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At Prime Dumpster we arrange roll-off containers across Temple Terrace, Florida, the small independent city wrapped around the golf course on the north bank of the Hillsborough River. It is an unusual market. The 1920s Mediterranean Revival core holds houses now on their third renovation. The Busch Boulevard and 56th Street strips turn over tenants. The University of South Florida edge brings steady rental turnaround work.
Temple Terrace is also the clearest city in this batch on the question customers actually care about. Its own code says the city will not collect building and construction materials. It then says what to use instead: a commercial container service. The same code defines that service to include open-topped roll-off containers used for building and construction materials. The city has written the answer down for you.
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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 |
Size opens the figure and weight moves it furthest. Temple Terrace's older houses give up barrel tile, stucco, terrazzo and concrete block, all of which reach a tonnage ceiling long before they fill a container. A tile roof tear-off on a 1920s house is a weight job rather than a volume job.
The local factor that actually decides a Temple Terrace price is the destination, and it is a hard rule rather than a preference. Hillsborough County's own landfill does not accept construction and demolition debris at all, concrete and asphalt included, which means a mixed renovation load cannot simply go to the county tip. It has to be routed to a site that takes the material, and that routing is part of the quote rather than an afterthought. Separating clean concrete and clean untreated wood from the mixed load is the single biggest lever on cost here, for exactly that reason.
Duration matters least. One job, one price is the usual arrangement in Temple Terrace, with extra days settled afterwards rather than loaded into the opening number.
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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Let the material lead. Temple Terrace lots are mostly generous and shaded, so the practical limits are overhanging oaks and narrow driveways rather than the size of the container.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the dense-material container and it earns its place here. Barrel tile, terrazzo, block and concrete all hit a weight limit while the container still looks half filled, so a roof or a patio job belongs in a 10-yard.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers one bathroom, a garage clear-down, a small roof section or a Florida-room conversion.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the size Temple Terrace homes book most often. A whole-house cleanout, a kitchen plus two rooms, a flooring strip or a rental turnaround all fit, and the walls stay low enough to load over by hand.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is for a large addition, a new build on an infill lot or a serious interior demolition, where framing lumber, drywall and roof decking fill volume faster than they build weight.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the commercial size for the Busch Boulevard and 56th Street strips. It takes commercial fit-out demolition and large clearing work. The driver needs a straight approach, a level drop point and clear height. On tree-lined Temple Terrace streets that last one is worth checking first.
A container on private property, in a driveway or inside a job-site boundary, is the normal arrangement in Temple Terrace and that is how nearly every job here is served.
On the legal question this city is genuinely helpful, and the detail is worth setting out because it is better than the usual answer. The city's solid waste article defines solid waste so as to exclude building and construction materials by name. It then defines those materials separately, as sand, wood, stone, brick, cement, concrete, construction blocks, roofing and other building materials from a remodeling project. The article's collection rule reaches only solid waste and recyclables. So on the city's own definitions, a construction load sits outside that rule.
The city goes one step further, and this is the part worth quoting to anyone who doubts it. Its code states that the city shall not collect building and construction materials, whether they come from a contractor, an occupant or an owner. It then says that such waste will be picked up and disposed of via a commercial type of container service. The same article defines that term to include a large container, a dumpster, an open-topped roll-off container or a compactor. The city has named the product and pointed at it.
Two honest caveats belong here rather than buried. First, the city's older health and sanitation chapter carries a broader rule, written without definitions. It makes it unlawful to collect, or to permit anyone to collect, solid waste or recyclables from a bin, can, container or dumpster. The exceptions are city crews and anyone working under contract with the city with a special written permit from the director of public works. That rule reaches the customer as well as the hauler. The later and more specific solid waste article should govern. On a commercial job the sensible step is to have the director confirm it, and your account manager raises that for you.
Second, placement. The solid waste article says refuse may not be placed in a street, alley or other public place, or on private property. The exceptions are proper containers for collection and express approval from the director of public works. That is a published route rather than a ban. The health chapter adds a separate rule against anything on a street, curb or sidewalk that might be a menace to traffic, which is a condition rather than a ban. In practice: driveway placements are routine, anything touching the public way goes through the director, and the city's licensing chapter contains no waste class at all.
Ordinary construction, demolition and household debris is acceptable in a Temple Terrace container. The firm limits here come from what Hillsborough County will take at the gate, and the county is specific.
The county landfill does not accept construction and demolition debris at all, including concrete and asphalt, so that material is routed to a facility that handles it. It also refuses liquid waste, yard and wood waste, hazardous waste, anything containerized in drums, biohazardous waste, material containing PCBs and radioactive material.
Hazardous material stays out of any container: fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals and pressurized cylinders. The county runs household hazardous waste collection sites and accepts paint, electronics and batteries at its community collection centers.
Asbestos needs handling before it needs hauling. The county requires pre-approval for asbestos-containing material, and Temple Terrace's 1920s core and its mid-century housing can both turn up pipe lagging, resilient floor tile and textured ceiling coating. Testing comes first.
Tires, appliances, mattresses and electronics are each handled separately. Declare them when you book and the handling is agreed in advance.
Liquids are out, including rainwater standing in the bottom of a drum or an old tank.
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.
Hillsborough County runs its own disposal network and, unusually, says plainly which parts it operates itself. The county's solid waste department states that it contracts with private companies for curbside collection but operates several centers across the county directly, and that it also runs the trash-to-energy plant. That distinction is why the two facilities below can be named here while a contractor-run site could not be.
The Resource Recovery Facility on North Falkenburg Road in Tampa is the county's trash-to-energy plant and the closest major destination to Temple Terrace. It takes the county's franchise collectors and self-hauling commercial customers whose vehicles have a self-unloading mechanism, but only where the Solid Waste department has given disposal approval in advance. That approval is a real precondition rather than a formality, and commercial disposal fees apply.
The Northwest County Solid Waste Facility on West Linebaugh Avenue in Tampa carries a solid waste transfer station the county describes as primarily for commercial haulers. The same site holds a community collection center, yard and wood waste disposal for self-unloading customers, recycling drop-off and free mulch. It accepts paint, electronics, batteries, appliances, tires, general trash, scrap metal, brush and untreated wood.
The one the page has to warn you about is the county's own landfill at Lithia. It does not accept construction and demolition debris, concrete and asphalt included. That is the county's published position and it is the reason a Temple Terrace renovation load needs its destination settled before the container arrives rather than after. Your account manager confirms where the load is going, what it costs by weight, and whether splitting out clean concrete or clean untreated wood changes the number. In this county it very often does.
350 N. Falkenburg Road, Tampa, FL 33619
Hillsborough County's trash-to-energy plant, which the county's Solid Waste Services department says it runs itself. Monday to Saturday 7:30 AM to 5 PM. Used by the county's franchise collectors and by self-hauling commercial customers with a self-unloading vehicle, but only with disposal approval granted in advance by the department. Commercial disposal fees apply.
8001 W. Linebaugh Ave., Tampa, FL 33625
A county-operated site carrying a solid waste transfer station the county describes as primarily for commercial haulers, plus a community collection center for residential non-collectible items, yard and wood waste disposal for residential and commercial self-unloading customers, recycling drop-off and free mulch. General facility and yard waste hours Monday to Saturday 7:30 AM to 5 PM.
Most Temple Terrace containers can be scheduled inside one to two business days. Private-property placements are the norm and the city puts no licensing step in the way, so the timing usually depends on the truck and on confirming the destination.
What makes a Temple Terrace booking move quickly:
A Florida weather note worth money. Keep a part-filled container covered through the wet season, because drywall, insulation and old plaster absorb an afternoon storm and come back as tonnage on the weighed ticket. In hurricane season, a container that has to stay through a watch should be scheduled for collection before the wind arrives rather than after.
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Prime Dumpster covers Temple Terrace itself along with the University area, Thonotosassa, Mango and the north Hillsborough County communities around them. Temple Terrace is a separate city inside a Tampa postal envelope, so the exact street address decides which rules apply to your job.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container, settle which facility can take your material, confirm whether anything needs county pre-approval and give you a firm number 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.
For the standard five days a 10-yard runs $399 to $499 and a 40-yard $699 to $899. Weight-based disposal is charged on top, and because the county landfill refuses construction debris the receiving site matters. Your account manager confirms the tonnage, the overage rate and the destination at booking.
Past one pickup load, renting wins here and the county's rules are the reason. Self-hauling to the trash-to-energy plant needs a self-unloading vehicle and prior approval from the department, and the landfill will not take construction debris at all.
Yes, comfortably. A three-seat couch takes roughly a fifth of a 10-yard, and a bed frame, a dresser and boxed goods go in around it. Household furniture runs out of volume long before it reaches a weight limit, so a 10-yard suits most clear-downs.
Fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals and pressurized cylinders stay out, and so do liquids and anything in drums. Asbestos-bearing material needs county pre-approval and specialist handling. Tires, appliances, mattresses and electronics each have their own route.
The 10-yard carries the lowest base price at $399 to $499, and on a Temple Terrace job with barrel tile, block or concrete in it the 10-yard is usually the right container anyway. Keeping dense material in its own load beats one mixed container that runs past its tonnage.
Three days and five days normally settle at one figure here, because the job rather than the calendar drives the price. Weight and destination are what move a Temple Terrace bill. Ask your account manager to confirm the included tonnage and the overage rate first.
Lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, fixtures, doors, windows, furniture, cardboard, brick, block and clean concrete are all acceptable in a Florida container. Clean concrete and clean untreated wood are worth keeping as separate loads. Check anything borderline with your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Temple Terrace, Florida 33617 |
| Phone: | 727-390-2230 |
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