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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across McDonough, Georgia, and the Henry County suburbs south-east of Atlanta, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. McDonough has grown hard around its courthouse square and out along the Interstate 75 corridor, so the mix here is new residential construction on the outer ground, roof and interior work through two decades of subdivisions, and distribution and retail fit-outs near the highway.
Your price comes from the container size, the weight of what goes in, how long you hold it, and the disposal charge at the receiving site. Below you will find our ranges, the City's own commercial container arrangement explained plainly, how residential work differs from commercial work here, and what McDonough will and will not take through its own service.
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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 |
Three things shape a McDonough, Georgia quote, and the first is unusual enough to put near the top.
Whether the address is residential or commercial changes the whole conversation. McDonough's ordinance puts commercial container service with the City's own contracted provider and bars others, while nothing in it reaches a private container at a house. So a homeowner's remodel and a retail fit-out are different questions here, and your account manager asks which one yours is before quoting.
Material weight is the second. Red Georgia clay, broken concrete and shingles all weigh heavily for their volume, and a container that looks half empty can already be past its allowance. Separating the heavy material into a smaller container is usually the cheaper route.
Access is the third, and it is mostly about the newer subdivisions. Long driveways with a tight street turn, and cul-de-sacs with limited swing, decide whether a 30 can be set down safely or whether two 20s would do the job better.
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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Choose for the debris, then check the ground. Prime Dumpster carries five sizes across the south metro.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the right choice for concrete, brick, block or clay soil, where the load is dense and the volume modest.
The 15-Yard Dumpster suits a garage clearing, a bathroom strip-out or a deck removal, and it fits a standard subdivision driveway comfortably.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the common pick for a roof tear-off or a remodel running across several rooms.
The 30-Yard Dumpster handles a gut renovation or new construction producing framing, roofing, siding and finish waste together.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest container, built for commercial demolition and high-volume light debris where there is room to work.
Tell your account manager the project, the material and whether the address is a home or a business, and they will size it and sort out the arrangement in the same call.
On private property, including your own driveway or a fenced job site, McDonough asks for no container permit.
For the public way there is no container route published at all. The City's only right-of-way permit chapter is written for utilities. It covers pipes, mains, cables, poles and signals, and the word dumpster does not appear in it at all. The City's sanitation rules do bar placing material where it can wash onto a street, sidewalk, alley or storm drain. With no published permit, a spot in the right-of-way has to be taken straight to the City. The Community Development Director is the officer named in that chapter.
The rule that really matters in McDonough is about who may place a commercial container, and it is better said straight. The City has charge of commercial collection and supplies containers through its own contracted provider. The ordinance says no commercial container may be placed in the city except one the City provides. But the same section opens a route in, and that route belongs to you rather than to us. Where a commercial customer needs a size the City cannot supply, the customer may contract with an independent hauler. First the customer tells the City what size is needed and gives it a chance to supply it. A copy of the resulting contract then goes to the City. And if the City later has an equal service, the customer returns to the City's provider when the private contract ends.
None of that reaches a home on its face, because the whole section is written about commercial garbage. For a house, the City's rules put household waste in the City cart and send bulky items through the City on request. Nothing bars a private container on your own property. That is worth confirming for your own job rather than assuming, and your account manager will do it before anything is booked. The City of McDonough answers on 770-957-3915 and Public Works on 678-782-6272, both at 136 Keys Ferry Street.
Ordinary building and household debris is fine. Georgia publishes no statewide list of banned materials, so the practical limits come from the receiving site and from common sense.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel and asbestos stay out of every standard container, and tires, batteries, appliances and electronics all need their own route rather than a mixed load. Name them when you book and your account manager will arrange them.
The City's own recycling rules are a useful guide to what has no curbside home at all here, and therefore belongs in a container. McDonough's recycling cart refuses food and food containers, polystyrene foam, packing peanuts, loose bubble wrap, restroom and kitchen wastepaper, glass containers, glass panels, fluorescent bulbs, photographs and film, and discs and their cases. Fluorescent bulbs in particular should be set aside rather than dropped into a container with everything else.
On yard material the City caps bagged waste at fifty pounds a bag and only stacks limbs between one and four inches in diameter and up to eight feet long, so a real landscaping clearance is a container job rather than a curbside one.
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.
McDonough runs collection through a contracted provider and keeps the contract on file with the city clerk rather than publishing it, so the destination is not something the ordinance states and it is not something we will guess at.
What we can tell you is how the routing works in practice. A McDonough container load goes to a permitted disposal or processing site in the south metro, and the charge at that gate is a line in your quote. Clean, separated loads of concrete, block or clean wood generally reach a cheaper gate than a mixed load of the same weight, which is why the question of what is actually going in gets asked up front.
Henry County publishes no municipally operated site that accepts a container load, so we do not send customers to a public gate here and we do not name one. The City does operate a bulk drop-off point and a limb and chipper service for residents on 770-957-3915, but neither is a place to send a roll-off. Your account manager confirms the receiving site and the gate requirements before the container is delivered, so the disposal figure in your quote is the one you pay.
Most McDonough rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. A commercial address needs more notice than a residential one, because the City has to be notified of the container size first and given its opportunity to supply it.
Five things that make a McDonough delivery go well:
Summer storms are worth planning for. A loaded container on soft clay after a week of afternoon rain can sink and rut, so a gravel pad or boards under the rails keeps the pickup on schedule and your driveway intact.
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Prime Dumpster serves the whole of McDonough, from the courthouse square and the older streets around it out through the Jonesboro Road and Highway 20 corridors to the Interstate 75 interchanges and the newer subdivisions east toward Locust Grove, and we work across Henry County on the same schedule.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container to the material, tell you how the City's commercial arrangement applies to your address, and give you a straight answer before you commit to anything.
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.
In McDonough a five-day rental spans $399 to $499 for the 10-yard and $699 to $899 for the 40-yard. Weight and the gate charge at the receiving site move the final figure most. Your account manager pins the McDonough allowance and the overage rate to the order.
For a McDonough project, renting almost always wins. The City caps bagged yard waste at fifty pounds and limbs at four inches, and it has no curbside route for construction debris at all, so self-hauling means repeated trips in your own vehicle and a gate fee each time.
Yes. A three-seat couch uses roughly a fifth of the 10-yard, so a McDonough whole-house cleanout keeps room for a mattress and boxes. Upholstered furniture fills volume rather than weight, so room runs out before the allowance does.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel and asbestos are out of every McDonough load. Tires, car batteries, appliances and electronics need separate routes. Fluorescent bulbs should be set aside too, since the City refuses them at the curb and they do not belong in a mixed load.
The 10-yard container starts lowest at $399 to $499, and on clay, concrete or masonry it is the smarter choice as well, because a larger container filled with dense material passes its weight allowance long before it looks full.
Three days normally costs the same as five, because the price is built around the haul rather than the calendar. What goes in the container matters far more than how long it stays. Your account manager will set out the McDonough allowance and the charge on each extra ton.
Ordinary construction and household debris is accepted: lumber, drywall, roofing, siding, flooring, cabinets, carpet, furniture, cardboard and general cleanout material. Clean McDonough concrete, brick and block are fine and come in cheaper kept to one load. Check anything unusual before loading.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | McDonough, Georgia 30253 |
| Phone: | 470-558-1018 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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