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At Prime Dumpster, we rent roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards right across Schertz, Texas, and the rest of the northeast San Antonio corridor. Schertz has grown fast along the IH-35 and FM 3009 spine, so the work here runs from new residential construction and builder cleanups to garage and whole-house cleanouts in the established neighborhoods off Schertz Parkway.
Schertz is worth understanding before you book, for two reasons. The city rewrote its entire solid waste article in April 2025, and the new rules draw a sharp line between residential and commercial collection. The city also sits across three counties at once. Below are the price ranges, what the new rules actually require, and how quickly we can be on site.
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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 shape a Schertz number, and the first two are local.
Whether the job is residential or commercial matters more in Schertz than in most Texas cities. The city's 2025 rules make residential collection exclusive to the city's own franchised collector, while commercial collection is handled differently and leaves room for a permitted private hauler. Which side your project falls on changes the conversation entirely, and your account manager works that out with you first rather than last.
Whether the load can be separated is the second. The commercial route in Schertz is built around material that goes to an approved processor for diversion rather than straight to a landfill. A clean concrete load, a clean wood and cardboard load, or sorted metal all fit that description comfortably. A single mixed container is a different proposition. Sorting on site is often both cheaper per ton and simpler on paperwork here.
Weight is the third, as everywhere. South Texas caliche, concrete footings and brick run heavy enough to use a 10-yard container's whole allowance while it still looks half empty.
Size is the fourth. Going up one size costs less than overage on a container that filled early, and much less than a second haul.
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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Choose on volume, then check the weight will not beat you there. We carry five.
The 10-Yard Dumpster earns its place on heavy loads rather than big ones. A driveway slab broken out, a brick wall down or one bathroom stripped will reach its weight limit before the sides look full.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers the job that has outgrown one room: a garage cleared to the slab, a kitchen taken back to framing, or a small shingle tear-off.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the usual pick for a Schertz house. It handles a full cleanout, a renovation across several rooms, or flooring and carpet lifted on one level.
The 30-Yard Dumpster suits additions, new builds and demolition, where framing, drywall, cabinetry and fixtures all leave in one container. On the newer subdivisions this is the builder's size.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest, built for volume rather than weight. Commercial demolition, warehouse cleanouts and sites producing debris every day want this one.
Schertz has a sizing wrinkle worth knowing. The city's own definitions treat a dwelling with more than four families in it as commercial rather than residential, so a fourplex and a six-unit building sit on opposite sides of the line. If you own or manage small multifamily property here, that distinction decides which rules apply to your container. Tell your account manager the unit count and they will size and route it correctly.
On private property, including your driveway or inside a fenced construction site, Schertz asks for no container permit.
The street is a genuine blank. The city's streets and sidewalks chapter runs to more than a hundred thousand characters and its nuisances chapter to seventy thousand, and between them they mention a container of our kind exactly zero times, in either direction. There is no ban and no permit route written for one. So treat a street or right-of-way placement as a question for the City of Schertz before booking, and your account manager will get you the contact.
The collection rules are where Schertz has real content, and they changed in April 2025. Two things matter to you.
First, residential collection is exclusive. The city prohibits a resident from using anyone other than the city's designated franchised collector for residential solid waste collection, and every residential occupant has to subscribe to that service. That duty lands on the occupant, not just on the hauler, so it is worth knowing it exists. The rule carries its own exceptions for state law and for annexation agreements, and residents keep the right to remove waste from their own property themselves.
Second, commercial work runs on a different track. The city operates a permit for private haulers collecting commercial recyclable materials, issued by the city manager, renewed annually on a calendar year, held per haul vehicle, and requiring a bond, liability insurance, a vehicle list and a permit displayed on each truck. The condition that matters most is the destination: an applicant has to name where the material is going and show that the destination is an approved processor able to divert it. Permit holders also report monthly on what they collected, when, and with disposal receipts.
What that means in practice is that a separated construction load headed for a genuine processing facility fits the city's own route comfortably, while a mixed container bound for burial is a different question that needs the city's view. We settle that with Schertz before delivery rather than after. Your account manager handles the permit side, which is ours, and tells you plainly which category your load is in.
One more thing that bites on shared commercial sites. Schertz makes it unlawful to put waste in a container you have no right to use, and separately unlawful to store loose debris inside a screening enclosure built for containers. On a multi-tenant site, a container that becomes everyone's is a violation rather than a nuisance, and lockable containers exist for that reason.
Everyday construction and household debris loads normally. The limits come from state rules and from the city's own definitions.
Hazardous waste is the firm one and Schertz is explicit about where the duty sits: a commercial business is responsible for the collection and lawful disposal of hazardous waste it generates. The city's own definition of refuse is all solid waste except hazardous waste, so it falls outside every container we rent. Paint, solvents, fuel, used oil and asbestos all belong in that group.
Liquids of any kind stay out, as do tires, batteries and anything containing refrigerant.
Brush is its own category in Schertz, covering cuttings and trimmings from trees, shrubs and lawns including green waste. Keeping it separate matters here, because mixing yard material into a construction container muddies the diversion reporting the city asks permit holders to file and can reprice the whole load.
The city also treats carpet, cartons, gypsum board and wood products as construction and demolition debris rather than as household trash, which is useful to know: those materials belong in a construction container even when they come out of a lived-in house.
Anything unusual is worth one call 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.
Schertz is a city where the destination is part of the permission, not an afterthought.
The private hauler permit the city operates for commercial recyclable material requires the hauler to name the final destination and to prove that destination is an approved processor capable of diverting the material. So where your load goes is not a logistics detail here, it is written into the authorization, and the city wants monthly evidence of it.
The city's own franchise arrangement is set out in a separate franchise ordinance held in the city secretary's office rather than printed in the code, so the city does not publish a receiving site that a container customer could drive to. We name none, for the same reason we never print an address we have not verified. Your account manager tells you the destination and the per ton charge there before you book, and that figure is inside the single price you are quoted.
The practical point is the one worth repeating. Separated material routes to a processor and mixed material routes to disposal, and in Schertz the separated route is both cheaper per ton and better aligned with what the city's permit expects. Clean concrete and masonry in one container, clean wood and cardboard in another, and mixed debris in a third is more containers but frequently less money, and it is the arrangement the city's own rules are built around.
A note on geography, because it affects the haul. Schertz sits across Guadalupe, Comal and Bexar counties at once, which is unusual. That does not change the city rules, which apply the same way across all three, but it does affect which facilities are nearest and what the mileage looks like. Your account manager works from your actual address rather than from the city limits.
Most Schertz rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery in a 24 to 48 hour window. A day or two of notice buys a better slot and lets us settle the material and destination question properly.
Five things that make a Schertz delivery go cleanly:
Builder work on the newer Schertz subdivisions is worth booking further ahead than a one-off cleanout, simply because the containers come and go on a rhythm and a standing slot beats a request every time.
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Prime Dumpster serves all of Schertz, from the older blocks around Main Street and Schertz Parkway out through the FM 3009 corridor and the newer subdivisions on the Comal and Bexar county sides. We cover the adjoining communities on the same runs, including Universal City just west of town, and the wider northeast San Antonio suburbs. For a job elsewhere in Texas, start from our Texas state page.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container to the debris, confirm which side of the city's residential and commercial rules your job sits on, and give you one 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 five-day rental runs $399 to $499 for a 10-yard and $699 to $899 for a 40-yard. In Schertz the weight of the debris and whether the load can be separated for diversion both move the final figure, because sorted material usually costs less per ton. The included tonnage and the overage rate come from your account manager at booking.
For a Schertz project, usually yes. Caliche, concrete and brick are heavy enough that self-hauling means repeated trips paying at the gate each time, and the city's rules push separated material to processing facilities rather than the nearest hole. A single container takes the lot and makes the trip once.
Yes, with room to spare. A three-seat couch uses something like a fifth of a 10-yard container, so a bed frame, a dresser and cartons still fit around it. Furniture exhausts the space long before the weight allowance, so a furniture cleanout rarely attracts an overage.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, used oil and asbestos stay out, and in Schertz a commercial business carries the legal duty for its own hazardous waste. Tires, batteries and refrigerant appliances need separate handling, and brush belongs in its own container.
On list price the 10-yard sits at the bottom, $399 to $499. Whether it is cheapest for your job is a separate question, because concrete, caliche and brick can run a small container past its weight allowance quickly. Putting dense material in a load of its own usually produces a lower total.
Three days normally costs what five costs, because the price is built around the job and the tonnage rather than the number of days. Weight moves the bill far more than duration does. Ask your account manager what tonnage is included and what each extra ton costs on your load.
Wood, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinetry, carpet, cartons, gypsum board, furniture and general cleanout debris are all fine, and Schertz classes most of those as construction debris. Clean concrete and brick are accepted too and often cost less travelling separately. Run anything unusual past your account manager.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Schertz, Texas 78154 |
| Phone: | 726-232-3822 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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