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Prime Dumpster arranges roll-off containers across Gloucester, Massachusetts and the Cape Ann towns beside it, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Gloucester is a working harbor city of narrow streets and old housing, and that decides the work. The containers go onto roof and siding jobs on the capes and two-families around East Gloucester and Lanesville, into kitchen and bath renovations off Washington Street, onto construction and marine industrial sites near the harbor, and into seasonal cleanouts in Magnolia and along the shore.
Two things shape a Gloucester quote more than the container size. Massachusetts bans a long list of materials from disposal, so loads get sorted instead of buried. And the permit here belongs to the Board of Health rather than the public works department, which changes who you ask and when. Below are the price ranges, both of those in plain words, and how fast delivery happens.
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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 |
Massachusetts prices disposal differently from most states, and a Cape Ann quote starts there.
The state bans asphalt pavement, brick and concrete, clean gypsum wallboard, metals and recyclable cardboard from disposal, with no exception for a landfill. So a Gloucester renovation load is taken to a processing facility and separated rather than simply tipped. Sorting costs money, and a mixed load costs more to sort than a clean one. That is the biggest saving available to you here and it is entirely in your hands.
Where the container sits is the second cost, and in Gloucester it can be the larger one. The City charges for a dumpster on the street or sidewalk by the day, not by the job. On a five-day rental that multiplies five times over. A driveway placement avoids it completely, which is why we spend time on the spot before we talk about the size.
Weight is the third lever. Gloucester's housing is old and its granite is everywhere, so a gut job gives up plaster, lath, slate and stone. All of it is heavy for the volume it fills, and all of it belongs in a small container. Volume runs the lighter jobs, where framing, drywall, cabinets and insulation fill space long before weight.
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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Size on volume, test against weight, then look hard at the spot. Prime Dumpster carries five sizes across Cape Ann and the North Shore.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the dense-material size and the one most likely to fit a Gloucester driveway. Plaster, brick, slate, granite and concrete all belong in it.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a garage clear-down, one bathroom gut, or a small roof section.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the size Gloucester asks for most. A two-family cleanout, a kitchen replacement, or flooring lifted across several rooms fits in one haul.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is for gut renovations and additions, where lath, plaster and framing come out together.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest, built for commercial demolition and harbor industrial work.
Tell your account manager the age of the building and what is coming out, and they will size it with you.
Private property first, and here Gloucester is kinder than several Massachusetts cities.
A container on your own driveway or lot needs no street permit. Gloucester's trash rules also carry no setback from a public way and no cover-at-all-times clause for private ground. Several Massachusetts cities impose a setback of twenty-five feet from any public way, waivable only in writing. Gloucester does not, which makes a tight Cape Ann lot workable where it would not be a few towns over.
Two Gloucester rules do apply wherever the container sits, and they shape the schedule rather than the placement:
The permit itself is the Board of Health's. All persons collecting trash in the city have to hold one, it runs for one calendar year and renews on 1 January, and it is not transferable without the Board's approval. Permit holders file monthly tonnage reports with weight slips. That is our paperwork, not yours, but it is why you should book with a hauler who already holds the permit.
The City's own fee schedule shows how the Board of Health prices the dumpster side, and it is worth knowing the shape. There are three tiers: a company permit, an individual permit, and a temporary permit for under thirty days. The company tier costs three times the individual tier. Separately, the public works side charges for a sidewalk obstruction or a dumpster on the street per day. The City publishes no date on that schedule, so confirm the current figures before you budget: the Health Department is at 3 Pond Road in the City Hall Annex on 978-325-5260, and the Department of Public Works is at 28 Poplar Street on 978-325-5600.
One honest gap. The Board's own detailed regulations complete the permit application and set out which containers it may exempt, and the City's page for those regulations is empty of content. So the regulations exist by reference and cannot be read from outside. Call the Health Department if your job turns on the detail, and your account manager will do that with you.
As for the street, the City's obstruction section is written around displaying goods and customer seating, with a permit from the building inspector, and it names no container at all. It also requires four feet of sidewalk to stay clear. So a container in a Gloucester street means asking the building inspector and public works together, and the per-day charge is why we try to avoid it.
Massachusetts has the longest banned-materials list of any state we work in, and it is the reason loads are sorted here rather than buried.
Banned from disposal, or from transfer for disposal, at any solid waste facility: asphalt pavement, brick and concrete; clean gypsum wallboard; ferrous and non-ferrous metals; glass and metal containers; recyclable paper, cardboard and paperboard; single-resin narrow-necked plastic containers; cathode ray tubes; lead acid batteries; white goods; mattresses; textiles; commercial food material; and leaves and yard waste.
Two items carry a qualifier that people get wrong, so carry both halves. Treated and untreated wood and wood waste are banned from landfills only. Whole tires are banned from landfills only, and shredded tires are acceptable. Neither is banned outright, which is why wood from a Gloucester renovation can still travel in a container bound for a processing facility.
The duty does not stop at the hauler. Both the organizations that generate solid waste and those that transport it to disposal facilities are responsible for complying with the state bans. That is why we sort a load before it travels rather than after.
Out of every container regardless: hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, oils, pesticides, asbestos and propane tanks. Home sharps are barred from household trash by state law and go to the City's own drop-off or the Police Department instead.
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.
The City says the first part itself. On its own construction materials page Gloucester states that it is unable to collect construction and demolition material placed at the curb, that its contract treats debris from construction, remodeling, demolition and repair work as unacceptable, and that households or their contractors are responsible for disposing of it. Its own list of that material: asphalt, bricks, concrete, drywall, electrical wires, insulation, metal, plate glass, plumbing fixtures, rock, roofing shingles, soil, wall coverings and wood waste.
From there the load goes to a privately run processing facility. There is no active demolition-class landfill anywhere in Massachusetts, and the nearest active handling facilities to Cape Ann are in Lynn and in Boston, both privately operated. So we name none of them, and the sorting is the service you are paying for. A clean load costs less than a contaminated one, every time.
For the household items a container cannot take, the City runs one site. The Gloucester Department of Public Works Yard is at 28 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, on 978-325-5600. On the last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon it takes motor oil, oil filters, car batteries and tires with rims off, two tires a month, no commercial tires. The same window takes scrap metal and fluorescent bulbs. The yard takes no construction and demolition debris at all, no televisions or monitors, and nothing holding refrigerant. Household hazardous waste goes only on the City's own collection days, one in April and one on the last Saturday in September.
Your account manager confirms which processing facility your container is going to and what the sorted material will be charged at before delivery.
28 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
City run drop-off on the last Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to noon, for motor oil, oil filters, car batteries, scrap metal and fluorescent bulbs. No construction debris.
Most Gloucester rentals are scheduled within one to two business days, with the truck arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Start earlier if the container has to sit in the street, because the building inspector and the public works department both have a say.
Five things that make a Gloucester delivery go smoothly:
One Cape Ann note. The processing facilities keep weekday hours, so a container filled late on a Friday is usually hauled on Monday. Plan a weekend demolition with that in mind.
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Prime Dumpster serves all of Gloucester, from downtown and the harbor to East Gloucester, Rocky Neck, Lanesville, Annisquam, Magnolia and West Gloucester, plus the North Shore communities beyond the bridge. We plan placement around the daily street charge and the service window so the container lands somewhere it can lawfully sit and be emptied.
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 Gloucester runs $399 to $499 and a 40-yard runs $699 to $899 on a five-day rental. Massachusetts sorting costs mean the mix of material matters as much as the size, and a street placement adds a charge for every day. Your account manager confirms tonnage and the overage rate first.
In Gloucester the container wins outright. The City's own yard opens for drop-offs on one Saturday morning a month, takes no construction debris at all, and caps tires at two. A renovation cannot go through that, and a container holds the whole job and leaves once.
Yes. A three-seat couch uses roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, leaving room for a mattress, a dresser and boxes. Furniture is bulky rather than dense, so a Gloucester apartment cleanout fills the space well before it reaches the weight allowance.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, pesticides, asbestos and propane tanks stay out, and home sharps are barred from trash by state law. Massachusetts also bans metals, cardboard, gypsum wallboard, mattresses and textiles from disposal, so those are separated rather than loaded loose.
The 10-yard container starts lowest at $399 to $499, and on a narrow Cape Ann lot it is often the only size that fits the driveway and avoids the per-day street charge. Watch the weight, because plaster, lath, slate and granite will finish a small container's tonnage quickly.
Three days usually costs the same as five on private ground, because the container is priced for the job. In the street it is genuinely different, since Gloucester charges by the day, so a shorter street placement costs less. Ask your account manager which applies to your spot.
Wood, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, insulation, fixtures, furniture and general cleanout material are all fine in a Gloucester container, because they are sorted at the processing facility rather than landfilled. Clean masonry and metals are accepted as well, and cost less in their own load.
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| Address: | Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930 |
| Phone: | 617-749-0277 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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