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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across West Lafayette, Indiana, and the rest of Tippecanoe County in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. A university town turns over fast: student rentals near campus get stripped and redone between leases, the older houses in the Hills and Dales and New Chauncey neighborhoods are being updated room by room, and construction keeps spreading north along Salisbury and Yeager. Containers are busy here almost year round.
Your price rests on four things: the container size, the weight of what goes in it, the number of days you keep it, and what the receiving station charges. Below you will find our ranges, the City permit for work in the street, how the City's own trash service differs from a roll-off, and what Indiana keeps out of a landfill.
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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 |
A few local facts shape what a West Lafayette job costs.
The container size you pick sets the floor. One size up is almost always cheaper than ordering a second container halfway through a tear-out, and it keeps the crew working.
Weight decides the rest. Disposal is sold by the ton, and plaster, brick, tile and shingles get heavy fast in the older houses near campus. Tell us what is coming out and we will plan for the scale.
Who takes the load matters as well. Tippecanoe County has no landfill of its own, so everything moves through a transfer station first and then travels on. That extra leg is built into what disposal costs here.
It is also worth knowing where the City's own service stops. West Lafayette runs weekly curbside pickup for houses and small apartment buildings, but it takes no contractor waste, no concrete or brick, no shingles and nothing over 50 pounds. The City also rents its own containers, at $250.00 for a 15-yard, $300.00 for a 20-yard and $350.00 for a 30-yard over seven days, but that program is only for homes of four units or fewer on City services and it turns away concrete, shingles and tires. For a remodel, a tear-off or anything over 30 yards, a roll-off is the route that actually works.
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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Work out the volume, then check the weight, then look at where a truck can set the container down. Prime Dumpster carries five sizes.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the compact choice, and it fits the tight driveways and alleys around campus. Use it for a bathroom gut, a porch teardown, or a load of broken concrete. Heavy material belongs here, because the weight limit lands first.
The 15-Yard Dumpster is the middle step. It takes a garage, an attic, or carpet and flooring from a few rooms, without needing much more space than the 10-yard.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the one most West Lafayette homeowners order. It handles a whole-house cleanout, a kitchen and bath done together, or a reroof on a typical single-family home.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is sized for additions, gut jobs, and new construction on the north and west edges of the city.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest and is built for commercial demolition and the bigger campus-area projects, where the debris is light but there is a great deal of it.
Stuck between two? Describe the job to your account manager and they will settle it with you.
On private property, like a driveway or a fenced site, you generally need no City permit in West Lafayette. The picture changes once any part of the container rests in the street, the alley or the strip beside them.
The City treats all of that as right-of-way work. A Right-of-Way permit from the Engineering Department is required before work starts there, and the application asks for a drawing of the location, a traffic plan, and a certificate of insurance naming the City. Engineering allows itself up to ten working days to approve or deny one, and an incomplete application restarts that clock.
If the job will close a lane, a sidewalk, an alley or a trail, the Board of Public Works and Safety has to approve the closure first, and a drawn traffic plan has to go with it. Hand-drawn plans are no longer accepted.
The city code also makes it an offense to leave dirt, gravel or concrete on a street, sidewalk or alley, and it bars a container from blocking foot or vehicle traffic. Call City Hall at 765-775-5100 with placement questions, and your account manager can help you work out whether your spot counts as right of way at all.
Most building and household debris loads with no trouble. The limits come from Indiana's rules and from what the receiving station will accept.
Indiana requires every load to reach a facility the state has permitted for that kind of waste, and it treats open dumping and open burning as illegal. So the question is never just what fits, but where the material is allowed to go.
Hazardous material stays out of the container. That covers solvents, fuel, waste oil, pesticides, pool chemicals and non-latex paint. Liquids and asbestos stay out too. Televisions, computers, anything with a lithium battery, and appliances holding refrigerant all need their own route, and so do tires.
The county district on North 9th Street in Lafayette runs the household hazardous waste drop-off and the electronics recycling events for this area, which is where most of those items belong. If an item on your list has you guessing, ask your account manager before it goes in the container.
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.
Tippecanoe County has no landfill, so nothing from a West Lafayette job stays in the county for long. Debris goes first to a transfer station, where it is tipped, loaded into trailers and hauled on to a permitted landfill outside the county. Four transfer stations serve the area, three of them privately run and clustered on the east side of Lafayette.
The public one is the Tippecanoe County Recycling & Solid Waste District site at 2770 North 9th Street, Lafayette, IN 47904. The number there is 765-423-2858. It is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., with Sundays closed. The district also funds the county's recycling drop-offs, its household hazardous waste drop-off and two electronics recycling events each year.
Because the material travels on from there, the weight of your load and how well it is sorted drive what disposal costs. Your account manager will confirm where your debris is headed and what that means for the quote before the truck is scheduled.
2770 North 9th Street, Lafayette, IN 47904
County transfer station and recycling site. Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Tuesday and Thursday 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Saturday 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Most dumpster rentals in West Lafayette can be arranged within one to two business days, with the truck arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. More notice helps around campus, where move-out weeks and football Saturdays make streets hard to work on. Booking early can also save you money.
Here is how to make the drop go smoothly:
Keep the transfer station schedule in mind too. It closes at 1 p.m. on Saturday and stays shut on Sunday, so a container topped off over the weekend is usually hauled on Monday.
Client ReviewsPrime Dumpster provides dumpster rentals throughout West Lafayette and the nearby Tippecanoe County communities, from New Chauncey and the Village near campus out to Hills and Dales, Lindberg Village, Klondike and the newer subdivisions along Salisbury Street and Yeager Road. Wherever the work is, we coordinate delivery, pickup and disposal around your schedule.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will match the container to the work, sort out the street question if there is one, 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.
Dumpster rentals in West Lafayette run from $399 to $499 for a 10-yard container up to $699 to $899 for a 40-yard, based on a five-day rental. Weight moves the number more than anything else, since the county has no landfill and material is weighed and hauled on. Your account manager confirms tonnage and overage rates at booking.
Renting wins on most jobs. Self-hauling means repeat trips to the transfer station, a charge each time, fuel, and the hours it eats. A single container takes the whole job in one pickup, and you only handle the debris once instead of loading it twice.
Yes. A standard three-seat couch uses about a fifth of a 10-yard container, leaving space for a mattress, a dresser and a stack of boxes. With bulky furniture you run out of room long before you reach the weight allowance, so plan around volume.
Keep out hazardous waste, liquids, solvents, fuel, waste oil, pesticides, non-latex paint and asbestos. Televisions, computers, lithium batteries, tires and appliances holding refrigerant all need a separate route rather than the container. Mention any of those to your account manager when you book and we will point you to the right drop-off.
The 10-yard container has the lowest starting price at $399 to $499. The load still decides your bill. Plaster, tile, brick and shingles reach the weight allowance quickly in a small container and can add overage charges. Putting dense material in a load of its own is usually the cheaper way to run it.
Three days normally costs the same as the standard five-day rental, because containers are priced by the job rather than by the day. Weight drives the bill far more than the calendar. Ask your account manager what tonnage is included and what each extra ton costs before delivery day.
Most home and construction debris is fine in West Lafayette. Lumber, drywall, roofing, flooring, siding, cabinets, furniture, carpet and general cleanout junk all work. Clean concrete and brick are accepted too and usually cost less in a load of their own. If one item has you unsure, your account manager can check it first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | West Lafayette, Indiana 47906 |
| Phone: | 317-907-1077 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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