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Prime Dumpster arranges roll-off container delivery across Germantown, Wisconsin and the Washington County communities nearby, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Germantown spreads across a big footprint of subdivisions, farmland and light industry between Milwaukee and West Bend, and the jobs reflect that: basement and kitchen remodeling in the Rockfield and County Line Road neighborhoods, roof and siding work on the 1970s and 1980s houses, and construction and fit-out work on the industrial parks along Highway 41 and Mequon Road.
Germantown is a simple place to rent a container, and the reason is worth knowing. The Village keeps itself out of commercial and construction waste, so the deal is between you and a private hauler. What the Village does control is the street. Below are our price ranges, both points in plain words, and how fast delivery can be arranged.
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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 |
Wisconsin prices a container load differently from the states around it, and the reason is a gap rather than a rule.
Construction and demolition waste is simply absent from Wisconsin's banned-from-disposal lists. This is not a carve-out. The state's banned list covers containers, paper, appliances, electronics, batteries, oils, tires and yard waste. Construction material is nowhere on it. So a mixed renovation load from Germantown can be landfilled instead of being sorted first. That is the main reason a Wisconsin quote often undercuts the same job in Massachusetts or Illinois.
Weight is the next lever. Germantown's housing is largely 1970s onwards, so a remodel gives up drywall, framing and shingles rather than plaster and slate, and those are volume rather than tonnage. The dense material here tends to be concrete from driveways, aprons and basement work, and that belongs in a small container on its own.
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, test against weight, then look at the approach. Prime Dumpster carries five sizes across Washington County.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the concrete and masonry size. Driveway breakout, basement floor work, brick and block all belong in it, because the weight allowance ends the job long before the container fills.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a garage clear-down, one bathroom gut, or a small roof section.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the most common order in Germantown. A full basement clearing, a kitchen replacement, or flooring lifted across several rooms goes in one haul.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is for additions, whole-house remodeling and new residential construction, where framing offcuts, sheathing and packaging build volume quickly.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest, sized for commercial interior demolition and the industrial work along the Highway 41 corridor.
Tell your account manager what is coming out and roughly when the house was built, and they will size it with you.
Private property first, because that is where almost every Germantown container belongs.
On your own driveway, lot or yard the Village requires no container permit. It publishes seven public works permits and a container is not one of them. There is no screening rule, no setback and no cover rule for a container on private ground in Germantown.
The street is stricter than it looks. The Village makes it an offence to obstruct or encumber any street, alley, sidewalk or public ground, including the public way beside premises you own. The exception list is closed at five items: signs and clocks on buildings, awnings at a set height, authorized utility encroachments, goods being loaded or unloaded that reach no more than three feet onto a sidewalk for no more than three hours, and building materials placed on the street on conditions set by the Building Inspector.
No exception names a container. The nearest one covers building materials, not the container holding them, and it carries no form, no fee and no time limit. All it carries is the Building Inspector's conditions, which may include barricades or lights. So a container in a Germantown street is a call to the Building Inspector, not a form. The Village's own permit page sends single-family and two-family work to Building Inspection for that reason.
One other rule reads very broadly. The Village's illegal dumping section says no person shall dump, dispose, deposit, litter or store refuse in the Village outside a licensed sanitary landfill, on private or public land. Taken alone that would catch every container here. Taken with the only definition of refuse the code holds, which covers decayed waste, it does not reach a fresh construction load. The Village's garbage section is an express exception to it. We plan Germantown jobs so the answer is the same either way: private ground, kept covered, gone on a booked date.
Village Hall is at N112 W17001 Mequon Road, Germantown, WI 53022, on 262-250-4700, and the Public Works engineering section takes permit applications there. Your account manager will handle the Building Inspection conversation if your spot needs it.
Wisconsin's banned list is the one to work from, and it applies everywhere in the state, including in homes, businesses, schools, institutions and at events.
Banned from disposal: aluminum and bi-metal containers, cardboard, glass containers, magazines, newspapers, office paper, plastic containers marked one and two, steel containers, electronics, lead acid batteries, major appliances, used oil filters, waste oil, waste tires, and yard waste.
Here is the part most people get wrong. The Village's separation duty is written around post-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste expressly excludes waste from the construction and demolition of structures. So that separation list does not reach a mixed construction container. It does reach an office clear-down or a tenant move-out, where cardboard, paper and containers must come out.
Out of every container regardless: hazardous waste, liquids, paint other than fully dried latex, solvents, fuel, pesticides, pool chemicals, asbestos, propane cylinders and anything with a warning label. Televisions, computers and monitors are banned from Wisconsin landfills outright and go to separate collection.
The rest of a Germantown renovation is fine: wood, drywall, roofing, siding, flooring, cabinets, insulation, fixtures and general cleanout material. Clean concrete and block are accepted as well and cost less in their own container.
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.
Start with what the Village will not do, because it is blunt about it. Village collection goes only to single-family and two-family homes and to buildings of four units or fewer. It is not provided at all to nonresidential properties, to multifamily developments or to multiple-family dwellings. Larger developments make their own arrangements through a development agreement.
And within that limited service, the Village publishes a list of what it will not pick up. The first two items are small or large amounts of stone, concrete, earth or sod, and construction debris. Tree trunks, stumps, trimmings and branches, auto parts, appliances, tires, hazardous material, batteries and wet paint are all on the same list.
The Village goes further and tells residents where masonry has to go. In its bulk collection rules, the entry for a basketball goal says to remove the concrete base, that concrete will not be collected, and to take it to a construction and demolition landfill or a full-service recycling facility. The entry for a fireplace insert says to remove the bricks, and that no bricks are collected.
For the household items a container cannot take, the Village runs one site. The Germantown Residential Yard Waste Facility is at W130 N10200 Town 9 Parkway, Germantown, WI. It needs a permit, free from the Public Works window at Village Hall on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with proof of residency and a vehicle plate number. Hours are seasonal: the second Saturday of the month in February and March, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from April to November, and Saturdays only in December and January. It takes grass, leaves, garden waste and brush up to ten feet long, plus waste oil and antifreeze in capped containers of five gallons or less. No stumps, no treated wood, no railroad ties, and no buckthorn since August 2026. The Village publishes no zip code for the site, so call 262-250-4700 for directions.
For household hazardous chemicals, Washington County runs a full-service Clean Sweep through its Land and Water Conservation Division on 262-335-4808, and it charges a pre-registration fee.
Wisconsin licenses solid waste and recyclables transportation at state level, and that is the baseline for roll-off work here. Mixed construction and demolition waste is not on its exemption list. The Village then asks any state-licensed hauler working here to file a copy of that license with the Village Clerk each year by 1 October. Your account manager confirms the position and which facility your container is bound for before delivery.
W130 N10200 Town 9 Parkway, Germantown, WI
Village run, seasonal hours, and a free permit from the Village Hall window is required with proof of residency. Yard waste and brush only, no stumps or treated wood.
Most Germantown rentals go out within one to two business days, with the truck arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Because there is no form to file for a private placement, Germantown is one of the faster markets we serve.
Five things that make a Germantown delivery go smoothly:
One Washington County note. Because the Milwaukee-area receiving sites keep weekday hours, a container filled late on a Friday is usually hauled on Monday.
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Prime Dumpster serves all of Germantown, from Rockfield and the County Line Road subdivisions to the Mequon Road corridor and the industrial parks beside Highway 41, plus the Washington County and northern Milwaukee County communities next door. Because the Village licenses no container and permits none on private ground, most Germantown jobs need nothing from us but a date.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container, work out where it may sit, and give you a clear 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.
A 10-yard container in Germantown runs $399 to $499 and a 40-yard runs $699 to $899 on a five-day rental. Wisconsin has no disposal ban on construction and demolition waste, so a mixed load does not have to be sorted first, which helps the number. Your account manager confirms tonnage and the overage rate.
In Germantown the container wins comfortably. The Village's own yard waste site takes no construction material at all and needs a residency permit, and the county hazardous waste event charges to pre-register. A container holds the whole job and goes once.
Yes. A three-seat couch takes roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves room for a mattress, a dresser and boxes. Furniture is bulky rather than dense, so a Germantown basement clearing fills the volume long before it reaches the weight allowance.
Hazardous waste, liquids, wet paint, solvents, fuel, pesticides, pool chemicals, propane cylinders and asbestos all stay out. Wisconsin also bans cardboard, glass and steel containers, paper, appliances, electronics, batteries, oils, oil filters and tires from disposal, so those travel separately.
The 10-yard container starts lowest at $399 to $499, and it is the right size for Germantown's most common heavy job, breaking out a driveway or an old apron. Watch the weight rather than the volume, because concrete reaches the tonnage allowance while the container still looks half empty.
Three days usually costs the same as five, because the container is priced for the job rather than by the day. Germantown puts no time limit on a container on private property, so the calendar is yours. Ask your account manager what tonnage is included and what an extra ton costs.
Wood, drywall, roofing, siding, flooring, cabinets, insulation, fixtures, furniture and general cleanout material are all lawful in a Germantown container, and because Wisconsin has no construction and demolition disposal ban they can travel mixed. Clean concrete and block are accepted too and cost less separately.
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| Address: | Germantown, Wisconsin 53022 |
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