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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula around it, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. This is a hillside city of large lots and houses mostly built between the 1960s and the 1980s, so the work here is high-value renovation: kitchen and bath gut jobs, re-roofing in tile, window and door replacement, deck and patio rebuilds, retaining walls, and the grading and construction that comes with an addition on a sloping site.
What you pay depends on the size you take, how heavy the debris is, how long the unit stays, and the charge where the load is tipped. Below you will find sizes, the one city rule that decides whether a container may sit in the street, how the City handles commercial hauling, what California keeps out of a container, and how quickly a delivery can be arranged.
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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 comes first, and on the peninsula the driveway usually answers it before the debris list does.
Weight is the lever that moves the bill most here. Concrete roof tile, mortar, stucco, flagstone, and retaining-wall block all weigh several times what the same volume of cabinets and carpet weighs. A small unit filled with tile reaches its tonnage allowance while it still looks half empty.
Soil is its own conversation in Rancho Palos Verdes, and it is worth raising early. The City requires a separate earth hauling permit once the amount of earth moved from a property reaches 20 cubic yards counted across any two-year period, which is a single container of dirt. The application wants the origin and destination, the volume, the load weight by bill of lading, and every truck by plate. So an excavation or a grading job is a paperwork question before it is a container question, and your account manager will flag it at the quoting stage.
Splitting the load is the standard saving on a peninsula remodel. Tile, mortar, and stucco ride on their own in a small unit, and lumber, drywall, cabinets, and furniture go in a bigger one.
Where the load goes is the last factor. Your account manager confirms the receiving site and the disposal charge for your material before a truck is booked.
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 driveway and the street approach, then the debris. Rancho Palos Verdes customers choose from five sizes, 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 yards.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is where the heavy peninsula material belongs. Roof tile, mortar, stucco, block, and soil go here, and its short body suits a steep or curving drive.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a garage clear, one room of flooring, a deck tear-out, or a single roof slope without taking the whole driveway.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the size most Rancho Palos Verdes homes settle on. A kitchen and bathroom together, or a full declutter, both fit, and it takes cabinets and furniture easily.
The 30-Yard Dumpster handles a whole-house renovation, an addition, or a hillside rebuild, and it wants a wide drive or a job site with turning room.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the largest unit offered on the peninsula, built for new construction and commercial work rather than a house remodel.
Give your account manager the drive width, the slope, the overhead clearance, and a rough debris list, and they will size the biggest unit the property can take.
Rancho Palos Verdes answers this plainly in its own words, which is unusual and helpful. The City states that a container placed on private property, on the driveway or in the yard, does not need an encroachment permit. A container placed at the curb or anywhere in the public right-of-way does.
So the driveway is the straightforward route here, and the street is a real application rather than a formality. The encroachment permit comes from the City's Public Works Department, whose permit counter is open every day and takes appointments. The published set includes the application, a checklist, insurance requirements, storm water requirements, a hold harmless agreement, and a fee sheet. Call Public Works on 310-544-5252 to start it, and build the review time into your delivery date rather than your delivery day.
One peninsula rule catches out-of-town drivers, and it is worth knowing even though it does not stop a delivery. Rancho Palos Verdes restricts commercial vehicles over 6,000 pounds to four named routes: Palos Verdes Drive West, Palos Verdes Drive South, Twenty-Fifth Street, and Hawthorne Boulevard. Every roll-off truck is heavier than that. The same chapter then writes the exception in, for a commercial vehicle taking a direct route on and off a restricted street to make a delivery or a pickup, or to deliver materials for genuine repair or alteration work. A container delivery to your address is inside that exception, and it is also why a driver should take the direct route and not linger.
There are two more timing points. The City bars delivery or removal of a container before 7 a.m. and after 6 p.m. on weekdays, before 8 a.m. on Saturday, and at any time on Sunday. And oversized vehicles may not be parked on a public street or alley without a permit, which is a driver matter rather than a container one but shapes how a delivery is sequenced.
If you are not sure where City right-of-way starts on your street, send your account manager a photo of the spot and they will help you find a placement that stays on private ground.
Ordinary remodel and cleanout debris loads without trouble: framing lumber, drywall, stucco, plaster, flooring, roofing tile, cabinets, doors, windows, furniture, carpet, and cardboard are all fine, and clean concrete, block, and brick belong in the smallest unit.
California sets the firm limits, and the state is explicit that putting hazardous waste in the garbage is illegal. Two entries on the state list matter most on a peninsula job.
Asbestos is the first, and the state names older cement, roofing, flooring, and siding as places it turns up. On a house built before the 1980s that is worth a test before a tear-out starts.
Treated wood is the second, and it surprises people. Lumber treated with chemical preservatives against insects and rot has to be handled as hazardous waste in California, so a deck, fence, or planter tear-out is not an ordinary container load. Tell your account manager if treated lumber is going in and it gets routed properly instead of turning a load away.
Beyond those, the state list keeps out all batteries, fluorescent and LED lighting, oil and latex paint, solvents and thinners, acids and pool chemicals, pesticides, antifreeze, motor oil and filters, compressed gas cylinders including propane tanks, electronics of every kind, and tires. Rancho Palos Verdes writes the same limits into its own rules for anything placed in a collection container, adding needles, caustics, and explosive material by name.
If an item is borderline, a part can of stain, an old water heater, a propane bottle, ask your account manager before it goes in.
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.
Rancho Palos Verdes runs its household and multi-family collection through an exclusive City franchise, and the City publishes the scope of that agreement as residential and multi-family service. Commercial hauling sits outside it, under a separate City arrangement your account manager settles for your address before anything is booked.
A peninsula container is taken off the hill and into the South Bay or the San Gabriel Valley. The closest publicly run site is South Gate Transfer Station at 9530 South Garfield Avenue, South Gate, CA 90280, which the state regulator records as active and permitted with the County Sanitation Districts named as its operator, on 562-908-4288.
The Districts also run the Puente Hills Materials Recovery Facility over in Whittier, which the regulator records the same way. Which of the two a load is routed to depends on the material and on the day, and clean separated loads often go somewhere different again.
That last point is worth a sentence, because Rancho Palos Verdes treats a separated load differently from a mixed one in its own rules. Keeping concrete, tile, and metal out of the general debris can change both where the container goes and what the disposal charge looks like. Your account manager works that out with you before delivery rather than after.
Neither receiving site publishes gate hours, so the pickup window is confirmed on the call rather than assumed.
9530 South Garfield Avenue, South Gate, CA 90280
County Sanitation Districts site, recorded by the state regulator as active and permitted.
Most Rancho Palos Verdes orders can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. A few days of notice lets us settle the commercial hauling position for your address and get the encroachment permit moving if the container has to sit at the curb.
Five things that keep a peninsula delivery on schedule:
Call early in the day as well. Next-day slots fill from the morning, and the delivery window on the peninsula is narrower than on the flats because of the route restriction.
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Prime Dumpster serves all of Rancho Palos Verdes, from the Hawthorne Boulevard and Crest Road neighborhoods through Miraleste, Portuguese Bend, Golden Cove, and the streets above Palos Verdes Drive South, and we cover the rest of the peninsula and the adjoining South Bay cities as well. Delivery, pickup, and disposal are arranged around how a hillside job actually runs.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the unit to your drive, confirm the placement and hauling position for your address, and give you a straight number 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 five-day rental runs from $399 to $499 for a 10-yard unit up to $699 to $899 for a 40-yard, with three sizes in between. Roof tile and soil weight and the receiving charge move the final figure, so your account manager confirms the included tonnage and the overage rate when you book.
For a peninsula remodel, renting wins easily. There is no disposal site on the hill, so every self-haul trip means a drive down into the South Bay plus a gate charge plus your own hours. One container clears a whole project in a single haul.
Yes. A three-seat couch takes roughly a fifth of a 10-yard unit, leaving space for a mattress, a dresser, and a stack of boxes. Soft furniture fills volume without adding much weight, so the walls run out well before the tonnage does.
Asbestos material, treated lumber, batteries, lighting tubes, paint, solvents, pool chemicals, pesticides, motor oil, propane bottles, electronics, tires, and liquids of any kind all stay out. California treats treated wood as hazardous waste, which catches deck and fence jobs. Ask your account manager about anything borderline.
The 10-yard at $399 to $499 is the lowest price, and it is the right unit for tile, mortar, stucco, and soil. It is not always the cheapest outcome, because dense material reaches its weight allowance fast. Keeping heavy debris in its own small unit usually saves more.
Three days prices much the same as five here, because the cost sits in the haul and the tonnage rather than the number of nights. Weight is what moves the bill. Your account manager will confirm the included tonnage and the overage rate in your quote.
Lumber, drywall, stucco, flooring, roofing tile, cabinets, doors, windows, furniture, carpet, and cardboard are all fine, and clean concrete and block are accepted in the smallest size. Treated wood, asbestos material, batteries, paint, and liquids are not. Anything unusual deserves a call before loading.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275 |
| Phone: | 424-363-8223 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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