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At Prime Dumpster, we rent roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards throughout Scottsdale, Arizona, from the Old Town blocks to the north Scottsdale foothills. Kitchen and bath remodels in the mid-century neighborhoods south of Camelback, tile roof tear-offs, desert landscaping conversions and steady commercial construction along the Loop 101 corridor are what keeps containers turning here.
Scottsdale is unusual in two ways that matter before you book. The city runs its own commercial roll-off service, so you are choosing between us and the city rather than between us and silence. And the city sets a hard deadline for getting construction debris off a site. Below are the price ranges, how the sizes compare, what the permit position actually is, and how fast 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 |
Four things move a Scottsdale quote, and the first one is genuinely local.
The city's own roll-off service prices every size the same. Scottsdale offers commercial roll-off containers in 20, 30 and 40 cubic yards, and its published tariff charges one flat fee for all three, with three tons included and a per ton charge above that. If your job needs a small dense load, the city has no smaller option and you pay the same as a 40-yard customer. We carry 10 and 15 yard containers, which the city does not offer at all, and we price by size. On a concrete or tile job that difference is the whole conversation.
Weight is the second lever, and in Scottsdale it is usually tile and block. A clay or concrete tile roof coming off a single-story house will fill a 10-yard container by weight long before it fills it by volume, and desert landscaping work brings rock and decorative gravel, which is heavier again. Dense material belongs on its own.
Time is the third, and Scottsdale makes it sharper than most cities. There is a published deadline for construction debris, covered below, so a container that sits is a container that costs. Worth knowing too: the city's own service starts charging a daily fee once a customer has gone fifteen working days without requesting a pull. We would rather schedule your pickup properly.
Fourth, placement. Private ground needs no permit. The street has a real permit route in Scottsdale and it names roll-off containers, which is better than most cities manage, but it is a process with a lead time rather than a formality.
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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Size on volume, then check that the weight will not get there first. We run five.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the dense-material container and in Scottsdale it earns its keep. A tile roof tear-off, a patio slab broken out, or rock and gravel from a landscaping conversion will reach its weight limit while the sides still look low. The city has no container this small.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers the job past a single room: a garage stripped to the slab, a kitchen back to framing, or a small shingle roof. Again, no city equivalent.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the common choice for a Scottsdale 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 together.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest and it is a volume container rather than a weight one. Commercial demolition, retail refits and sites producing debris daily all want this size.
The sizing conversation in Scottsdale is often about splitting rather than scaling up. Because tile, block and rock run heavy, a 10-yard of dense material alongside a 20-yard of mixed debris frequently beats one 30-yard on total cost. Your account manager will tell you whether a split pays.
On private property, including your driveway or inside a fenced site, no container permit is needed.
For the street, Scottsdale is one of the better cities in the country on this. Its public works right-of-way permit lists the uses it covers and roll-off containers are named on that list explicitly, alongside barricades, curb cuts and special events. So a street placement in Scottsdale is a published route rather than a grey area or a flat refusal. Two things to plan for: the right-of-way supervisor decides whether a standard or annual permit applies and that decision is final, and the permit holder has to pick up any other approvals the location needs, which in Scottsdale can include a native plant permit as well as a barricade plan. Your account manager will point you at the right office early, because the lead time is the real constraint.
The rule that catches people out is about time, not paperwork. Scottsdale makes it unlawful for the generator of construction waste to leave that waste on the premises more than thirty days from when it was placed there, or past the final building inspection, the clearance of public utilities, or the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, whichever of those comes first. Read that carefully: on a job that finishes quickly, the real deadline is the inspection, not the thirty days. And the duty sits on the generator, which means you, not on us.
There is a second paperwork hook for commercial work. Scottsdale will not issue a building permit for a commercial establishment unless provision has been made for refuse container storage and sanitation. So the container plan is part of getting the permit rather than something arranged afterwards.
On the licensing side, anyone collecting, transporting or disposing of refuse generated in Scottsdale needs a city license, and Scottsdale defines refuse to include construction waste by name, so this work is squarely inside the requirement. The good news is what that license actually is: the ordinary city business license, which the city manager must issue once an applicant qualifies and pays. There is no separate hauler class, no cap on numbers and no approved-contractor roster to get onto. That is our paperwork, and your account manager confirms it is current before delivery.
One more point in your favor. Scottsdale's own rules protect material set out for collection by the city or by licensed private haulers, so the code expressly recognizes private operators working alongside the city service rather than treating them as an exception.
Construction and household debris of the usual kinds goes in without question. The limits are the familiar ones plus a couple that matter in the desert.
Keep hazardous waste out, and with it liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, used oil and asbestos. Scottsdale handles hazardous waste under separate rules and none of it belongs in a container at any volume.
Tires, batteries, electronics and appliances containing refrigerant need separate handling. The city's own definitions treat white goods as their own category, and a refrigerator or an air conditioning unit cannot simply go in with the demolition debris.
Native plant material is the local one worth flagging. Protected native plants are regulated in Scottsdale and clearing them is permitted work, so cleared desert vegetation is not automatically just green waste. Raise it with your account manager before anything is loaded.
Burning anything in a container is prohibited outright, and so is depositing waste in someone else's container. On a shared commercial site that second rule bites more often than people expect.
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.
Scottsdale is a city where we route the load and the city routes its own.
The city's commercial roll-off service empties its containers at a disposal or other site of its choosing, and it calls that cycle a pull. For a private container the destination is ours to arrange, and across the Phoenix metro the realistic destinations for construction and demolition debris are privately operated facilities rather than public ones. So we name none here and quote the gate charge instead.
Your account manager tells you where your load is going and what the per ton charge there will be before you book, and that figure is part of the single price you are quoted rather than a surprise afterwards.
The practical routing point in Scottsdale is separation. Clean concrete, tile, block and rock go to different receivers from mixed construction debris, and they are usually cheaper per ton because they are a resource rather than a disposal problem. On a tile roof or a landscaping conversion the separated route is often the difference between a comfortable quote and an uncomfortable one.
There is also a transport rule worth knowing, because it shapes how you load. Scottsdale requires refuse to be carried in leak-proof containers or vehicles built so that nothing leaks, sifts, falls out or blows out, and anything that does escape has to be picked up and the area cleaned immediately. In practice that means a properly tarped container loaded level rather than heaped, and it is one reason we would rather send a bigger container than overfill a smaller one.
Most Scottsdale rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery landing in a 24 to 48 hour window. Lead time matters more here than in most cities because of the removal deadline: knowing your finish date lets us book the pickup to land inside it.
Five things that make a Scottsdale delivery go cleanly:
North Scottsdale is worth a note. The city runs a long way north of Old Town, so a job off Pima and Dynamite is a different run from one off Scottsdale Road. Give us the address rather than the area.
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Prime Dumpster covers the whole of Scottsdale, from Old Town and the Arcadia edge north through McCormick Ranch, DC Ranch and the Dynamite Boulevard corridor. We also serve the adjoining metro communities on the same runs, including Paradise Valley, and Phoenix and Fountain Hills are both close enough that we treat them as the same delivery territory. For anywhere else in Arizona, start from our Arizona state page.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container to the material, work backwards from your inspection date so the removal deadline is met, 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.
Budget $399 to $499 for a 10-yard and $699 to $899 for a 40-yard on a five-day rental. In Scottsdale the comparison worth making is that the city prices its 20, 30 and 40 yard containers identically, so a small heavy load costs the same as a large one. Your account manager fixes the included tonnage and the overage rate before delivery.
Usually yes in Scottsdale, and the reason is weight. Tile, block and decorative rock are heavy enough that self-hauling means many trips in a pickup, each one paying at the gate. One container sized to the material collects the job and travels once, with the routing handled for you.
Yes, easily. A three-seat couch takes roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves room for a bed frame, a dresser and cartons. Household furniture fills the volume well before it troubles the weight allowance, so a furniture cleanout rarely attracts an overage charge.
Anything hazardous is barred, along with liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, used oil and asbestos. In Scottsdale add tires, batteries, electronics, and appliances containing refrigerant, which the city treats as their own category. Cleared protected desert plants may also need separate handling.
The 10-yard opens at $399 to $499, and in Scottsdale it is also the size the city does not offer at all. Whether it is cheapest for your job depends on the material, because tile, block and rock can run a small container past its weight allowance quickly.
Three days normally costs what five costs, because the price is built around the job and the tonnage rather than the calendar. Weight moves the bill far more than duration. Ask your account manager what tonnage is included and what each extra ton will cost on your load.
Wood, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinetry, carpet, furniture, cardboard and general cleanout debris are all fine. Clean concrete, tile, block and rock are accepted too and often cost less travelling on their own. If an item looks borderline, clear it with your account manager before it is loaded.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 |
| Phone: | 602-854-4085 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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