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At Prime Dumpster, we arrange delivery of roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards across South San Francisco, California. We serve the biotech campuses east of the freeway, the warehouse blocks around Produce Avenue and Harbor Way, and the tight residential streets on Sign Hill and in Sunshine Gardens. Most of the construction and demolition debris we carry here comes from two sources: tenant fit-out work in the life sciences district, and the renovation of a largely mid-century housing stock.
Price turns on container size, debris weight, the rental period and the disposal charge on the load. Below are the bands, what can and cannot be said about the local rules, and a county-wide fact about disposal sites that is worth knowing before you plan a self-haul.
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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 a South San Francisco quote.
Size is the base figure. On a biotech or warehouse site a 30 or 40 yard container is usually right; on a Sunshine Gardens driveway a 10 or 15 yard is often all that will fit.
After that, tonnage carries most of the variation on a Peninsula job. Concrete, stucco, tile and old plaster are the Peninsula staples, and dense debris reaches a weight allowance with the container well short of full.
Access is a genuine variable. The hillside streets are steep and narrow, and the industrial district has good access but heavy truck traffic, so the delivery window matters more here than in most markets.
Disposal is the fourth factor, and in San Mateo County every receiving site is privately run, which means the charge is set commercially rather than by a public schedule. Your account manager confirms it with the quote.
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 from the material and the site together.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the dense-debris container and the one that fits a steep or narrow driveway. Concrete, stucco, tile and soil reach a weight limit long before filling it, so it is the economical choice for a patio or foundation job.
The 15-Yard Dumpster handles a garage clearance, a bathroom strip-out, or a small roof tear-off, and it still fits most residential streets here.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the common residential size. A whole-house clean-out, a kitchen gut, or flooring from several rooms all fit without a second trip.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is the usual choice for a biotech tenant improvement or a commercial strip-out, where ceiling grid, partitions and fittings come out in volume.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the demolition and industrial size, for work limited by bulk rather than weight.
A container on private property, including a driveway, a parking lot or a construction yard, is the normal placement in South San Francisco and the one we recommend. Street and sidewalk placement in a city this densely parked needs the city's authorization first.
On the city's own rules, an honest answer beats a confident one. South San Francisco publishes its code through a commercial service that does not answer an ordinary request. The city's own website did not answer on any address tried either. So no South San Francisco hauler franchise, container permit, day limit, placement rule or street fee is stated here in either direction. Your account manager takes that up with the city and settles it for your address before a date is fixed.
That matters more in California than it would elsewhere, and it is worth saying why. Most California cities run an exclusive or limited waste franchise. Several we have read limit who may supply a container, how long it may stand, and in a few cases whether it may be placed at all. Some add a project-value threshold, or a route-service condition a container-only operator cannot meet. Whether South San Francisco does any of that is a question for the city, not for a page, and we treat it that way.
What can be said with confidence is the destination side, and it is unusual enough to be useful. Every active permitted solid waste facility in San Mateo County is privately operated, which the next two sections set out.
Everyday building and household debris loads without fuss: framing, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, doors, carpet, furniture and packaging.
Hazardous material is excluded everywhere in California. Liquids, fuels, solvents, oil-based paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, asbestos and pressurized cylinders all stay out of a container, whatever the destination. California also bans a long list of household items from the trash. Batteries, fluorescent tubes and lamps, electronics, thermostats and anything with mercury in it all go through a household hazardous waste route instead.
Asbestos needs care on a South San Francisco job. Much of the housing, and a good deal of the older industrial fabric, dates from the 1940s to the 1960s. Asbestos was common then in floor tile, pipe insulation, roofing felt and siding. A survey before demolition is the sensible order of work, and an abatement contractor takes the material away separately.
California also treats recyclable material separately from mixed waste. On a demolition job that can be worth money as well as compliance. A clean container of just concrete, or just metal, or just wood, often costs less to tip than the same material mixed into a general load. Your account manager will tell you whether your material separates usefully.
Let your account manager know what is going in before the container reaches the site. Declaring an awkward item in advance costs nothing; a refused load costs a second haul.
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.
This is the clearest thing that can be said about disposal in South San Francisco, and it comes from the state's own facility records rather than from a city page.
California keeps a state record of every permitted waste facility, and each entry names the operator. We checked every active permitted solid waste facility in San Mateo County. All four are run by private companies. The nearest sits inside the city: the Blue Line transfer station and sorting facility at 500 East Jamie Court. The state record lists it as active, permitted and privately run. The other three are a transfer station on Tanforan Avenue in San Bruno, the Shoreway Environmental Center on Shoreway Road in San Carlos, and the Corinda Los Trancos landfill at Ox Mountain near Half Moon Bay. Each is privately run on the state's own record.
We only list a facility here where both the owner and the operator are public bodies. So no facility card appears below, and that is a finding rather than a gap. There is no publicly run landfill or transfer station anywhere in San Mateo County for a container load to go to.
Two things follow from that. First, disposal charges here are commercial rather than set by a public price list, which is why we confirm them with the quote rather than printing them. Second, a self-haul customer has no public site to drive to either. That tilts the choice further toward a container here than it would in a county with a public landfill.
Your account manager confirms the receiving facility and the charge that applies to your material before the container is delivered.
Most South San Francisco deliveries can be set up within one to two business days. Booking earlier gives you a better choice of window. That matters on the industrial side, where truck traffic is heavy in the middle of the day.
Five habits that keep a Peninsula booking moving:
If your job finishes late in the week, confirm haul-away timing at the quote stage, because the receiving facilities here set their own hours commercially rather than publishing a public weekend schedule.
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Prime Dumpster serves all of South San Francisco, from the East of 101 biotech and industrial district to Sign Hill, Sunshine Gardens, Westborough and the Grand Avenue core. We fit delivery, any mid-job swap and the final collection around the site schedule.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container to the site as well as the debris, settle the city requirement, and quote a 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.
Here a five-day rental runs $399 to $499 for a 10-yard and $699 to $899 for a 40-yard. Debris weight and the commercial disposal charge decide where you land inside those bands. Your account manager fixes the tonnage allowance and the excess rate before the container leaves the yard.
A container wins clearly here, for a local reason. San Mateo County has no public landfill or transfer station. So a self-haul customer pays commercial rates on every trip anyway, on top of fuel and their own time. One container takes the whole job in a single movement.
Yes, comfortably. A three-seat couch fills perhaps a fifth of a 10-yard, with space left for a bed frame, boxes and smaller pieces. Furniture runs out of room long before it reaches a weight allowance, so volume is the binding limit there.
Liquids, fuels, solvents, oil-based paint, pesticides, pressurized cylinders and asbestos are each refused. California also bans batteries, fluorescent lamps, electronics and mercury-containing items from the trash, so those need a household hazardous waste route. Put anything out of the ordinary to your account manager before loading begins.
The 10-yard container has the lowest base price at $399 to $499, and on a narrow or steep driveway it is often the only size that fits. Dense Peninsula debris such as concrete and stucco can clear a small container's weight allowance quickly, so heavy material in its own container is frequently better value.
Three days usually prices the same as five, since a container here is quoted by the job and not the day. Tonnage, not the number of days, decides the closing figure. Ask what tonnage the price covers on the Peninsula, and the rate past it, before loading begins.
Framing, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, doors, furniture, carpet, cardboard and general building debris are all accepted. Clean concrete, metal and wood kept in separate loads often cost less to tip than the same material mixed. Anything out of the ordinary goes past your account manager before it goes in the container.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | South San Francisco, California 94080 |
| Phone: | 415-426-1126 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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