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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals in Cleveland, Tennessee, and across Bradley County in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Cleveland is a manufacturing town with a wide residential belt around it, so container demand here runs on three things: plant and warehouse construction near the industrial parks, roof and siding replacement in the older streets near Church Street, and land clearing out toward the county edges.
Your price comes from the yardage, the weight and class of debris, the number of rental days, and what the receiving landfill charges. Below are the ranges, how the City draws the line between its own service and a project container, and the material that has to be kept 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 |
In Cleveland the first thing that shapes a quote is what the City will and will not touch.
The City's own rules define a commercial container as a unit of two to eight cubic yards that stays at a collection point. The containers start at ten yards and run to forty, so they sit outside that service entirely. Cleveland also states plainly that it is not responsible for collecting construction waste, bulk waste or brush produced by contractors or by anyone doing work for profit, and that it will not collect from lot or land clearing, remodeling or alteration projects. A project in Cleveland therefore needs a container of its own from the start.
Size follows. A unit that holds the whole job avoids a second haul and avoids paying for yardage you never use.
Weight is the next pressure point. Bradley County roofing, mortar and old slab are heavy enough to reach an included tonnage while a container still looks part full, so dense material does better in a small unit on its own.
Separation matters here more than in most Tennessee towns, because the City codifies it. Cleveland bars mixing wire, metal, lumber, brick, rock or dirt with brush trimmings, and attributes that rule to the landfill's own requirements. Keeping brush in one container and construction debris in another is both the compliant route and usually the cheaper one. Your account manager can price the split before delivery.
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 the size from the volume you expect, then check the weight will fit inside it. Prime Dumpster offers five sizes across Bradley County.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is for heavy, dense debris. Broken slab, brick, mortar, dirt and a small roof tear-off all suit it, and the low sides make loading by hand much easier.
The 15-Yard Dumpster works for a garage emptied in a weekend, one bathroom taken back to studs, or a small rental turnover.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the most popular size in Cleveland. Whole-home cleanouts, multi-room renovation and flooring removal all fit well inside it.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is built for additions, new builds, and demolition that throws off a high volume of lighter mixed debris.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest container and is aimed at plant cleanouts, industrial projects and large-scale commercial demolition around the city's manufacturing corridor.
Weighing two sizes against each other? Describe the job to your account manager and they will recommend the one that costs less in total.
On private property in Cleveland, no City permit is required for a container. Driveways, side yards, fenced job sites and private commercial lots are all available, provided the unit stays off the sidewalk and clear of the corner sight lines.
The City publishes no permit for placing a container on a street, an alley or a public right of way, and its waste rules make it unlawful for an owner, lessee or occupant to permit an accumulation of garbage or refuse on a property, vacant or built on. With no published route onto public ground, a street placement should not be planned.
What Cleveland does require sits on the customer side, and it reaches new construction directly. The owner or developer of a commercial, industrial or institutional facility has to show the methods of handling solid waste and the locations of all solid waste containers on an approved site plan to the public works director before construction begins. If you are building here, the container plan is part of the submission, and your account manager can supply the service details for that drawing.
The City also bars bringing in solid waste generated outside the city limits for collection by municipal crews or the City's contractor, unless the city manager or public works director authorizes it. That rule is aimed at illegal dumping rather than at a lawful container, but it is a good reason to confirm where a load originates. Reach the City of Cleveland at 190 Church Street NE on 423-472-4551, and your account manager will confirm the current contact before delivery.
Framing, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, trim, siding, fencing, concrete and ordinary household contents all load fine. Tennessee publishes no statewide banned-materials table, so the limits here come from the receiving landfill and from the City's own list.
The City sets out plainly what its crews will not pick up, and the list doubles as a guide to what needs its own handling: tires, gas cans, propane tanks, concrete, hazardous waste such as chemicals, paint cans, medical supplies, major demolitions and lot clearing. The same page is blunt about contractor debris: anything left by a contractor, including a remodeler or a tree trimmer, must be removed by that contractor.
Keep out of any Cleveland container: paint, solvents, fuel, used oil, pool chemicals, pesticides, batteries, propane cylinders, medical sharps, asbestos and liquids of any kind. Appliances holding refrigerant and whole tires need separate handling and should be declared when you order rather than discovered at the gate.
Brush is the local trap. Cleveland forbids mixing metal, lumber, brick, rock or dirt in with brush trimmings, and forbids mixing leaves and grass clippings with other brush. If your job produces both vegetation and construction debris, plan on two containers.
If you are unsure about an item, ask your account manager before it goes in.
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.
Bradley County's disposal site is the Bradley County Landfill, at 282 Nature's Trail in McDonald, about fifteen minutes south of Cleveland. The county publishes its gate times as Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and the same site takes recyclables including glass, aluminum drink cans, newspapers, mixed paper and cardboard. Batteries, used oil, white goods and tires are recycled there for a charge.
The county runs two further recycling sites inside Cleveland itself, on Urbane Road and Peerless Road, but both are drop-offs for household recyclables on limited hours rather than disposal sites, and both have stopped accepting electronics. Neither is an outlet for a project load. The county's recycling page carries the current hours for all three.
On the state side, Tennessee's environment department permits the landfill rather than the collection vehicle, and control over what a construction load may contain runs through the approval that binds the permitted landfill. In practice that means the gate decides, and the gate is the reason a sorted load moves faster and costs less than a mixed one. Your account manager confirms the destination for your container and what the site will accept before the truck is dispatched.
Most Cleveland rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Booking ahead of your start date gets you the better position and usually the better price.
Five things that keep a Cleveland delivery on schedule:
A related City service is worth knowing about, because it is free and it sometimes removes the need for a small container. Cleveland lends residents a dump truck overnight or over a weekend at no charge, dropped between 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon and collected the next business day after 7:00 a.m., once a month. Demolition debris, hazardous material and tires may not go in it, the service is residential only, and the City's own answers page says it is unavailable in November and December.
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Prime Dumpster arranges delivery throughout the City of Cleveland and the surrounding Bradley County communities, from the streets around Church Street and Ocoee Street out through Mouse Creek, South Cleveland and the industrial corridor, and on to Charleston and the Hiwassee River edge of the county. Residential driveways, plant yards and rural land clearing sites are all routine work for the drivers here.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will set the yardage, work out whether brush and building debris need separate containers, and give you a clear price 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.
A 10-yard container in Cleveland runs $399 to $499 and a 40-yard runs $699 to $899, both on a five-day rental. Debris weight and the trip to the county landfill at McDonald move the final figure as much as the size does. Your account manager confirms tonnage and overage rates at booking.
For most Bradley County projects the container is cheaper. A self-haul means a charge at the gate on every trip, fuel, and a drive out to McDonald and back. Once a job runs past two loads, one container on site until you finish beats the round trips.
Yes. A three-seat couch takes roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves room for a bed frame, a dresser and cartons. Furniture fills volume rather than weight, so a small unit covers more of a cleanout than people expect.
Keep paint, solvents, fuel, used oil, pool chemicals, pesticides, batteries, propane cylinders, medical sharps, asbestos and liquids out of a Cleveland container. The City also bars mixing metal, lumber, brick, rock or dirt with brush trimmings, so vegetation needs its own load.
The 10-yard container starts lowest at $399 to $499. On a Bradley County roofing or concrete job it is often the better buy as well, because heavy material in a larger container means paying weight charges rather than using the extra space you bought.
Three days normally costs the same as five, since the rate is built around the haul and the included tonnage rather than the calendar. Weight is what changes your invoice. Ask your account manager for the included tons and the per-ton rate before delivery.
Nearly all construction and household debris is allowed in Cleveland: lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, doors, trim, siding, fencing, furniture, carpet and cardboard. Clean concrete, brick and asphalt are accepted, and they are cheaper when kept in their own load. Check unusual items with your account manager.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Cleveland, Tennessee 37311 |
| Phone: | 865-252-7776 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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