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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals throughout Cicero, Illinois, and the surrounding west-side Cook County suburbs in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Cicero's brick two-flats and bungalows are a century old in places, so porch rebuilds, basement work, tuckpointing and full gut rehabs around Cermak Road and Laramie Avenue generate steady container work alongside new commercial construction.
Four factors drive what a container costs here: the yardage you choose, how heavy the debris is, the number of days the unit stays parked, and the tipping fee at the receiving landfill. What follows covers those ranges, the Town rules that reach a container and the customer who ordered it, and the material that has to stay out.
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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 |
Cicero pricing turns on volume, weight, access and distance, and the last one is unusual here.
Volume first. Picking the yardage that actually holds the job prevents the two costs nobody wants: a second haul, or overage on a unit that went past its included tons.
Weight is where Cicero surprises people. The housing stock is masonry, so a porch demolition, a chimney takedown or a basement floor replacement yields brick and broken concrete that reaches an included tonnage fast. Heavy inert debris belongs in a 10-yard unit by itself, not spread through a 20-yard load of mixed material.
Access shapes the quote too. Cicero lots are narrow and many run to a rear alley. Alley drops are routine for us, but the driver needs the alley clear of parked cars and the overhead wires high enough for the hoist, and a tight approach can mean a smaller container than the debris alone would suggest.
Then distance. Cook County has exactly one active municipal landfill left, down in Dolton on the far south side, so a Cicero load travels a long way before it is buried. That mileage is built into every quote in this market, and it is the reason separating clean brick and concrete for reuse pays better here than in most Illinois towns. Your account manager can price a sorted load against a mixed one.
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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Pick on volume first, then confirm the weight will not outrun it. Prime Dumpster stocks five sizes for the Cicero market.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the masonry container. Brick, mortar, broken walkway, tile and plaster all belong here, and the low sides mean you lift rather than throw.
The 15-Yard Dumpster fits a two-flat apartment emptied between tenants, a bathroom gut, or a garage cleared down to the slab behind a Cicero bungalow.
The 20-Yard Dumpster handles a full-floor rehab, several rooms of flooring and lath, or a whole-home cleanout. It is the size most Cicero homeowners settle on.
The 30-Yard Dumpster covers a gut rehab of a larger building, a commercial tenant buildout, or demolition that throws off a lot of bulky but lighter material.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest and is built for industrial sites along the rail corridor, large-scale demolition and construction that is measured in truckloads rather than rooms.
Caught between two sizes? Describe the building and the work to your account manager and they will pick the one that costs you less.
A container on your own property in Cicero needs no Town permit. A driveway, a rear yard pad, a fenced lot or a private parking area all work, provided the unit stays off the public sidewalk and out of the alley travel way.
The public way is where it changes, and Cicero's code is specific in an unusual direction. It makes unlawful the placing of a garbage or waste vessel in any alley in the Town, and it requires that a vessel kept at the rear of a lot sit entirely inside the lot line. The Town publishes no permit that would authorize a roll-off container to occupy a street lane, a parkway or an alley, so none should be assumed.
What Cicero does publish is a licensing regime for the people who haul. The Town licenses private scavengers through its board of trustees, and it separately licenses recycling service providers. Reach the Department of Public Works at its Laramie Avenue office on 708-656-1115 with questions about placement, alleys or collection days.
Two Cicero rules land directly on the customer rather than on us. Any commercial or industrial property, and any residential property with more than four units, must have private scavenger service in place. And every business license holder in the Town who is a refuse collection customer has to certify a recycling program and name its private hauler on the form. Your account manager supplies the service details you need for that paperwork and confirms the current contact before you book.
Lumber, drywall, plaster, lath, roofing, flooring, cabinets, brick, concrete, furniture and ordinary household contents are all loadable in Cicero. The limits come from Illinois law and from what the receiving landfill will take.
Illinois keeps electronics out of landfills by statute, so televisions, monitors, computers, printers and similar equipment must be pulled before the container goes. One television can put a whole load in question at the gate. Lead-acid batteries, whole tires and used oil each have their own route and cannot be buried.
Landscape waste is the Illinois rule most people trip over. State law bars any person from knowingly putting yard waste into a container that is bound for a landfill unless the container itself is biodegradable, and it bars the landfill from accepting yard waste for final disposal. The duty sits on whoever loads the material, which means you. Keep branches, sod, leaves and grass separate, and the Illinois EPA sets out where each stream goes.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, asbestos, propane cylinders and medical sharps are refused everywhere. Appliances with refrigerant need their own handling.
Anything you are unsure about, raise it with your account manager before loading.
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.
Cook County is down to a single active municipal solid waste landfill. River Bend Prairie Landfill, at 801 East 138th Street in Dolton, is the only one left inside the county line, and it sits roughly twenty miles south of Cicero. Everything else that leaves this part of Cook travels further still, into Will, Kankakee or out-of-county sites, because Kane, McHenry and DuPage counties have no active municipal landfill at all.
That geography is why the Chicago west side runs on transfer stations and sorting lines rather than short landfill trips. A mixed Cicero load is typically consolidated before its final haul, while a clean load of brick, block and concrete can be diverted to a reclaimer instead and never reach a landfill gate.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency keeps the authoritative list of active sites on its own systems, and its materials management pages set out which items the state keeps out of the ground. Your account manager confirms the destination for your specific container and explains how the sorting affects your rate before delivery.
Most Cicero containers are scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Giving us a few days of notice secures the drop you want and usually a better number.
Five habits that make a Cicero delivery painless:
Worth knowing on timing: Cicero's own code bars a scavenger from starting collection before 6:00 a.m. on a residential street or a street abutting one. Early morning service calls are set for after that hour, and your account manager will tell you the window for your block.
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Prime Dumpster serves the whole Town of Cicero and the surrounding west-side communities, from Hawthorne and the Morton East area through the blocks either side of Cermak Road and Ogden Avenue and out to the Town's borders with Berwyn and Chicago's Lawndale neighborhoods. Alley drops, driveway drops and commercial lots are all routine for the drivers here.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will confirm the yardage, work out whether a sorted masonry load saves you money, and give you a firm price 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.
Expect $399 to $499 for a 10-yard container in Cicero and $699 to $899 for a 40-yard, each on a five-day rental. Masonry debris and the long haul to the county's remaining landfill both affect the final figure. Your account manager confirms included tonnage and overage rates at booking.
In Cook County, almost always the container. The nearest active landfill is about twenty miles south of Cicero, so self-hauling means a long round trip, a gate charge each time, and fuel. One container that stays on site until the work is finished removes all of that.
It will. A three-seat couch uses about a fifth of a 10-yard container, leaving space for a mattress, a dresser and cartons. Bulky furniture fills the volume long before it reaches the weight limit, so a small unit goes a long way on a cleanout.
In Cicero, keep out electronics, yard waste, whole tires, lead-acid batteries, used oil, paint, solvents, fuel, asbestos, propane cylinders and any liquid. Illinois bars televisions and computers from landfills and bars yard waste from a landfill-bound container, and either one can cost you the whole load.
The 10-yard container starts at $399 to $499 and is the lowest-priced option. On a Cicero masonry job it is also usually the smartest, because brick and concrete in a bigger unit simply means paying overage on weight you never needed the extra volume for.
A three-day rental normally prices the same as a five-day one. The cost is built on the haul and the tons, not the number of nights the container sits in your drive. Ask your account manager for the included weight and the per-ton overage before delivery and you get clear, upfront pricing.
Most construction and household debris is allowed in Cicero: lumber, drywall, plaster, lath, roofing, flooring, cabinets, fixtures, furniture, cardboard and general cleanout material. Clean brick, block, concrete and asphalt are accepted and often cost less when kept separate. Run anything unusual past your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Cicero, Illinois 60804 |
| Phone: | 464-245-3085 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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