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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Pearland, Texas, and the surrounding Brazoria County communities in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Pearland has been one of the fastest growing suburbs on the south side of the Houston metro for two decades, and that shows up as steady demand from new residential construction, subdivision remodels along Broadway, and commercial build-outs near the Pearland Parkway corridor.
What you pay comes down to container size, the weight and type of debris you load, how long you keep the container, and the disposal fees at the landfill your load is sent to. Below you will find price ranges, how the City of Pearland handles container placement, and what can and cannot go in your container.
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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 |
Four things move the number on a Pearland job, and the first one is the easiest to get wrong.
Size comes first. A larger container costs more at the start, but ordering one size up usually beats paying overage weight or booking a second haul halfway through a tear-out.
Debris weight matters as much as volume. Brick, tile, mortar, and the clay soil that comes out of a Pearland foundation repair are all dense, and they reach the weight allowance long before the container looks full. Shingles are the same story on a re-roof.
Where the load is allowed to go affects the price here more than in most Texas cities. Brazoria County has one landfill that takes everything and one that takes only clean construction debris and brush, and a load sorted for the second one is cheaper to dispose of than a mixed load headed for the first.
Finally, Pearland itself is unusual. The City runs all container service in the city limits through a single contracted provider, so the rules around placing a container are stricter than the Texas norm. Your account manager works that out with the City before anything is scheduled, which is covered in the next section.
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 the size by the volume you expect and then sanity-check it against the weight. Prime Dumpster carries five sizes for Pearland projects.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the one to choose for dense material. A bathroom gut, a patio slab break-out, or a small load of brick fills the weight allowance well before it fills the space, so the small footprint is an advantage rather than a limit.
The 15-Yard Dumpster suits a garage clear, a single-room flooring pull, or a shed tear-down. It gives you noticeably more room than the 10 without moving you up to the next price step.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the size most Pearland homeowners end up with. It handles a whole-house cleanout, a kitchen and bath done together, or a standard re-roof on a two-story house.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is sized for a full renovation, a new build on an infill lot, or a commercial tenant fit-out that produces a lot of mixed debris at once.
The 40-Yard Dumpster takes the biggest jobs: commercial demolition, industrial clear-outs, and large-scale construction where the volume is high but the material is relatively light.
If the job sits between two sizes, describe it to your account manager and they will tell you which one actually fits.
Start with the private property question, because Pearland answers it differently from most cities. Putting the container on your own driveway or on a private job site does not take you outside the City's container rules here. Pearland's solid waste ordinance makes it an offense to place an unauthorized dumpster or roll-off for collecting debris on public or private property inside the city limits unless the provider is authorized by contract with the City and pays a franchise fee to operate.
The same ordinance designates a single exclusive solid waste contractor for every premises in the city limits, and it separately makes it unlawful to be in the business of collecting construction or remodeling debris from property in the city without that contract and fee. The practical effect is that container service in Pearland is a City-controlled service rather than an open market, and that is true on a driveway as much as on a street.
Because of that, there is no separate street or right-of-way permit for a container to apply for. The City's rights-of-way rules run to tens of thousands of words and never mention a dumpster, a roll-off, or a container at all. Enforcement of the container rules sits with the Pearland Police Department, Code Enforcement, and the Environmental Services Division of Engineering and Public Works, and any of the three can issue a citation on the spot.
So the step before booking is confirming how the rule applies at your address. Your account manager handles that with the City, confirms what is authorized for your project, and tells you plainly if a City-contracted option is the only route available for your site. We would rather tell you that up front than send a truck that cannot lawfully unload.
Everyday building and household debris is fine to load. The limits come from the class of landfill your container is sent to and from the material no site anywhere will accept.
Texas sorts its landfills into classes and the class decides the contents. The state's own list of active landfills shows a Type I site may accept all types of municipal solid waste, while a Type IV site may take only brush, construction and demolition waste and rubble and may not accept household or rotting waste. That is why a few bags of kitchen trash dropped into an otherwise clean demolition load can redirect the whole container to a different and costlier destination.
Hazardous material stays out of every container. Paint, solvents, thinners, fuel, motor oil, antifreeze, pool chemicals, pesticides, propane tanks, and any sealed drum of liquid all need separate handling, and asbestos is licensed removal work that travels its own route. Pearland's own rules also push special waste back onto the generator: industrial customers producing it are responsible for its disposal themselves, and the City's contractor will not collect it.
Tires, lead-acid batteries, appliances holding refrigerant, and large electronics are handled separately as well, and they are usually billed per piece rather than by weight.
If you are holding something and you are not sure which pile it belongs in, ask your account manager before it goes over the rail.
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.
Pearland's ordinance says only that a load has to go to a facility operating under the regulation and authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. In practice, Brazoria County has two active landfills on the state's list, and which one your container is sent to depends on what is in it.
The Seabreeze Environmental Landfill is the Type I site, which means it can accept the full range of municipal solid waste, including mixed loads. The Dixie Farm Road Landfill is a Type IV site, limited to brush, construction and demolition waste, and rubble. Neither site publishes an operator in the state's own list, so we name them by name rather than pointing you at a gate.
Both are run as commercial operations, and the gate charge is set by the site rather than by us. That charge is part of what you are quoted, which is why the debris type you tell us about up front matters so much.
Your account manager will confirm which facility your load is routed to and explain the disposal cost before your container is delivered.
Most Pearland rentals can be scheduled inside one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Because the City's container rules need confirming first, booking three or four days out is the safer plan on a Pearland address than it would be elsewhere.
A few things that make delivery day go smoothly:
One local note on timing. Pearland does not allow a container to be emptied by a mechanical lift between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when it sits within four hundred feet of residential property, so an evening pickup on a neighborhood street is not an option.
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Prime Dumpster arranges delivery throughout Pearland and the nearby Brazoria, Harris, and Fort Bend County communities, from the older neighborhoods along Main Street out to the newer subdivisions west of Highway 288. Whether the job is a single driveway or a commercial site, we coordinate delivery, pickup, and disposal around your schedule.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container, settle the City's placement question for your address, and give you a clear price 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 Pearland runs $399 to $499 and a 40-yard runs $699 to $899, both on a five-day rental. Debris weight and the landfill class your load is routed to move the final number. Your account manager pins down the tonnage allowance and overage rate at booking.
On most Pearland jobs the container comes out ahead. Self-hauling means paying at the gate on every trip, plus fuel, a trailer, and your own hours. Once a job runs past two or three loads, a single container usually costs less in total and takes the sorting problem off your hands.
Yes. A three-seat couch takes up roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves space for a mattress, a dresser, and a stack of cartons. With furniture you will run out of room well before you reach the weight limit.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, motor oil and asbestos are all excluded. Tires, lead-acid batteries, refrigerant appliances, and large electronics also need separate handling. Household trash mixed into a clean construction load can redirect the whole container to a costlier landfill class.
Pricing starts with the 10-yard at $399 to $499. The lowest sticker price is not always the lowest total, though. Load concrete or tile into a small container and you can pass the weight allowance quickly, so keeping dense material in its own dedicated load often saves more than sizing down does.
A three-day rental generally costs the same as five days, because containers are priced by the job rather than by the day. What goes in the container moves your bill much more than how long it stays. Ask your account manager how much weight is covered and what a further ton costs.
Most construction and household debris is allowed: lumber, drywall, shingles, flooring, siding, cabinets, fixtures, furniture, cardboard, and general cleanout material. Clean concrete, brick, and rubble are accepted too, and they often cost less to dispose of when kept in a dedicated load. Anything out of the ordinary is worth raising with your account manager beforehand.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Pearland, Texas 77584 |
| Phone: | 281-598-2798 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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