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At Prime Dumpster, we supply roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards across St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for lakefront remodels along Jefferson, basement and garage clearances in the postwar streets west of Harper, and the construction and demolition work that comes with a housing stock largely built in the 1950s. Nine Mile to Sixteen Mile, the jobs tend to be tight suburban lots where the container position matters as much as the size.
Price turns on the container you choose, the weight of what goes in it, and the disposal charges that attach to the load. Below are the bands, the local rules that actually apply here, and the short list of things a container will not take.
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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 |
Your quote in St. Clair Shores moves on four things.
Size is the base. The larger the container, the higher the rental, but ordering one size too small costs more than ordering one size too large, because a second trip is a second charge.
Weight is the variable that surprises people. Lake-area homes throw up plaster, tile, old concrete and layered roofing, and that kind of debris reaches a weight allowance with half the container still empty.
Lot access affects whether a container can be placed at all. Many streets here have narrow driveways and short setbacks, and the city expects a commercial container to stand on a hard surface.
Material separation can save real money. A clean concrete or brick load and a mixed renovation load are handled differently, so splitting them often beats paying a mixed rate on everything.
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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Match the container to the debris rather than to the room.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the right call for dense St. Clair Shores material. Concrete, brick, dirt and tile fill a weight allowance long before they fill the walls, so the small container is the economical one for a patio tear-out or a chimney removal.
The 15-Yard Dumpster handles a garage clearance, a bathroom strip-out, or a small roof tear-off on a single-story house. It is the usual step up when a 10-yard looks tight on volume.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the most common size on residential jobs here. It takes a full house clean-out, a basement finish, or flooring pulled from several rooms without running short.
The 30-Yard Dumpster suits a whole-house renovation, a new build, or a commercial fit-out along Harper or Jefferson, where the debris is mixed and the volume is high.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the commercial and demolition size. Use it when the constraint is bulk rather than weight, such as framing, roofing and light fixtures coming out of a large building.
A container on private property, including a driveway or a construction lot, does not need a street permit in St. Clair Shores. That is where most of the containers go.
The city's waste provisions carry no hauler license, no franchise and no exclusivity clause at all, which makes the permit question unusually simple here. What the code does regulate is the container itself. A commercial container used for waste storage at a business must sit on a concrete or asphalt surface, must be kept in good repair and free of odors, must not leak onto the ground, and must display the name, address and telephone number of the waste service that empties it.
Read in scope, those requirements are written for a container standing permanently at a business for routine waste storage, not for a temporary construction container on a job site. The lid and cover language in particular is aimed at ongoing commercial storage. That distinction matters on an open-top roll-off, so we flag it rather than assume it: your account manager raises the placement with the city before delivery where a container will stand in a commercial yard for an extended period.
For anything that touches the street, the shoulder or the sidewalk, the city expects authorization in advance. City Hall is at 27600 Jefferson Avenue and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., on 586-445-5200. The Public Works and Water Department is at 19700 Pleasant Drive on 586-445-5363. Your account manager will confirm what your address needs before the delivery is scheduled.
One useful detail for homeowners: the city's own waste page tells residents directly that a house clean-out, or furniture and debris amounting to more than one room's worth, will require a dumpster. Curbside service is not an alternative for that kind of volume, and the city says so itself.
Standard renovation and household debris is fine. Wood, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, carpet, furniture, doors and packaging all load without trouble.
Hazardous material is excluded everywhere. Liquids, fuels, solvents, oil-based paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, asbestos and pressurized cylinders stay out of a container whatever the destination. The city runs hazardous waste and electronics collection days at its Public Works yard twice a year, and residents can leave motor oil and cooking oil there at any time. Those are residents' services, not a commercial disposal route.
The city's own collection expressly refuses contractor's debris, concrete bricks and dirt, along with waste oil, household hazardous waste, pesticides and other chemicals. That is the clearest signal of why a container is the right answer on a renovation here: the material a remodel produces is precisely what the municipal service will not take.
Yard waste has its own exclusions too. The city does not collect wood chips or mulch, sod, dirt, hay, animal waste, tree stumps, root balls, gravel or stones at the curb, so landscaping jobs that generate those materials need a container or a separate arrangement.
Tires, car batteries, refrigerant appliances and electronics need their own route rather than a container. Tell your account manager about anything in that list 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.
St. Clair Shores sits in Macomb County, and the county runs no public disposal site. Macomb County's only solid waste function is its Solid Waste Management Planning Committee, which maintains and amends the County Solid Waste Management Plan and sends amendments to the local communities for ratification. The county publishes no hauler license, no vehicle registration and no landfill or transfer station of its own. Its administration building is at 1 South Main Street in Mount Clemens on 586-469-5100, which is an office rather than a facility.
The one licensed landfill in Macomb County is privately operated by a company that also rents containers, so it is not named here and no fee or opening time is claimed for it.
What the city does run is its Public Works yard on Pleasant Drive, which takes motor oil and cooking oil at any time and hosts the two annual hazardous waste and electronics collection days. It is a residents' facility and it does not accept a commercial container load, so please do not route a container there. For hazardous items the Macomb County hazardous waste line is 586-466-7923.
For an ordinary construction or clean-out container, the receiving site is set by the hauler's own arrangements rather than by a public facility, and your account manager confirms the destination when the load is quoted.
Most St. Clair Shores deliveries can be scheduled within one to two business days. Booking ahead gives you time to clear the drop zone and settle any question about placement, and early bookings usually price better.
Here is how to get the smoothest run:
Because Macomb County runs no public transfer station, haul times here depend on the receiving site rather than on county opening hours. Your account manager will tell you what that means for a late-week finish.
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Across the whole city, Prime Dumpster covers the canal streets, the Nautical Mile on Jefferson, and the residential blocks off Harper and Little Mack. We work around your schedule for delivery, any mid-job swap, and the final pull.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will match the container to the debris, confirm the placement, and quote you 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.
In St. Clair Shores a 10-yard is $399 to $499 and a 40-yard $699 to $899 across five days. Within those bands the weight of the load and the disposal charge on the receiving end do most of the work. Your account manager states the tonnage allowance, and what anything over it costs, when you book.
A container wins for anything larger than a single pickup load. Self-hauling means several trips, a minimum charge on each arrival, fuel, and your own time. One container handles an entire remodel in a single movement, and the debris stays contained on your property until it leaves for good.
Comfortably. A three-seat couch occupies about a fifth of a 10-yard container, which leaves room for a mattress, boxes and smaller furniture. Household clean-outs run out of volume long before they reach a weight allowance, so for furniture the question is space rather than tonnage.
Liquids, fuels, solvents, oil-based paint, pesticides, pressurized cylinders and asbestos are all out. Tires, car batteries, refrigerant appliances, fluorescent tubes and electronics need a separate route. Flag any of those to your account manager before loading, because a rejected load means paying for a second haul.
The 10-yard container has the lowest base price at $399 to $499. It is not always the cheapest outcome, though. Dense material common in older lakefront homes, such as plaster and tile, can exceed a small container's weight allowance quickly, so keeping heavy debris in its own container often costs less overall.
A three-day rental usually costs the same as the standard five-day period, since containers are priced per job rather than per day. The weight of what you load is the bigger lever on the final bill. Ask what tonnage the St. Clair Shores price carries, and what a further ton adds, before delivery.
Lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, doors, furniture, carpet, cardboard and general renovation debris are all acceptable. Clean concrete, brick and soil are accepted as well and are usually cheaper kept as a separate clean load. If an item seems unusual, ask your account manager to confirm it before it goes in.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | St. Clair Shores, Michigan 48080 |
| Phone: | 586-340-0104 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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