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At Prime Dumpster, we rent roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards across Shawnee, Kansas, and the rest of northeast Johnson County. Shawnee runs from older post-war blocks near Nieman Road out to newer subdivisions west of K-7, so containers go to kitchen and basement renovations, roof tear-offs, garage cleanouts and steady new residential construction on the western edge.
Shawnee is one of the easier cities in this part of Kansas to rent a container in, and there is a specific reason: the city's own rules exempt temporary container service from its hauler licensing entirely, by name. Below are the price ranges, how the sizes compare, what the city and Johnson County actually require, 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 |
Three things move a Shawnee quote, and one local detail is worth knowing.
Weight does the most work. Shawnee's older housing stock gives up plaster and the occasional block foundation, and the limestone and clay soils around here mean excavation spoil is heavy. A patio slab or a chimney will fill a 10-yard container by weight while it still looks half empty, so dense material wants its own load.
Size is next. Going up one size costs less than paying overage on a container that filled early, and much less than sending a second truck.
Material mix is third. Johnson County's construction and demolition landfills sit south and west of Shawnee rather than in town, and clean concrete, clean wood and sorted metal go to different receivers from mixed debris. Separating usually lowers the total rather than raising it.
The local detail is about timing rather than money. Shawnee sets a service window for collections in or next to residential areas, running from seven in the morning until ten at night. That is a wide window by the standards of most cities, which means we can usually work around your crew instead of asking your crew to work around us.
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 from how much there is, then test whether the weight gets there first. We run five sizes.
Reach for the 10-Yard Dumpster when the debris is heavy rather than bulky. A driveway slab broken out, a block wall down, or one bathroom stripped to the studs will reach its weight allowance before the sides look full.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers the job past a single room: a garage cleared to the slab, a kitchen back to framing, or a tear-off on a small roof.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the usual choice for a Shawnee house. It takes a whole-house cleanout, a renovation running through several rooms, or flooring and carpet lifted on one level. For a finished basement coming out, this is normally the one.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is for additions, new builds and demolition, where framing, drywall, cabinetry and fixtures leave together. On the newer Shawnee subdivisions it is the builder's default.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest, built for volume rather than weight. Commercial demolition, warehouse cleanouts and sites producing debris daily want this size.
One Shawnee note on commercial sizing. The city requires non-putrescible waste to be removed from commercial and industrial property as often as needed to stop storage filling up or becoming a fire hazard, and bulky waste at least twice a year. If your site has been letting material pile up between collections, that is the rule behind the complaint, and a correctly sized container fixes it rather than a more frequent pickup. Your account manager will size it from the volume you actually generate.
On private property, including your driveway or inside a fenced site, Shawnee needs no container permit.
The licensing question has an unusually clear answer here, and it is in your favor. Shawnee makes it unlawful to collect or transport solid waste in the city without a collector license, and then lists who does not need one. The second item on that list is a person who transports temporary bulk solid waste storage containers for construction projects, remodeling and other uses. That describes exactly what we do, in the city's own words, and the phrase about other uses means it is not even limited to construction work. So no city hauler license is required for a container rental in Shawnee.
Worth knowing what sits beside it on that same list, because people confuse the two. There is a separate exemption for a demolition or construction contractor who hauls waste incidental to their own job. That one only helps a contractor moving their own debris in their own truck. The container exemption is the broader and more useful one, and it is the one that applies to a rental.
Shawnee also states something most cities do not. Its licensing section says in terms that a license grants no exclusive right to any one collector and is not to interfere with the free spirit of competition in any area. There is no franchise to be locked out of here and no approved-contractor list to get onto.
Two further points. The city separately requires customers to arrange collection and disposal with a licensed collector, which sits a little awkwardly beside the container exemption, so your account manager confirms with the city how your particular job is treated before delivery rather than afterwards. And the city's streets and business licensing titles did not open at section level in this review, so instead of assuming a right-of-way route exists for a container, treat a street placement as a question for the City of Shawnee first. We will get you the contact.
At county level, Johnson County does license waste haulers, through its Department of Health and Environment, but read the scope: the published scheme covers residential waste and recycling haulers providing collection to residents. A temporary construction container is not residential collection service, so the county license does not reach it on the published wording. The county runs a separate permitting scheme for facilities, including construction and demolition landfills, which is about the sites rather than about us.
Day-to-day construction and household debris is no trouble. The limits are the familiar ones.
Nothing hazardous may go in, which rules out liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, used oil and asbestos. Johnson County runs a dedicated household hazardous waste facility for that material and it works by appointment only, so it needs planning rather than a drive-by.
Tires, batteries, electronics and appliances holding refrigerant need separate handling and cannot go in with demolition debris.
Yard waste is worth keeping apart in Shawnee. The city treats yard waste as its own stream, separate from solid waste and from recyclables, and mixing brush and grass into a renovation load tends to reprice the whole container at the higher category. Tree limbs and stumps in particular belong in their own load, because the county permits tree and brush landfills as a distinct facility type and they are not the same destination as a construction landfill.
Nothing burning or smoldering goes in a container, and the city has its own burning rules besides.
Anything you are unsure about is worth a call to your account manager before loading.
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.
Shawnee sits in a county that publishes its own list of permitted disposal sites, which makes the routing unusually transparent.
Johnson County permits the facilities that take this material, and the categories it permits include construction and demolition landfills, sanitary landfills, transfer stations, materials recovery facilities, composting facilities and tree and brush landfills. Every construction and demolition landfill on the county's register is privately operated, so we route to a private facility and the gate charge is part of the price your account manager quotes you.
Two public sites are worth naming, and both have limits you need to know before you plan around them.
The Johnson County Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 11231 Mastin Street in Overland Park is run by the county's own Department of Health and Environment and can be reached on 913-715-6907. It takes hazardous material only and it operates by appointment, so it is where the paint, solvents and fuel from a cleanout go. It is not a destination for a container of any kind.
The City of Olathe Solid Waste Transfer Station at 1681 S Valley Road in Olathe, on 913-971-9311, is owned and run by that city and appears on the county's permitted transfer station register. Access terms are the city's own, so confirm them before planning a haul there.
For the ordinary construction load the practical answer is simpler. Separate what you can, because clean concrete, clean wood and sorted metal go to different receivers and usually cost less per ton than mixed debris, and keep tree and brush material out of the construction container because it has its own class of facility. Your account manager confirms the destination and the per ton charge before the container is delivered.
11231 Mastin Street, Overland Park, KS 66210
Run by the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment. Hazardous waste only, by appointment. It takes no containers.
1681 S Valley Road, Olathe, KS 66061
Owned and run by the City of Olathe and listed on Johnson County's permitted transfer station register. Access terms are the city's own.
Most Shawnee rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery in a 24 to 48 hour window. The city's wide collection window helps here, because it gives us real flexibility on timing.
Five things that make a Shawnee delivery go cleanly:
For builder work on the western subdivisions, a standing slot beats a request every time, and we would rather set that up than have you call each cycle.
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Prime Dumpster serves the whole of Shawnee, from the Nieman Road and Shawnee Mission Parkway corridors out to the newer neighborhoods west of K-7 and north toward Shawnee Mission Park. We cover the adjoining Johnson County communities on the same runs, including Merriam, Mission and Prairie Village just east of town. For a job anywhere else in Kansas, start from our Kansas state page.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container to the debris, confirm the destination and the gate charge, 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.
Across a five-day rental, figure $399 to $499 at the 10-yard and $699 to $899 at the 40-yard. In Shawnee the weight of the debris and the per ton charge at the private construction landfill drive the final figure. Tonnage and overage rates get pinned down by your account manager on the booking call.
In Johnson County, usually yes. The construction and demolition landfills are all private sites south and west of Shawnee, so self-hauling means repeated drives out of town paying at the gate each time. A container sized to the material does the whole job in a single trip.
Yes, with room left over. Reckon on a three-seat couch using about a fifth of a 10-yard container, which still leaves a bed frame, a dresser and cartons worth of space. Furniture runs out of room long before it runs out of weight allowance, so a furniture cleanout rarely attracts overage.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, used oil and asbestos stay out, and Johnson County runs an appointment-only facility for that material. Tires, batteries, electronics and refrigerant appliances need separate handling, and yard waste belongs in its own container.
Our entry size is the 10-yard at $399 to $499. Whether it is cheapest for your job is another matter, because plaster, block and concrete can run a small container past its weight allowance quickly. Keeping 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 calendar. What is in the container matters far more than how long it stays. Get the included tonnage and the cost of each extra ton from your account manager.
Drywall, plaster, roofing, flooring, cabinetry, carpet, furniture, cardboard, scrap lumber and general cleanout debris all go in. Clean concrete, brick and block are accepted too and often cost less travelling on their own. Anything off the usual list should go past your account manager before it is loaded.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Shawnee, Kansas 66216 |
| Phone: | 816-451-8600 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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