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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Melrose, Massachusetts, and the nearby inner-north Boston suburbs in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Melrose is a city of Victorian and early twentieth-century homes on tight lots, so most of the work here is renovation rather than new construction: kitchens, baths, roofs, porches and the slow replacement of plaster with board. Those jobs all produce heavy debris in places where there is very little room to put it.
Your price turns on the size you take, how heavy the load is, how long the container stays, and what Massachusetts allows to be done with the material. Melrose also has its own permit for the container itself, which is the first thing to sort out, and it is covered below along with the price ranges and the state rules.
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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 |
Space is the first thing that moves a Melrose quote, and it is unusual in that respect.
Lots here are narrow, driveways are short, and the City controls exactly where a container may sit. That often means a smaller unit emptied twice beats a large unit that will not fit. We would rather tell you that on the phone than send a truck that has to turn around.
Weight is the second factor. Plaster, slate, old brick and the cast-iron radiators that come out of these houses are all dense, and they reach the tonnage limit long before the container looks full.
The third is what Massachusetts does with the material. The state bans concrete, brick, asphalt pavement, clean wallboard and metals from being buried or even transferred for burial, so a mixed Melrose load goes to a processing facility and gets sorted. That is a real cost, and it is why separating a clean load pays here more than in most states.
Your account manager works the placement, the weight and the processing route into one number before you book.
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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In Melrose, start from what will physically fit, then check the weight. Our Melrose fleet runs from 10 yards up to 40.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the one that fits almost any Melrose driveway, and it is also the right unit for plaster, brick, slate or concrete. Dense material belongs in a small container on its own.
The 15-Yard Dumpster suits a bathroom gut, an attic or basement clearing, or a porch rebuild, and it still fits most lots.
The 20-Yard Dumpster covers a kitchen plus a bath, or a full house clearing ahead of a sale, where the driveway is long enough to take it.
The 30-Yard Dumpster handles a whole-house renovation or a multi-unit project. On a typical Melrose street it usually needs an off-street area or a street occupancy permit.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest container, for commercial and demolition work. It needs a genuinely large site, so we check placement first.
Send your account manager a photo of the driveway along with the job description and they will recommend the largest unit that will actually work.
This is where Melrose differs from most cities, so read it before you order. A permit is required even on private property, and it is the property owner who holds it.
The City has a dedicated set of dumpster rules enforced by the Director of Public Health and the Board of Health, and they apply to every container in Melrose, whether residential, commercial or industrial. The temporary permit covers a roll-off or gondola container placed in connection with construction or demolition or for any similar short-term need, and it is issued to the property owner or an authorized agent. Not getting it is itself a violation, carried at a fine for each day the problem continues.
The rules also control the spot. A container has to sit far enough from the lot line not to affect abutters, the Director of Public Health may direct exactly where it goes, and the site can be required to be enclosed or screened. One clause runs in your favor: lids have to be closed on dumpsters generally, but temporary roll-off construction containers are expressly excepted from that, so an open-top unit is contemplated by the rules rather than caught by them. Ongoing upkeep of the container and the site falls on the property owner, including cleaning if the Board of Health calls for it.
If any part of the unit will sit off your own ground, there are two further steps. Written permission from the City Engineer is needed for a public way, and a sidewalk or street occupancy permit from the Director of Public Works is needed for a public way, a sidewalk, a private way or an alley. That occupancy permit runs 30 days and is renewable in further thirty-day blocks, which is generous by regional standards but still worth tracking on a long job.
One practical warning: Melrose may refuse or revoke any license or permit where the property owner owes the City money, after notice and a hearing. If there is an outstanding municipal charge on the address, clear it before the permit application goes in.
The Health and Human Services Department is at 562 Main Street on the ground floor of City Hall, on 781-979-4130, and the City switchboard is 781-979-4500. Your account manager can tell you which of the three permissions your job actually needs.
Most building and household debris is acceptable, but Massachusetts has the strictest set of material rules in this region and they change what happens to the load.
The state bans asphalt pavement, brick and concrete, clean gypsum wallboard, and ferrous and non-ferrous metals from disposal or even from transfer for disposal. That is not a ban on putting them in a container; it is a ban on burying them, so those materials have to be processed and sorted instead. Treated and untreated wood, and whole tires, are banned from landfills only, which means they can still go to a combustion facility and that shredded tires are acceptable.
The duty runs to you as well as to us. Massachusetts holds both the organization that generates solid waste and the one that transports it responsible for complying with the bans, so a clean, honestly described load protects everyone.
Nothing hazardous can travel in a container, which rules out paint, solvents, fuel, liquids and asbestos.
If your project includes a lot of clean concrete, brick or metal, tell your account manager at the booking stage. Those loads are often cheaper when they travel on their own, precisely because the state requires them to be processed.
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.
We are going to be straight about this, because it affects what you should expect.
There is no active waste handling facility in Melrose or in the cities immediately around it. The nearest active sites are in Boston and Lynn, and every one of the large construction and demolition processing facilities in Massachusetts is privately run. Melrose has no transfer station of its own; the only transfer station provision in the City's code is a limit on what the City may charge to permit one.
So a Melrose container goes to a private processing facility, where the load is sorted rather than buried, exactly as the state waste bans require. We do not name that site on this website, because we do not list facilities run by companies that also rent containers.
What this means for you is practical rather than abstract. Do not drive to a local site expecting to tip a load yourself; there is nowhere nearby set up to take it. And because the material is processed rather than buried, a load that is already separated moves faster and costs less.
Your account manager confirms the receiving facility and the processing charge for your specific material before the container is delivered.
Most Melrose rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Allow longer if the Board of Health permit is not yet in hand, because the permit is meant to be in place before the container arrives.
Five things worth doing first:
If your job will run past a month on the street, remember the occupancy permit is written in thirty-day blocks and has to be renewed rather than simply left running.
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Prime Dumpster arranges container delivery throughout Melrose, from the Highlands and Wyoming to Mount Hood and the Main Street corridor, and across the nearby inner-north communities reached from Route 1, I-93 and Route 99. Whether the job is a single bathroom in a Victorian or a multi-unit renovation, we work around the narrow streets and the City's placement rules.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will work out what fits the driveway, explain which City permit you need, and quote you 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.
In Melrose a 10-yard sits at $399 to $499 and the 40-yard at $699 to $899, on a five-day rental. In Melrose the usable space on your lot often decides the size before the debris does. Your account manager settles the weight allowance and the overage rate when the order goes in.
Renting is cheaper here by a wide margin, because there is no nearby site set up for a homeowner to tip a construction load. Self-hauling would mean a long drive to a private processing facility, paying by weight, repeatedly. One container handles the job in a single haul.
Yes. A three-seat couch uses roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves room for a bed frame, a dresser and cartons. Furniture fills the space long before it troubles the weight allowance.
Paint, solvents, fuel, used oil, liquids and asbestos are all excluded. Massachusetts also bars concrete, brick, asphalt, clean wallboard and metals from being buried, so those materials must be sorted and processed. Mention tires and appliances when you book.
The 10-yard container starts lowest at $399 to $499, and on a narrow Melrose lot it is often the only size that fits. With plaster, brick or slate it is cheapest overall too, because heavy material in a larger unit can run past the included tonnage.
A three-day hold is usually billed as a five-day one, because the job sets the price, not the calendar. The weight in the container is what moves your bill. Get the weight allowance and the per-ton overage from your account manager before the container arrives.
Plaster and lath, lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, doors, furniture and cardboard are all acceptable. Clean concrete, brick and metal are accepted too, and in Massachusetts they are sorted for processing rather than buried. Run anything you are not sure about past your account manager before it goes in.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Melrose, Massachusetts 02176 |
| Phone: | 617-749-0277 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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