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At Prime Dumpster, we arrange roll-off containers from 10 to 40 yards across Urbandale, Iowa and the northwest suburbs of Polk County. Urbandale grew in long waves, so a single street can hold a 1960s ranch on its second kitchen, a 1990s two-storey having its roof replaced, and new construction still going in west of 142nd. Each of those is a different container.
One local fact settles the question for most customers before they even call. Urbandale runs a free drop-off for residents at its own Public Works yard, and the city's published list of what it will not take starts with bricks, concrete, construction debris, dirt and sod. The city is not being difficult about it. It is drawing a line between household items and a renovation, and the renovation side of that line is where a container belongs.
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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 |
Weight moves an Urbandale bill further than size does. Concrete, brick, block and ceramic tile all reach a container's weight allowance while it still looks half empty, so a driveway or patio removal usually belongs in a 10-yard rather than a 20. Shingles behave the same way, which catches people out on a reroof.
What the city will absorb is the second factor, and for a remodel the answer is nothing. The free resident drop-off takes appliances and furniture but refuses bricks, concrete, construction debris, dirt and sod, railroad ties, logs and limbs, paint and batteries. There is one annual curbside clean-up event and an appointment-only home collection, and that collection carries a fee set by the city.
Rental length is the smallest lever. An Urbandale container carries one job price, so three days and five days usually come to the same number, and extra days are settled at the end rather than built into 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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Pick from the material. Urbandale driveways are generally wide and the newer subdivisions have plenty of room, so access is rarely what decides it.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is built for dense loads. A clean load of concrete, brick, block or tile hits its weight ceiling long before it fills, and it is the right call for a driveway, a patio or a slab.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a garage clear-down, one bathroom, a light roof or a deck takedown.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the size most Urbandale houses book. 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 suits new construction, a large addition or a serious demolition, where framing lumber, sheathing and drywall fill the volume faster than they build the weight.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the commercial size, taking demolition, office fit-outs and large-scale construction along the Hickman Road and 100th Street corridors. It is the largest size we arrange and it needs a straight approach, a level drop point and clear overhead height.
A container on private property, in a driveway or inside a job-site boundary, is the normal arrangement in Urbandale and it is how almost every job here is served. There is no separate container permit published for a private-property placement.
There is, however, a permit on the company that brings the container, and Urbandale is unusually clear about it. The city requires an annual City of Urbandale Hauler's Permit for any business engaged in collecting, transporting, processing or disposing of solid waste in the city. The one carve-out is written into the scope: the permit covers waste other than waste produced by that person within the City, so a property owner moving their own material is outside it. Applications go to Urbandale Public Works on 86th Street, and the city's own form shows what it wants: every vehicle listed by make, model, year and plate number, the type of waste marked as residential, commercial or industrial, and the name and location of every disposal site the applicant uses. The city then approves or refuses in writing. None of that is a customer's paperwork, but it is why your account manager confirms the city position before a commercial job is scheduled.
One honest note about the written rules. Urbandale's solid waste chapter is published by an outside publisher that does not serve automated requests, and the copy the city puts on its own website is a scanned image with no machine-readable text in it. So everything above comes from the city's own plain statement of the permit and from the application form, not from the chapter. Anything that turns on the chapter's definitions goes to the city rather than being guessed at, and the number for that is the Engineering and Public Works line.
For work in the public way there is a published route, and it is not container-specific: Urbandale runs a right-of-way and core hole permit through the same department. If your job genuinely needs the container off private ground, that is the conversation to have, and your account manager will start it.
Ordinary construction, demolition and household debris is acceptable in an Urbandale container. The limits come from Iowa rules and from the receiving site.
Hazardous material has no place in a container: fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, pressurized cylinders and anything carrying PCBs. The city runs a separate household hazardous waste route and that is where those belong.
Liquids are out, rainwater in an old tank or drum included. All water does is add tonnage to the bill.
A standard container cannot carry asbestos. Urbandale's 1950s and 1960s housing can turn up pipe lagging, resilient floor tile and textured ceiling coating. A suspect material needs testing before anything is loaded.
Tires, electronics, mattresses and appliances containing refrigerant each have their own route. Declare any of them when you book and the cost is agreed in advance rather than at the entrance.
Railroad ties deserve a separate mention, because the city names them as refused at its own drop-off and they are treated as treated wood at disposal. Flag them early and the load is routed accordingly.
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.
Urbandale gives us one thing we can point at directly, and it comes with an honest limit.
The Urbandale Parks & Public Works Maintenance Facility on Hickman Road is the city's own yard, and household garbage here is collected by City of Urbandale crews rather than by a contractor, which is why we are comfortable naming it. On the second Saturday of every month, from 8 AM until noon, Urbandale residents can drop off large items that will not fit in a garbage bin. It is free, because it is already covered by the monthly garbage bill, and it is residents only: you have to bring a driver's license or a government-issued identity document showing an Urbandale address.
It is also, deliberately, not a renovation outlet. The city's own refused list is bricks, concrete, construction debris, dirt or sod, railroad ties, logs and limbs, batteries, paint, oil, hazardous, toxic, combustible and explosive materials and vehicle parts. So it is the answer for an old washer and a worn-out couch, not for a bathroom.
Beyond that, the position is thinner than we would like and we would rather say so. The regional authority that runs waste for this part of Polk County publishes a terms-of-access notice and then refuses automated requests, and the county's own website refuses them too. The state's solid waste facility directory is a report viewer that will not render without pop-ups. So no landfill or transfer station address is printed here. Your account manager confirms the destination for your specific load at the time of 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.
9401 Hickman Road, Urbandale, IA 50322
The City of Urbandale's own Public Works yard. Open for bulk item drop-off on the second Saturday of every month, 8 AM until noon. Residents only, with proof of an Urbandale address required, and free because it is covered by the monthly garbage bill. Bricks, concrete, construction debris, dirt and sod, railroad ties, logs and limbs, paint, oil and batteries are not accepted.
Most Urbandale containers can be scheduled within one to two business days. Private-property placements are the norm, driveways here are generous, and the schedule usually comes down to the truck.
Five things make an Urbandale booking quick:
An Iowa winter note, and it is a real one here. Snow and freeze-thaw both matter. Water soaks into drywall, insulation and carpet and comes back as tonnage, so keep a part-filled container covered. And clear the approach before the truck is due, because a frozen rutted driveway is the commonest reason a delivery slips a day in central Iowa.
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Prime Dumpster serves Urbandale itself along with Clive, Grimes, Windsor Heights and the northwest Polk County and eastern Dallas County neighborhoods around them. Urbandale crosses a county line, and the arrangements differ across it, so give us the exact street address.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will size the container, fix the destination, and quote you a firm figure 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.
On the five-day basis a 10-yard runs $399 to $499 and a 40-yard $699 to $899. Weight-based disposal is charged on top, and the rate turns on the site that receives the load. Your account manager confirms the tonnage allowance, the overage rate and the destination when you book.
Past one pickup load, renting wins in Urbandale. The city's free drop-off is monthly, residents only, and refuses bricks, concrete, construction debris, dirt and sod outright. Everything a remodel produces has to go somewhere else, and that means repeated trips and minimum charges.
Yes, comfortably. A three-seat couch takes up roughly a fifth of a 10-yard, and a bed frame, a dresser and boxes still fit around it. Bulky household items run out of room long before they approach a weight limit, so a 10-yard usually suits a furniture clearing.
Fuels, solvents, wet paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, pressurized cylinders and all liquids stay out. Asbestos-bearing material is not permitted. Tires, electronics, mattresses, railroad ties and appliances with refrigerant each have their own route.
The 10-yard carries the lowest base price at $399 to $499, and on an Urbandale job with concrete, brick or shingles in it the 10-yard is often the right container anyway. Keeping dense material in its own load usually beats one mixed container that runs past its weight allowance.
Three days and five days usually settle at one figure in Urbandale, because the job rather than the calendar drives the price. Tonnage settles the rest, and that is measured at the disposal site. Ask your account manager to pin down the included tonnage and the overage rate before delivery day.
Lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, cabinets, fixtures, doors, windows, furniture, cardboard, brick, block and clean concrete are all acceptable in an Iowa container. Keep clean concrete and clean untreated wood in loads of their own where the job allows. Check anything borderline with your account manager before you load it.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Urbandale, Iowa 50322 |
| Phone: | 515-304-5594 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
| Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
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