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At Prime Dumpster, we arrange roll-off dumpster rentals across Savage, Minnesota, in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Savage grew fast from the 1990s onward, so the housing stock here is newer than most of the Twin Cities metro and the work skews toward finished basements, deck and garage rebuilds, siding and window replacement, and kitchen and bath remodels, alongside construction and warehouse turnovers in the industrial park along Highway 13 and the Credit River corridor.
Minnesota draws one line that matters more here than anywhere else in the country, and it is good news for anyone renovating. The state's collection license is written around household garbage, and construction debris is named as something separate from it.
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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 set the figure in Savage.
Size is first, and here it is chosen on debris rather than on space. Savage lots are newer and wider than those in the older suburbs closer to the two cities, and most driveways take a 20 or 30-yard container without difficulty.
Weight is the lever. Asphalt shingles are the local example that catches people: a single layer off a typical Savage roof is heavy enough to fill a 10-yard container's allowance on its own, and a tear-off down to two or three layers needs its own container rather than sharing one.
Season is a real factor this far north. A frozen load gains weight from ice and snow, and a container left open through a January thaw can arrive at the scale heavier than it left. Covering the load matters, and so does timing the collection.
Separation is fourth and it pays. Minnesota requires recyclable material to reach a processing facility rather than a disposal site, and yard waste cannot go into a disposal facility at all in the metro. So some of your debris has to travel separately whether you plan for it or not. Your Savage account manager works all four into one clear, upfront number on the first call.
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 on volume, confirm the weight, then confirm the driveway.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the shortest container in the range and the right one for concrete, brick, and a single-layer shingle tear-off. Dense material passes the weight allowance well before it fills the space.
The 15-Yard Dumpster suits a garage clearing, a bathroom or kitchen tear-out, or one roof slope, with useful extra capacity and barely any extra length.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the usual residential pick for a basement finish, a whole-house cleanout, or a remodel across several rooms, and it is the most common size in Savage.
The 30-Yard Dumpster fits a large renovation, a garage rebuild, a deck and siding job together, or mixed demolition debris, and it suits the city's newer multifamily work.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the largest in the range and is the standard container for the warehouse and light industrial turnovers along Highway 13 and County Road 42.
The Savage sizing question that comes up most is the finished basement, and it has a specific answer. Basement demolition produces an awkward mix: light bulky material in the form of carpet, drywall, and paneling, plus heavy material in old concrete, tile, and sometimes a removed slab section. The light material decides the size and the heavy material decides whether it needs its own container. Describe both to your account manager and the right combination gets arranged.
On private property a container needs no permit in practice. A driveway, a yard, a parking lot, or a fenced job site is yours to use, as long as the container does not block a sidewalk, a fire lane, or anyone else's access. Savage driveways are generous, so this covers nearly every residential job here.
Placement in a Savage street is a City matter and the City is the office to answer it. Your account manager confirms the current requirement with Savage before a delivery date is fixed rather than afterwards.
The licensing side is where Minnesota is unusually clear, and it is worth understanding because it decides what can be sold here at all. State law says nobody may collect mixed municipal solid waste for payment without a license from the jurisdiction where it is collected, and it puts that licensing power in the hands of each city and town. Where a city does not issue licenses, the county board has to take the power up instead. So there is no gap in the system: either Savage licenses collection or Scott County does.
The important part is what that license covers. Minnesota defines mixed municipal solid waste as garbage and refuse that the generator aggregates for collection, and then names a list of things it does not include. Construction debris is on that list by name, defined in the same statute as waste building materials, packaging, and rubble from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of buildings and roads. So a container of renovation debris is not the same regulated thing as a household garbage route.
Recyclable material is treated separately again, with its own state-level registration for anyone collecting it. Your account manager confirms how all of that applies to your particular project, and confirms the City position at your address, before anything is booked.
Lumber, drywall, paneling, shingles, flooring, carpet, cabinets, fixtures, decking, siding, windows, and general cleanout debris are all fine in a roll-off container.
Minnesota puts several things outside the garbage by statute rather than by guidance, and the list is more specific than most states manage.
Major appliances are prohibited outright. State law says a person may not place a major appliance in mixed municipal solid waste or dispose of one in or on the land or in a processing or disposal facility, and that they have to be recycled or reused instead. That reaches the water heater, the furnace, and the old washer that come out of a Savage basement project.
Mercury-containing items are prohibited in solid waste and in a wastewater system, and fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps have to go to a lamp recycling facility. Televisions, monitors, and anything else with a cathode-ray tube have been barred from mixed municipal solid waste since 2006.
Yard waste is barred in the metro area from a disposal facility and from mixed municipal solid waste both. Since 2010 it also cannot arrive at a transfer station or compost site in an ordinary plastic bag, only in a certified compostable one. Scott County is a metropolitan county, so both limbs apply in Savage.
Tires, lead acid batteries, motor and vehicle fluids and filters, and ash all have to be handled as separate streams. And hazardous household material, meaning paint, solvents, fuel, and pool chemicals, stays out of any container as a matter of course.
Describe the project at booking and each item the state pulls out gets its own arranged route beside the container.
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.
Savage has no landfill or transfer station inside the city, so every load leaves. Where it goes is shaped less by distance than by what is in it, and Minnesota is prescriptive about that.
Recyclable material has a statutory destination. State law says recyclable material must be delivered to an appropriate processing facility, and it reaches the transporter directly: a collector or transporter may not deliver source-separated recyclable material to a disposal or resource recovery facility except for recycling or transfer to a recycler. That is unusual. In most states the duty sits on the facility rather than on whoever is driving.
Yard waste has its own destination rule, barred from disposal facilities in the metro and routed to composting instead. Appliances, lamps, mercury items, and screens are all pulled out as separate streams by statute.
What is left, meaning the genuine construction and demolition debris, is the material a roll-off container is actually for. It travels to a processing or disposal site outside the city, and separating the clean material from it before it goes is the part that saves money rather than just satisfying a rule.
Your Prime Dumpster account manager sets that split up with you, confirms the destination before collection is scheduled, and handles the separate routes for the items the state pulls out. The practical upshot for a Savage project is that one call sets up several streams rather than one, which is the whole point of coordinating it rather than driving it yourself.
Most Twin Cities metro rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with a 24 to 48 hour delivery window. Savage sits on Highway 13 with County Road 42 and the Bloomington Ferry Bridge feeding it, so access is good year round.
A few things keep a Savage delivery on track:
Phone through early in the day if you can. Next-day slots go from the morning onward, and in a Minnesota winter the earlier window is far more dependable.
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Prime Dumpster arranges container service throughout Savage. That covers Hidden Valley, Boulder Pointe, Stonebridge, the Credit River and Eagle Creek areas, and the Highway 13 industrial park, including the newer developments on the south and west edges of the city.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will work out which parts of the load have to travel separately, size the container to the debris, and give you a clear 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.
Savage rentals run from $399 to $499 for a 10-yard container up to $699 to $899 for a 40-yard container on a five-day rental. Debris weight and the number of separate streams your job needs move the final figure. Your account manager fixes the tonnage allowance and the overage figure before the truck moves.
The rental, and Minnesota's rules are part of why. Recyclables, yard waste, appliances, and screens each have their own destination by statute, so self-hauling a mixed basement or roof job means several trips to several places. One booking handles the lot.
Yes. Expect a three-seat couch to take about a fifth of a 10-yard container, which still leaves room for a mattress, a dresser and boxes. Basement furniture is light and awkward rather than heavy, so plan that kind of load around the space it needs.
Keep out hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, and batteries. Minnesota also bars major appliances, mercury items, fluorescent lamps, cathode-ray tube screens, tires, and yard waste from the garbage by statute. Tell your account manager about any of them when you book.
The 10-yard container opens lowest, at $399 to $499, and on a single-layer shingle tear-off it is also the correct choice rather than a compromise. The cheapest outcome still depends on the load, because shingles and concrete can pass the weight allowance in a small container and add overage.
In Minnesota a short rental rarely costs less, because the price is set around the job rather than counted by the day. Tonnage is what moves it, and a winter load picks up real weight from snow and ice. Get the allowance and the per-ton overage figure from your account manager first.
Most construction and household debris: lumber, drywall, paneling, shingles, flooring, carpet, cabinets, doors, decking, siding, furniture, cardboard, and general junk. Clean concrete and brick are fine as well, and a load of nothing but hard material normally works out cheaper than burying it in the mix.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Savage, Minnesota 55378 |
| Phone: | 844-853-3867 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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