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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Copperas Cove, Texas, and the wider Fort Cavazos area in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Housing turnover driven by the post next door, steady residential construction along the US-190 corridor, and roof and fence repair after Central Texas hail keep roll-off containers working here through the year.
What you pay reflects the container size, the weight and type of debris, how long you keep it, and the disposal charge behind the load. Below you'll find price ranges, how placement and local collection rules work here, what the city transfer station will and will not take, and how quickly we can get a container to your site.
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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 |
Four things set a Copperas Cove quote, and one of them is purely local.
Size is where it starts. A step up in size costs less than a second haul partway through a job, and less than the overage on a container that leaves over its weight allowance.
Weight is the next lever. Shingles, caliche, brick, and broken concrete are dense enough to use the allowance while the container still looks half empty, which is why small containers suit tear-offs and demolition.
Sorting matters because the city transfer station refuses several common things outright. Paint, chemicals, liquids, asbestos, and even brush and yard waste are turned away there, so a load that mixes them in has to be handled separately.
Local collection rules are the fourth. Copperas Cove runs waste collection as a city service, with an approved service agreement needed before anyone else collects for a fee inside the city. Your account manager will work out how that applies at your address before a delivery date is confirmed.
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 for the volume of the job, then check the weight. Prime Dumpster carries 10 through 40 yard containers across Copperas Cove, including the smaller sizes the City's own service does not offer.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is our smallest and the right one for dense material: concrete, block, brick, tile, and soil, plus single-room projects like a bathroom gut.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers the middle ground, from a packed garage to flooring pulled out of a few rooms or a tear-off on a small roof.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the most common size for Copperas Cove homes. A whole-house cleanout, a kitchen and bath together, or a standard shingle roof all fit comfortably.
The 30-Yard Dumpster takes on gut renovations, new residential construction, and smaller demolition work, where mixed debris builds over weeks.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest and belongs on commercial sites and larger demolition jobs along the highway corridor.
Not sure which to take? Describe the job to your account manager. If the load is heavy, the smaller container is often the cheaper finish.
On private property, such as your driveway or a fenced job site, Copperas Cove publishes no container permit, no size cap, and no limit on how long a container may stay. That is the straightforward answer for most jobs.
The street is a different question, and it runs through the city's collection rules rather than a separate street permit. City rules make the City solid waste department, or a provider the City has approved, the exclusive provider of garbage, trash, recycling, and refuse collection and disposal inside the city limits. The same rule makes it unlawful to provide that service for payment, or to use the public streets for it, without first holding an approved service agreement with the City.
In practice that means two things for you. A container on your own property is simple, and anything that touches the public street is a conversation with the City before the truck rolls.
You do not have to work that out alone. Call the City of Copperas Cove Solid Waste Department at 254-547-5245 with questions about your site, and your account manager will confirm how the local rules apply at your address before any date is booked.
Most construction and household debris is fine. The limits come from Texas rules and from the city transfer station that receives the load.
Texas bars nine categories from municipal landfills. The ones that come up on a job site are lead acid batteries, do-it-yourself used motor oil, used oil filters, liquid waste, and hazardous waste. Whole tires are out too, unless they have been processed: the state says scrap tires may be landfilled only if split, quartered, or shredded. Refrigerators and freezers are not banned outright, but the refrigerant has to be reclaimed by licensed personnel before they can be taken.
The transfer station adds its own list and it is stricter than the state's. It will not take paint, chemicals, lead, explosives, liquid waste, grease trap waste, septic pumpings, medical waste, or anything containing asbestos. Brush and yard waste are not accepted there either; those go to the compost site on its own schedule.
Container rules spell out a few more. Dead animals, brush, yard waste, loose tires, and appliances that still hold refrigerant are not allowed in a roll-off, and anything unauthorized found in a container gets pulled out before service or returned to you afterward.
If something on your list is borderline, 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.
Copperas Cove is one of the few cities its size with a public disposal point inside the city. The Copperas Cove Transfer Station, part of the Solid Waste Operational Center at 2605 S FM 116, Copperas Cove, TX 76522, receives waste under Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rules and takes it from both City trucks and private haulers. It is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the scale closes at 3:30 p.m.
What makes it useful for a building job is the accepted list: sheet rock, shingles, construction debris, household waste, furniture, and metal all go in, with separate areas for metal, tires, and brush. Loose tires carry a published charge of $4.09 each under 22.5 inches, $9.55 from 22.5 to 24.5 inches, $27.29 above that, and $30.00 for a tire still on its rim up to 22.5 inches. Metal appliances are taken free once the refrigerant has been reclaimed.
The old city landfill is closed and under post-closure care, so waste tipped at the station is transferred on to a permitted landfill outside the city. Your account manager can confirm where your load is going and what the disposal costs before the container is delivered.
2605 S FM 116, Copperas Cove, TX 76522
Run by the City of Copperas Cove Solid Waste Department. Open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with the scale closing at 3:30 PM.
Most Copperas Cove orders can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Giving us a little notice helps, because we confirm the local collection rules with the City before some commercial drops.
Five things make delivery day straightforward:
Transfer station hours are the scheduling detail worth knowing. The scale closes at 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and the station is shut at weekends, so a container filled late on a Friday is likely to be hauled on Monday.
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Prime Dumpster serves all of Copperas Cove, from the neighborhoods off Constitution Drive and Casa Drive to the businesses along Business 190 and the newer construction on the north and west edges of town, and we run the same routes into the nearby Coryell and Lampasas County communities. Because the whole area sits along one highway, a container ordered in Copperas Cove usually joins a run already heading east toward Killeen and Harker Heights, which keeps our lead times short.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We'll size the container, check how the city collection rules apply at your address, and give you a firm 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.
Copperas Cove rentals run from $399 to $499 for a 10-yard container up to $699 to $899 for a 40-yard, based on a five-day period. The weight and type of debris move the final number more than anything else. Your account manager confirms the included tonnage and the overage rate when you book.
For most jobs the container is cheaper. The transfer station closes its scale at 3:30 on weekdays and is shut at weekends, so self-hauling eats working hours as well as fuel and gate charges. One container takes the whole project in a single pull.
Yes, comfortably. A three-seat couch takes about a fifth of a 10-yard container, leaving space for a mattress, a dresser, and boxes. Furniture is bulky rather than heavy, so the room runs out long before the weight allowance does.
Keep out hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, and asbestos. Texas also bars lead acid batteries, used motor oil, oil filters, and whole tires from landfills. Locally, brush, yard waste, and appliances still holding refrigerant are not allowed either. Ask your account manager about anything unusual.
The 10-yard container starts lowest, at $399 to $499. It is not always the cheapest finish, though. Caliche, concrete, and wet shingles clear a small weight allowance quickly, so splitting dense material into its own load usually works out better.
Three days normally costs the same as five, because the price covers delivery, pickup, and disposal rather than calendar days. Weight is what changes the bill. Ask your account manager how much tonnage is included and what each extra ton costs before the container arrives.
Nearly all job debris is allowed: lumber, sheet rock, shingles, flooring, siding, cabinets, doors, furniture, cardboard, and general cleanout material. Clean concrete, brick, and block are accepted too and travel best in their own load. Check anything borderline with your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Copperas Cove, Texas 76522 |
| Phone: | 512-846-7446 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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