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At Prime Dumpster, we arrange roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards throughout University City, Missouri and the inner western suburbs of St. Louis County. This is old, dense housing stock, much of it brick, with the Delmar Loop commercial strip running through the middle of it. Kitchen and bathroom work, basement finishing, slate and tile roofing and full gut construction projects are the everyday jobs here, and all of them produce heavy debris in a tight space.
Two local facts are worth knowing before you call. University City runs its own sanitation operation, unusually for a city this size, and it has published that it currently cannot supply roll-off rentals of its own. And St. Louis County licenses waste containers individually, not just trucks, which is rare enough that it genuinely shapes how work gets quoted here.
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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 |
Material density drives a University City figure harder than it does in a newer suburb, and the reason is the housing. Brick, plaster, slate, clay tile and old concrete are all heavy, and a container loaded with any of them meets its weight allowance while it still looks half empty. A plaster strip-out on a hundred-year-old house is a 10-yard job, not a 20-yard one.
Access is the second real factor here. Lots in University City are narrow, drives are often short, and street trees are mature. On a tight address a smaller container that fits is worth more than a larger one that has to be parked badly.
The third is the destination, charged by weight. The city's own transfer station does not take construction and demolition material, so a renovation load leaves the city, and the haul is part of the number. Your account manager settles that at booking.
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 with the material, then check the drive. In this city the second step is not a formality.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the one for heavy, compact debris. Brick, plaster, slate, tile and concrete reach the weight ceiling long before they fill it, and the short footprint also suits a narrow University City drive.
The 15-Yard Dumpster takes a garage clear-down, one bathroom, a light roof or a deck coming down.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is what most houses here book. Basement finishing, a whole-house cleanout, a flooring strip and multi-room work all fit, and the walls stay low enough to load by hand.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is for a full gut, a large addition or new construction, where volume runs out before weight does.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the commercial size, for demolition, retail fit-outs along the Loop and larger institutional work. It is the largest size we arrange, and on a street this tight it needs a confirmed drop point before anything is scheduled.
A container on private property, in a driveway or inside a job-site boundary, is the normal arrangement in University City and it is how nearly every job here is served. The street is a different matter, and the city publishes clear rules about it.
University City requires a right-of-way permit from the Public Works Department before the start of any construction or improvement project, and it warns that working without one can bring a stop work order and fines. Two of its published site rules bear directly on a container. The city says do not store project materials or equipment overnight on public rights-of-way without approval, and do not obstruct private driveways. It also asks that construction hours be kept to Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. So if a job genuinely needs the container in the street overnight, that approval is the route, and it runs through Public Works rather than through us.
On the licensing side the controlling layer is the county, and this is the part that is genuinely unusual. St. Louis County issues a waste transportation license for each vehicle and each mobile waste container used on a public highway, and the county's own instructions name roll-offs, luggers and trailers as licensed units. Each licensed container has to be labelled with the holder's name, telephone number and a unique container number. The license year runs from mid-April to mid-April with renewals due at the start of April, and the county applies a published threshold of more than five trips a year before a license is needed at all. None of that is a customer's paperwork, and the labelling is a useful thing for a customer to be able to see on arrival. Your account manager confirms the county position before a job is scheduled.
One honest note about the city's own written rules. University City publishes its code through an outside publisher that does not serve automated requests, so anything that turns on the code's own definitions goes straight to the city rather than being guessed at. The city's general line and the Public Works department both answer those questions.
Ordinary construction, demolition and household debris is fine in a University City container. The firm limits come from Missouri rules and from the receiving site.
Nothing hazardous goes in: fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, pressurized cylinders or anything carrying PCBs. Those have separate routes and your account manager will point you at the right one.
Asbestos deserves particular care in this city. The housing stock is largely pre-war, and pipe lagging, resilient floor tile and textured ceiling coating all turn up in basements here. Anything suspect gets tested rather than loaded.
Liquids are excluded, and rainwater sitting in the bottom of an old tank or drum counts. All water does is add tonnage to the bill.
Computers and televisions are no longer taken through the city's own bulk route, so declare any electronics at booking and we agree the route in advance. Mattresses, tires and appliances containing refrigerant are handled the same way.
Worth repeating from the city's own published list: building construction debris, roofing shingles, concrete, bricks, landscaping stone and boulders, tree stumps and limbs are all refused by the city's paid bulk collection. If your job makes any of those, the container is the only route.
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.
University City is one of very few municipalities in the St. Louis area to own and operate its own transfer station and its own refuse and recycling vehicles. The city states that in its own words, which matters: it means the operation is municipal rather than contracted out.
There are two honest limits to what that gets a renovation customer, and both are worth saying plainly.
The first is what the station takes. On the state's own record it handles household waste, bulky items, brush and untreated wood, and not construction and demolition material. So a renovation load does not go there.
The second is the address. The only street address the city publishes alongside its sanitation operation is for its operational services office, open Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., with Sanitation reachable by phone during those hours. An office is not a facility, and we are not going to present one as the other, so no address is printed here for the transfer station itself.
For construction debris the destination is therefore a private site outside the city, charged by weight. We do not name a competitor's facility as a destination, and we do not publish an address or a phone number for a facility we have not confirmed with the public authority behind it. Your account manager confirms the destination for your specific load at booking, tells you what it charges by weight, and tells you whether keeping clean concrete or clean untreated wood in a separate load changes the number.
One further point from the city, and it is the reason many customers end up calling us. The Sanitation Department has published that because of inventory shortages it cannot accommodate rentals for carts, dumpsters or roll-offs. That is the city's own statement, not our interpretation of a gap.
Most University City containers can be scheduled within one to two business days. The constraint here is almost always the drop point rather than the truck.
Five things make a University City booking quick:
A Missouri seasonal note. Humid summers and wet winters both load drywall, insulation and carpet with water, and that water is weight you are billed for. Keeping a part-filled container covered between shifts is the cheapest saving on a University City job, and in deep winter a cleared approach stops a delivery slipping a day.
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Prime Dumpster serves University City itself along with Clayton, Olivette, Richmond Heights, Overland and the inner St. Louis County municipalities packed around them. Municipal boundaries here are unusually close together and the rules change across them, so give us the exact street address.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container, confirm the drop point, settle the destination, and quote 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.
Across five days a 10-yard is $399 to $499 and a 40-yard is $699 to $899. Disposal is charged by weight on top, and because the city's own transfer station does not take construction debris that material leaves the city. Your account manager confirms tonnage, overage and destination at booking.
Past one pickup load, renting wins here. The city's paid bulk collection refuses construction debris, shingles, concrete, brick and landscaping stone outright, so a self-haul trip means driving out of the city to private capacity and paying by weight, repeatedly.
Yes, with room to spare. Reckon a three-seat couch at about a fifth of a 10-yard, which leaves space for a bed frame, a dresser and boxed goods. Bulky furniture fills volume long before it troubles a weight limit, so a 10-yard usually covers a clearing.
Fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, pressurized cylinders and liquids are all out. Asbestos-bearing material is not permitted. Electronics, mattresses, tires and appliances with refrigerant each have their own route and should be declared at booking.
The 10-yard is the lowest base price at $399 to $499, and on a brick or plaster job in this city it is often the correct container regardless. A dense load kept on its own usually costs less than one mixed container that overruns its weight allowance.
Three days and five days normally settle at the same figure here, because the job rather than the calendar sets the price. Tonnage is what moves a University City bill. Have your account manager confirm the included weight and the overage rate before delivery.
A Missouri container takes lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, fixtures, doors, windows, furniture, cardboard, brick, block and clean concrete. Keep clean concrete and clean untreated wood in separate loads where the job allows. Run anything borderline past your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | University City, Missouri 63130 |
| Phone: | 314-492-9592 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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