids stay closed except while waste is taken out, and containers are kept clean and in good repair.
The street has a genuine published route here, which is more than many cities offer. Anyone who wants to use a Chester street or highway to store construction or other material needs a permit from the Director of Streets and Public Improvements, and the fee is worked out from the type of street, the area to be occupied and how long you occupy it. The application has to state the nature and extent of the construction or repairs, the Director sets the duration, and the permit has to be displayed in a conspicuous spot on the street for the whole time the container is there.
Conditions come with that permit. Material may be stored in front of the premises being worked on. Need more frontage and you have to get written permission from the next owner and file it with the Director. Nothing may sit within five feet of a fire plug, an intersection or a crossing, or across a footway. The area has to be swept clear daily, and the Director can remove anything placed against the rules at your cost.
There is also a lighting rule that applies to every roll-off placed on a street. Red lanterns or lights have to be maintained from sunset to sunrise on any street or sidewalk obstruction, and where the obstruction is more than ten feet long or wide a lamp goes on each end. Every container in our range is longer than ten feet, so lamps at both ends are the baseline on a Chester street. Separately, nothing may be placed in a street, alley or right-of-way so as to prevent parking, and the City may remove and dispose of such an object as abandoned property.
One more rule falls on the customer. Where a building uses private collection, the City can ask the owner once a year for proof of a current contract with a licensed collector, with the collector's name, address and phone number and the days and times of collection. Changes have to be reported in writing within ten days. Anyone taking out a City permit for work that makes waste also has to certify on the City's own form that all of it was removed. Your account manager supplies what both files need.
Framing, lath and plaster, drywall, roofing, flooring, carpet, cabinets, doors, siding, brick and block are all normal Chester loads. Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel and asbestos stay out. Chester's rules also say its private collection system covers municipal waste only and does not reach hazardous or residual waste.
Two Pennsylvania rules shape how you load rather than simply what you exclude.
The first is clean fill. State rules count wood, plaster, metals, asphaltic material, brick, block and unsegregated concrete as construction and demolition waste. But clean soil, rock, stone, gravel, brick, block, concrete and used asphalt are not, when kept apart from other waste and used as clean fill, and that use needs no permit. Trees, brush and stumps from land clearing sit in the same carve-out.
The second is that separated recyclables are not waste either. The state names cardboard, glass, metals, paper and plastics for construction, renovation and demolition work, and it says material salvaged for its intended use, so fixtures, doors, flooring, lighting and windows, is not waste at all.
Electronics have their own route. The state's covered device program puts the recycling duty on makers of televisions, desktop and laptop computers, monitors and peripherals, so a screen of four inches or more belongs in that stream. Chester also bars a collector from mixing recyclables or yard waste in with municipal waste. Ask your account manager about anything you are unsure of.
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.
This is where Chester differs from almost every city we serve. There is no municipal waste landfill anywhere in Delaware County. The county's only permitted municipal waste site is inside the city, a resource recovery plant at 10 Highland Ave., Chester, PA 19013. It carries an average daily volume of 4,745 tons and a cap of 5,700 on the state's own facility list. A company runs it, so we give the address and name no company.
What that means for a Chester job is a short haul and, usually, a shorter turnaround on pickup than a suburban address gets. It also means the material is burned for energy rather than buried, which is why the separation rules above matter so much: a container of clean hard material is better sent to a fill site as clean fill, and metals and cardboard are worth more pulled out than mixed in.
The City closes the loop with a flow rule. All municipal waste produced in Chester and carried out of it has to go to approved sites under the Delaware County Waste Plan and state rules, so the destination is not a free choice. Your account manager confirms where your load is going before pickup, and will say whether splitting a clean hard load out changes the number.
The county adds no layer of its own. The Delaware County Health Department licenses food premises, mobile home parks, camps, schools, pools and sewage work, and runs no collector or truck permit, so there is nothing extra to get at county level.
Chester orders are usually scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Allow longer if the container has to stand in the street, because the storage permit comes first.
Five habits that keep a Chester job on schedule:
The short haul helps at the end of a job as well. Because the receiving plant is inside the city, a container that fills late in the day can often be turned around sooner here than in the townships north of Chester.
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Prime Dumpster covers all of Chester, from the rowhouse blocks north and west of the business district down to the industrial and stadium ground along the Delaware River, and the same routes carry us through Delaware County and into the wider Philadelphia market. Give us the Chester 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, settle whether the lot or the street is the right spot, and give you a firm number on the call.
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.
Chester 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 drives most of the variation, and the short haul to the receiving plant inside the city helps. Your account manager confirms the included tonnage and the overage rate at booking.
For anything past a load or two, the container is cheaper in Chester. The city has no public drop-off site for building debris, so self-hauling means repeated runs to a commercial facility, a charge at each gate, fuel and a working day of your own time.
Yes. A three-seat couch takes roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves room for a bed frame, a dresser and a stack of cartons. Bulky furniture uses up volume long before it troubles the weight limit.
No hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel or asbestos, and no residual waste, which Chester's rules treat separately from municipal waste. Televisions, computers, monitors and peripherals belong in Pennsylvania's covered device recycling stream rather than in a container.
The 10-yard container starts lowest, at $399 to $499. Whether it is cheapest overall depends on the material. Chester brick, block and plaster reach the weight allowance half full, and keeping clean hard material in its own load can change its legal category as well as its cost.
Three days normally prices like five in Chester, because the delivery, the haul and the receiving charge are the cost rather than the number of days. Weight is the variable. Ask your account manager what tonnage is included and the rate for each extra ton.
Wood, plaster, drywall, roofing, flooring, carpet, cabinets, doors, siding, brick and block are all allowed in a Chester container. Uncontaminated soil, stone, concrete and used asphalt are accepted too and are worth keeping in a separate load. Clear anything unusual with your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Chester, Pennsylvania 19013 |
| Phone: | 267-539-9905 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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