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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Ottumwa, Iowa, and the Wapello County communities along the Des Moines River, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Ottumwa is an old river and rail city with a large stock of pre-war housing, so the work here runs to rehabilitation and rental turnovers, porch and garage teardowns, and roof replacements, with food processing and light industrial construction adding commercial jobs.
Your price comes from the container size, how heavy the load is, how long you keep it, and the charges at the city and county landfill. Below are the price ranges, what Ottumwa's ordinance requires of a hauler and where every load has to go, what cannot be loaded, and how the delivery works.
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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 |
Size is the first decision, and Ottumwa's older lots are often narrower than modern suburban plots, so the container that fits may be shorter than you expect.
Weight is the biggest cost variable on local work. Plaster and lath, old brick, cast iron and layered asphalt roofing are all dense, and a pre-war house rehabilitation produces a great deal of all four. A 15 or 20 yard container of plaster can weigh more than a 30 yard container of framing and cabinets.
Where the load goes is fixed by the City rather than chosen. Ottumwa's ordinance requires all solid waste to be taken to the city and county landfill or recycling center, whether it is hauled by a licensed hauler or self-hauled by the resident. That certainty is useful: there is no shopping around on destination, and the charge there is the same whoever brings the load.
The last factor is the City's own licensing regime, which is unusually detailed for a city of this size and which affects who may legally carry your debris over an Ottumwa street. It is set out in the permit section below.
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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Start with the material, then check how much room the driveway gives you. Prime Dumpster runs 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yard containers in Ottumwa.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the right answer for dense loads: broken concrete, brick, plaster and soil. It also suits the narrower drives and alleys common in the older parts of the city.
The 15-Yard Dumpster takes a garage or porch teardown, one bathroom, or a roof tear-off on a smaller house. It is the size most often used on a rental turnover here.
The 20-Yard Dumpster covers a kitchen and bath remodel together, a full interior clearing, or flooring across a whole floor.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is for a whole-house rehabilitation, an addition, or a new build where the debris is bulky rather than dense.
The 40-Yard Dumpster serves the commercial and food processing side of the city, where a project runs for weeks and generates a high volume of light material.
Give your account manager the age of the building and the width of the approach, and they will pick a size that fits both the job and the site.
On private property, including a driveway or a commercial lot, Ottumwa requires no permit for a container.
There is one place where the City does require a permit, and it is a specific one. Put a container in a space in a city-owned or city-leased off-street parking lot and you need a permit. The City Clerk takes the application, the fee is annual and set by council, and you file a site plan showing the container's size and spot. The Director of Public Works has to approve it. The permit runs a year. Because it is annual rather than per job, it suits a standing container at a downtown business more than a short rental.
The more important requirement is about the hauler rather than the placement, and it reaches further than most city rules of this kind. Ottumwa requires a city license before anyone may collect, remove or dispose of solid waste from any premises. The license also covers transporting solid waste through the streets, alleys or public ways of the city. The City Clerk issues it with the department's approval. Licenses run from April 1 each year, and a late renewal costs ten percent of the fee for every month it is late.
The City issues three classes. Class A covers contract haulers for dwellings and places of worship and holds exclusive collection rights for those addresses. Class B covers recycling haulers. Class C covers contract haulers for commercial establishments.
One narrow exemption applies to builders rather than homeowners. A construction or building contractor removing debris from its own work in the city is exempt from licensing, provided everything goes to the city and county landfill or recycling center.
Your account manager confirms the licensing position for your delivery, so it is settled before a truck is dispatched rather than at the curb.
Ordinary rehabilitation debris loads normally: lumber, drywall, plaster, lath, roofing, flooring, cabinets, doors, windows, fixtures, furniture and general cleanout material.
Nothing hazardous belongs in a standard container, and nor do liquids, paint, solvents, fuel or asbestos. Asbestos deserves real care on Ottumwa's pre-war housing. It turns up in pipe insulation, floor tile, mastic and siding, and it has to be tested and removed separately before demolition.
Iowa bars several materials from land disposal: yard waste, baled solid waste, lead-acid batteries and waste tires. Whole tires cannot go into a sanitary landfill unless cut down to eighteen inches or less. So grass, leaves, branches, car batteries and tires all come out of the pile first.
The City's own ordinance also treats toxic and hazardous waste as outside its definition of solid waste altogether, so those materials are not a container question at all and need a licensed specialist route.
Appliances and electronics are generally priced per item rather than by weight, so set them aside and declare them when you book.
When one item is the thing you are unsure about, ask your account manager before it goes in rather than after the container is loaded.
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.
Ottumwa's code settles the destination question twice over. All solid waste has to go to the city and county landfill or recycling center, whether a licensed hauler takes it or you do. And all solid waste generated in the city is collected, carried and disposed of under the supervision of the City department.
The receiving site is the Ottumwa-Wapello County Sanitary Landfill. The state environmental agency records it half a mile east of where 138th Street meets 165th Avenue, near Kirkville in the north-east of the county. It is recorded as a municipal landfill, and its file names the Ottumwa-Wapello Solid Waste Commission, the joint public body behind it.
We do not list opening hours or a gate phone number for it. Instead we confirm the receiving facility and the included tonnage for your container before delivery. If you plan to take a trailer load yourself, the City's Public Works department is the place to ask about public access hours.
Recyclables follow a separate route under the same code. Everything collected in the city goes to the city and county recycling center. Companies that prepare and market their own recyclables on site can apply in writing for an exception.
Your account manager handles the destination and the tonnage so the disposal side of your quote is fixed before anything arrives.
Most Ottumwa rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Ottumwa sits well away from the interstate network, so a couple of days of notice gives the best choice of delivery window.
Five things that keep a delivery straightforward:
Winter and spring are the two local constraints. Ice on a sloped drive stops a loaded truck, and river-valley ground can stay soft for days after heavy spring rain, so a seasonal placement is worth a short conversation before the date is set.
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Prime Dumpster serves all of Ottumwa, from the older neighborhoods north and south of the Des Moines River to the industrial sites along the rail corridor and the newer development out toward Highway 63, and we cover the surrounding Wapello County communities on the same routes.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container to the driveway, confirm the City licensing position, and quote the tonnage 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.
Ottumwa pricing runs from $399 to $499 on a 10-yard to $699 to $899 on a 40-yard, each across five days. Weight does most of the rest, and plaster or brick from an older Ottumwa house does it quickly. Your account manager fixes the Wapello County tonnage and the overage rate at booking.
Ottumwa's landfill sits out toward Kirkville, so self-hauling means a round trip into the north-east of the county on every load, plus the gate charge each time. Past two trips the container is cheaper and it costs you no driving at all.
It will. A three-seat couch takes about a fifth of a 10-yard, leaving a mattress, a dresser and boxes to load after it. With furniture the Ottumwa container fills up well before the weight allowance is in play.
Nothing hazardous whatever: no liquids, no paint, no solvents, no fuel and no asbestos. Iowa separately bars yard waste, lead-acid batteries and waste tires from land disposal, and whole tires cannot be landfilled unless cut to eighteen inches or less.
The 10-yard, which opens at $399 to $499 in Ottumwa. On an older house it is often the right size too, because plaster, lath and brick will use up a small container's weight allowance while leaving space at the top. Splitting dense material into its own load usually finishes cheaper.
A three-day rental generally costs what a five-day one costs, because the price is built on the haul and the included tonnage rather than the calendar. Ask what tonnage the Ottumwa quote includes and what each ton beyond it costs.
In Iowa you can load lumber, drywall, plaster, lath, roofing, flooring, cabinets, doors, windows, furniture, carpet, cardboard and general cleanout material. Clean concrete, brick and asphalt go in as well, and the county landfill generally charges less for them in a load of their own.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 |
| Phone: | 319-289-7669 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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