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At Prime Dumpster, we arrange roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards across Tustin, California and the central Orange County cities around it. Old Town renovations, the apartment and condominium turnovers off Newport Avenue, and the steady run of tenant improvement and construction work in the Tustin Legacy district all generate loads that a pickup truck cannot move.
Tustin is also one of the most tightly written waste markets in the county, and knowing that in advance saves a wasted morning. The city controls container delivery through its own approved arrangements, sets a recycling target on every building and demolition permit, and can have a container removed on a day's notice if the paperwork behind it is not in order. Your account manager settles all of that before a truck is scheduled.
Looking for a dependable waste management solution? Contact us today for a free quote! We're here to give you a straightforward and competitive estimate for all your dumpster rental needs. Find out how easy waste disposal can be with Prime Dumpster.
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Ready to get started? Scheduling your dumpster delivery is a breeze. Just tell us when and where you need it, and we’ll handle the rest. Prime Dumpster is all about quick and reliable service, getting the right dumpster to your site when you need it.
Done with your project or need your dumpster emptied? Just give us a call to arrange a fast and convenient pickup. We’re ready to quickly remove your waste and make your experience hassle-free. Count on Prime Dumpster for timely and efficient service.
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 Tustin number. Size sets the opening figure, weight moves it most, and the paperwork a Tustin job carries can move the schedule.
Weight is the first thing to settle. Concrete, block, brick, stucco and ceramic tile reach a container's weight allowance while the walls still look half empty, so a Tustin patio tear-out or a bathroom strip often belongs in a 10-yard rather than a 20. Framing lumber, drywall and roof decking do the opposite and fill volume long before they build weight.
The second is the receiving site. Only two landfills in Orange County are open for public disposal, and each charges by weight, so the destination your load is routed to shows up in the final figure. Your account manager confirms which site takes your material and what it does to the number.
The third is the city's recycling target, which applies to most permitted work here. Separating clean concrete, clean untreated wood and metal into their own loads is usually cheaper than one mixed container, and it is also how the target gets met. Ask about splitting the load at quote stage rather than afterwards.
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 choose the size. Tustin lots in the older tracts are generous, but driveways are often short and apartment courts are tight, so access matters here more than it does further inland.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the one to pick when the load is dense. A clean load of concrete, block, brick, stucco or tile hits its weight ceiling long before it fills, and it suits a patio, a driveway section or a single bathroom.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a garage clear-down, one kitchen, a light roof or a deck takedown.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the size Tustin homes book most often. A whole-house cleanout, multi-room work, a flooring strip or a reroof all fit, with walls low enough to load over by hand.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is for new construction, a large addition or a serious interior demolition, where volume rather than weight is the limit.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the commercial size, taking demolition, industrial clearing and large-scale construction in the Tustin Legacy and Red Hill business areas. It is the largest size we arrange, and it needs a straight approach, a level drop point and clear height overhead.
A container on private property, in a driveway or inside a fenced job site, is the normal arrangement in Tustin, and it is how almost every job here is served. The street is a different matter, and so is the container itself.
Tustin is unusual, and it is worth being plain about it. The city's waste chapter makes delivering a roll-off container into Tustin conditional on the city having approved and issued a solid waste collection contract for whoever delivers it. The same chapter defines the roll-off container by name, in the ten, twenty, thirty and forty cubic yard sizes, and it treats construction and demolition debris as a material it regulates. So in Tustin the first question is never where the container goes. It is whether the delivery is covered. Your account manager settles that with the city before anything is booked, and tells you straight away if a job cannot be served.
The city also keeps a removal power, and the clock on it is short. A container placed without the right authority, on public or private property, can be posted with a notice to remove. If it is not gone within twenty-four hours the city may take it away and dispose of the contents at the owner's expense. That is why no container is scheduled into Tustin on an informal nod from a site foreman.
If your project has a building, demolition, grading or landscape permit attached, there is a second piece of paperwork and it comes before the permit issues. Tustin requires a Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan, filed with the Engineering Division, showing how you will divert at least 65 percent of the project's debris from landfill. California's green building standards set that target and the city enforces it. A project security deposit may be collected along with a $242 application fee before the permit issues, and the deposit comes back once the Building Division signs off and the diversion is proved with weight tickets. Final approval of the report is needed before the last building inspection and the certificate of occupancy.
One point from the city's own guidance is worth repeating, because people get it wrong: the permit applicant, not the hauler, is responsible for making sure recyclable material actually reaches the right facility. Keeping clean loads separate is the practical answer, and your account manager will tell you which materials are worth separating on your job.
Ordinary construction, demolition and household debris is fine in a Tustin container. The firm limits come from California rules and from the two landfills that can receive the load.
Nothing hazardous goes in: fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, pressurized cylinders, or anything carrying PCBs. Those have their own routes in Orange County and your account manager will point you at the right one.
Tires are the Orange County surprise. They are no longer accepted at any landfill in the county, so a tire in the load is a problem wherever it lands. Declare them when you book.
Treated wood is not a county-wide refusal, and the difference matters. One of the two public landfills stopped taking treated wood waste at the start of 2021, and the other still accepts it. Railroad ties, telephone poles and lumber from fencing, decking and playground equipment are the usual items. Tell us before delivery and the load gets routed to the site that can take it.
A standard container cannot take asbestos. Tustin's older housing and the mid-century commercial stock can both turn up pipe lagging, resilient floor tile and textured ceiling coating. A suspect material needs testing, not loading.
Liquids are out, and that includes rainwater standing in the bottom of an old tank or drum. Water is pure tonnage and nothing else. Electronics, mattresses and appliances with refrigerant are each handled separately.
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.
Orange County runs only two publicly operated landfills that are open for public disposal, and both are county facilities rather than private sites, which is why we are comfortable naming them.
Olinda Alpha Landfill sits on North Valencia Avenue in Brea, at the northern end of the county. It is operated by OC Waste and Recycling, the county's own agency. Since the start of 2021 it has not accepted treated wood waste, so fencing, decking and playground lumber has to go elsewhere.
Prima Deshecha Landfill is on Avenida La Pata in San Juan Capistrano, at the southern end. Same county operator, and it does take treated wood. For a Tustin job carrying treated lumber, that difference decides the routing.
Two county rules apply at both sites and they catch people out. The county requires proof that the waste came from Orange County before it will accept a load, which can be a county driver's license, a current utility bill for the job address, or a contract showing the origin address. And if a site reaches its state-permitted daily tonnage limit, the county warns that haulers may be diverted to a local transfer station at any time. Your account manager confirms the destination and the paperwork for your specific load at booking, so the truck is not turned away at the entrance.
1942 N. Valencia Avenue, Brea, CA 92823
One of only two landfills in Orange County open for public disposal. Operated by OC Waste and Recycling, the county's own agency. Has not accepted treated wood waste since 1 January 2021. Proof that the waste came from Orange County is required before a load is accepted.
32250 Avenida La Pata, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
The county's other publicly operated landfill open for public disposal, at the southern end of Orange County. Same county operator, OC Waste and Recycling. This is the site that still accepts treated wood. Proof of Orange County origin is required before a load is accepted.
Most Tustin containers can be scheduled within one to two business days once the city side is settled. That last clause is the Tustin difference: in most cities the schedule depends on the truck, and here it depends on the approval behind the delivery as well. Ask early and the timeline holds.
Five things make a Tustin booking quick:
A southern California note on weather. Winter rain is the only real seasonal risk here, and it matters because drywall, insulation and carpet soak it up and come back as tonnage. Cover a part-filled container between shifts and you keep the weight you were quoted on.
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Prime Dumpster serves Tustin itself along with North Tustin, Tustin Ranch, Cowan Heights and the unincorporated county pockets on the city's eastern edge. Tustin's boundary is unusually ragged, and the rules change on the far side of it, so give us the exact street address rather than the area name.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container, settle the destination, confirm the city position, 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.
Over five days the 10-yard sits at $399 to $499, and the 40-yard at $699 to $899. Weight-based disposal is charged on top, and the rate turns on which of the county landfills receives your load. Your account manager confirms the tonnage allowance, the overage rate and the destination when you book.
Past one pickup load, renting wins in Tustin. Both county landfills are a drive from the city, both charge by weight, and both want proof the waste came from Orange County before they accept it. Trips, fuel and minimum charges add up faster than a container does.
Yes, comfortably. A three-seat couch uses roughly a fifth of a 10-yard, leaving room for a bed frame, a dresser and boxed goods. Bulky household items run out of space long before they approach a weight limit, so a 10-yard usually suits a furniture clearing.
Keep out fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, pressurized cylinders and all liquids. Asbestos-bearing material is not permitted. Tires are refused at every Orange County landfill, and treated wood is accepted at only one of the two public sites.
The 10-yard carries the lowest base price at $399 to $499, and on a Tustin job with concrete, stucco or tile in it the 10-yard is often the right container anyway. A dense load kept on its own normally costs less than one mixed container that overshoots its allowance.
Three days and five days usually settle at one figure in Tustin, because the job rather than the calendar drives the price. Weight is what moves a Tustin bill. Ask your account manager to confirm the included tonnage and the overage rate before the container is delivered.
Lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, fixtures, doors, windows, furniture, cardboard, brick, block and clean concrete are all acceptable in a California container. It pays to keep clean concrete and clean untreated wood apart from the rest. Run anything borderline past your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Tustin, California 92780 |
| Phone: | 424-363-8223 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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