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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Medford, Massachusetts, and the inner north suburbs of Boston in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Medford is dense and old: triple-deckers and two-family houses on narrow streets, Victorian stock around Medford Square and West Medford, and the Mystic River cutting the city in two. Attic and basement cleanouts, kitchen and bath work, porch and roof rebuilds and small infill construction keep containers moving through tight driveways all year.
Your price follows the container size, the weight of the load, how long you keep it and the processing charge wherever the material is taken. Below you will find our ranges, the Board of Health's role here, the Massachusetts separation rules that decide what a container can hold, and a dated change to City collection that will make a container the practical answer for a lot of households.
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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 drive a Medford, Massachusetts quote, and the first is unusual to this state.
Separation is not optional here. Massachusetts bars asphalt pavement, brick and concrete, clean gypsum wallboard, metals and recyclable cardboard from disposal, and from transfer for disposal as well, which means those materials have to be sorted out rather than buried. The duty sits on the people who generate the waste as much as on the people who move it. A load that arrives sorted is cheaper to process than one that has to be pulled apart at the facility.
Access is the second, and in Medford it often decides the size. Driveways between triple-deckers are single width, frequently shared, and end at a garage at the back of the lot. The container that fits the gap sometimes matters more than the container that fits the debris.
Weight is the third. Century housing here means plaster and lath, slate, old brick and granite steps, all of which load very heavily for their volume. One dense material in a small container generally beats a big container holding a mix.
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 material, then measure the drive. Prime Dumpster runs all five sizes through Medford and the towns either side of it.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the right choice for plaster, brick, slate or granite, and it is the size most likely to fit a narrow shared driveway.
The 15-Yard Dumpster handles an attic or basement clearing, a bathroom strip-out or a porch rebuild, and it is often the largest a two-family drive will take.
The 20-Yard Dumpster covers a full-house cleanout or a remodel across several rooms, and it needs a corner lot or a wider drive here.
The 30-Yard Dumpster suits a gut rehab or small infill construction, and it normally wants a job site rather than a residential driveway in Medford.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the largest container we run, and it needs commercial-scale room to land and be serviced.
Send your account manager the driveway width along with the project description, and they will tell you what will actually fit on the day.
On private property, including your own driveway, the Medford ordinances set out no container permit. But Massachusetts is the one state where that answer is incomplete on its own, because the office that matters is the Board of Health rather than the public works department, and its rules are not in the ordinances.
Medford's Health and Human Services Department publishes the list of things it inspects and permits, and two of the entries are ours: the transportation of wastes, and dumpster and trash areas. So the Board of Health is the office with a view on a container here. Its own regulations are kept on file in the city clerk's office rather than published online, which means the terms are a phone call rather than a download. The Board answers on 781-393-2560 and the Director on 781-393-2563, at City Hall Room 311, 85 George P. Hassett Drive. Your account manager will make that call for your address before a container is booked.
The street has a published route. Medford's solid waste rules bar placing and leaving material in any street or public place, naming lumber, building material, earth from cellars, gravel and stone among others, except where the city council or another authorised board or officer of the city permits it. Where a street is obstructed under a permission, the holder must keep a suitable railing or fence around it, lit at night for as long as the obstruction stays, and must repair the street afterwards to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works.
The sidewalk is close to unusable for a standing container: material may not be left on a footway for more than two hours, and no more than one hour after a public works officer or a police officer asks for it to be moved. For a sidewalk position the City's Engineering Division issues sidewalk occupancy permits, applied for online, with the City Engineer on 781-393-2474. One more detail worth knowing: Medford's own rule says no refuse container may be used unless it is of a type the Director of Public Works has authorised.
Ordinary building and household debris is accepted, but Massachusetts draws its lines differently from most states and the distinction is worth getting right.
Two materials are kept out of landfills only, and may still be processed: treated and untreated wood, and whole tires, with shredded tires acceptable. So wood is fine in a container, it simply does not get buried.
The stricter group carries no landfill-only qualifier at all, which means it is barred from disposal and from transfer for disposal: asphalt pavement, brick and concrete, clean gypsum wallboard, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and recyclable cardboard. Those materials have to be recovered rather than thrown away, and the state is explicit that both the business that generates the waste and the one that transports it are responsible for compliance. In practice that makes separation part of the job rather than a nicety, and your account manager will tell you which piles to keep apart before loading starts.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel and asbestos are out of any Medford container. The City's own rules add that cardboard and fiberboard must be flattened and tied in parcels of no more than fifty pounds. Appliances and electronics should be named at booking so they can be routed properly.
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.
Massachusetts handles construction debris by sorting it rather than burying it, and that is the single most useful thing to understand about where a Medford container goes.
There is no active demolition-class landfill anywhere in the state, so a construction load goes to a processing facility where it is separated into wood, metal, masonry, gypsum and residual. That is why the state's bans bite at the point of transfer as well as at disposal, and why a container that arrives already sorted costs less to process than one that does not.
Medford itself has no active waste handling facility, and nor do Somerville, Malden, Everett, Chelsea, Revere or Cambridge. The nearest facilities, in Boston and Lynn, are privately run, so we do not card a destination here and we do not send customers to a gate. All sixteen of the state's large construction and demolition processors are private as well.
What that means for you is that the destination is a routing decision we make and explain, not a public site you could drive to. Your account manager confirms which facility your load is going to and what separation that facility wants before the container is delivered, so the processing charge in your quote is the one you actually pay.
Most Medford rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Allow two or three days of notice if the only workable position is on the street or the sidewalk, because the City permission comes first.
Five things that make a Medford delivery go well:
There is also a change coming that is worth planning around. From 1 July 2027 the City moves to trash every other week on a 64-gallon cart, with weekly composting and fortnightly recycling, and weekly trash will not be available. Extra carts and overflow bags are available at a monthly or per-bag charge, but for a cleanout or a remodel a container will be the straightforward answer for most households.
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Prime Dumpster serves the whole of Medford, from Medford Square and the Mystic River banks through West Medford, the Hillside and Wellington out to the Fellsway and the Malden and Somerville lines, and we work across the inner north suburbs on the same schedule.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will match the container to the driveway as well as the debris, plan the separation the state requires, and check the Board of Health position for your address.
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.
Containers run $399 to $499 for a 10-yard up to $699 to $899 for a 40-yard on a five-day period. Weight and the processing charge at the receiving facility move the final figure most, and a sorted load processes cheaper than a mixed one. Your account manager confirms the Medford allowance and the overage rate as you book.
In Medford there is no public gate to drive to: the city has no active handling facility and the nearest are private. Self-hauling means paying a commercial facility yourself, repeatedly, in a vehicle not built for plaster. One Medford container covers the lot.
Yes. A three-seat couch fills roughly a fifth of the 10-yard, so a Medford attic clearance still has space for a bed frame and boxes. Upholstered furniture fills volume rather than weight, so room runs out before the tonnage allowance does.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel and asbestos stay out. Massachusetts separately requires asphalt, brick, concrete, clean gypsum, metals and recyclable cardboard to be recovered rather than disposed of, so those need separating. Whole tires are barred from landfills.
The 10-yard container has the lowest starting price at $399 to $499, and on a narrow Medford driveway it is often the only size that will fit. Plaster, brick and slate can still take it past its weight allowance, so a separate heavy haul sometimes beats paying overage.
Three days and five days bill alike in Medford, because the haul is what the price is built on. Weight and separation affect the bill far more than rental length. Ask your account manager for the Medford allowance and the rate on anything above it.
Ordinary construction and household debris is accepted: lumber, plaster and lath, roofing, flooring, cabinets, carpet, furniture and general cleanout material. Concrete, brick, gypsum, metal and cardboard are accepted but must be recovered, so they are best kept in separate loads. Check anything unusual first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Medford, Massachusetts 02155 |
| Phone: | 617-749-0277 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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