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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Worcester, Massachusetts, and the surrounding Worcester County communities in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. The housing here is old and dense, mostly triple-deckers and Victorians, so the common jobs are roof tear-offs, plaster and lath gut work, porch rebuilds, and apartment turnovers, alongside steady commercial construction downtown and around the medical campuses.
Four things set your price: the container size, the weight and type of your debris, how long you keep it, and how much sorting Massachusetts rules force before anything can be buried. Below you'll find price ranges, the city permit for a container in the street, and the long list of materials the state keeps out of disposal.
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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 sets the floor. One size up usually beats filling a smaller container early and paying for a second haul to finish a Worcester triple-decker gut.
Weight sets the rest. Slate, plaster, brick and old porch concrete are heavy enough to use a weight allowance before the container looks full, so dense material is better off in a small container of its own.
Massachusetts sorting rules show up in your bill too. The state keeps so much renovation material out of disposal that a mixed load has to be processed and separated rather than simply buried, and that handling is built into the disposal cost here.
Placement can add a step. A container in a Worcester street needs a street obstruction permit, and the city asks for three days to review the application. Driveway and jobsite drops avoid all of it.
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 by volume, then check the weight. Prime Dumpster carries five sizes, from 10 to 40 yards.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the heavy-material container. A bathroom gut, a chimney teardown, a load of old concrete steps, or one room of junk all fit, and dense debris belongs here rather than in something bigger.
The 15-Yard Dumpster is the middle option. Attic and basement cleanouts, carpet and tile removal, and a small roof section fit without the cost of a 20, which matters on a tight Worcester lot.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is the workhorse for a full apartment or house cleanout and for remodels running through several rooms. It fits most driveways here with a little planning for street width.
The 30-Yard Dumpster takes the bigger jobs: a full gut, an addition, a three-decker rehab, or a roof coming off with the sheathing.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is our largest container, built for commercial construction, demolition, and jobs that make a high volume of light, bulky debris.
Tell your account manager the project, the street and the driveway, and they'll pick the size that actually fits.
On private property the answer is simple. A driveway, a parking lot or your own job site takes a container without a city permit, and that's where nearly all of them go in Worcester.
A city street is a different matter, and Worcester has written the rules down in detail. The Department of Public Works permit manual carries a full appendix on a dumpster obstructing the street. Three details catch people out: the city gives itself 72 hours to review the application, it issues the permit to the owner of the container rather than to the customer, and it requires a bond and a certificate of insurance before the permit is valid.
The container itself has to be marked. The city wants the company name, an emergency phone number, the container size and reflective tape on all sides clearly displayed, and on arterial streets the obstructed area has to be lit by lights mounted on the container.
Winter adds its own rules. Containers may only sit on the side of the street where parking is allowed, the snow windrow has to be cleared before placement, and the container must come off the street before plowing starts whenever a storm of two inches or more is forecast.
The office is Engineering at the Department of Public Works and Parks, 20 East Worcester Street, reachable at 508-929-1300 on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and applications go through the city's online permit portal. Worcester also licenses the container companies that operate here and publishes that list, so tell your account manager early if the street is your only option and they'll confirm how the rule applies before anything is booked.
Massachusetts bans more from disposal than almost any other state, and most of the list turns up in a renovation. Knowing it before you load saves money.
The state's waste disposal ban list covers asphalt pavement, brick and concrete, clean gypsum wallboard, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass, metal and plastic containers, lead acid batteries, leaves and yard waste, recyclable paper and cardboard, white goods, and whole tires. Treated and untreated wood is banned from landfills too.
Mattresses and textiles were added in November 2022, and they are the ones people miss. A mattress or a bag of old clothes in a renovation load is a disposal ban violation, not just a nuisance, and facilities treat a mattress as a zero tolerance item.
None of this means your container has to come back empty. It means a mixed Worcester load gets sorted at a processing facility rather than buried whole, which is exactly why clean concrete, clean wallboard and scrap metal are cheaper when you keep them separate.
Hazardous material never goes in: paint, solvents, fuel, used oil, batteries, pressurized cylinders, propane tanks and asbestos all stay out. With plaster-era housing, assume asbestos is possible in old pipe wrap and floor tile, and stop and ask before any of it is loaded.
If you aren't sure about an item, check with your account manager first, because one banned item can hold up a whole load at the gate.
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.
Worcester does not run a landfill or a transfer station that will take project debris, so a roll-off load leaves the city for a permitted processing facility, where the banned materials are pulled out and recycled before anything is disposed of.
The city's own facility is the Residential Drop-Off Center at 1065 Millbury Street, Worcester, MA 01607. It's open to Worcester residents only, with proof of residency required, and it does not accept waste from commercial sources. Hours run Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday until 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with shorter winter hours.
That center is useful alongside a rental, not instead of one. It takes bulk items by appointment for small per-item charges, with mattresses and box springs at $15.00 each, free yard waste drop-off from spring through fall, household hazardous waste collection days, and free finished compost. What it will not take is construction debris, which is the part your container handles.
The Department of Public Works and Parks is at 20 East Worcester Street and can be reached at 508-929-1300. Your account manager will confirm which facility is receiving your load and what it charges before the container is delivered.
1065 Millbury Street, Worcester, MA 01607
City drop-off for Worcester residents only; no commercial loads and no construction debris.
Most Worcester rentals can be scheduled within one to two business days, with the truck arriving inside a 24 to 48 hour window. A street placement is the exception, since the city reviews those applications over three working days.
Five things keep delivery day on track:
Winter changes the plan in Worcester. A container in the street has to come off before plowing starts when two inches or more are forecast, so between December and March we usually push hard for a driveway or lot placement instead.
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Prime Dumpster serves every part of Worcester, from Main South, Vernon Hill and Union Hill to Burncoat, Greendale, Tatnuck, Indian Lake and the Canal District, along with the nearby Worcester County communities of Shrewsbury, Auburn, Millbury, Holden, Leicester, West Boylston and Grafton. Worcester licenses the container companies that work inside the city, so your account manager confirms that side before a street placement is scheduled.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We'll size the container, sort out where the debris has to go, 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.
A 10-yard container in Worcester runs $399 to $499 and a 40-yard runs $699 to $899, both on a five-day rental. Debris weight and the sorting the receiving facility has to do decide where you land between them. Your account manager confirms the included tonnage and the overage rate when you book.
Renting wins here for anything past a carload. The city drop-off takes residents only and refuses construction debris outright, so self-hauling a renovation means finding a private facility and paying on every trip. One container covers the job and leaves once.
Yes, with room left over. A three-seat couch uses roughly a fifth of a 10-yard container, which still leaves space for a dresser, a table and a stack of boxes. Furniture runs out of room long before it runs out of weight allowance.
Massachusetts bans mattresses, textiles, clean wallboard, metals, whole tires, batteries, yard waste and cardboard from disposal, so those get separated rather than buried. Paint, solvents, fuel, used oil, pressurized cylinders and asbestos never go in a container at all.
The 10-yard container has the lowest starting price, $399 to $499. The cheapest rental is not always the cheapest job. Fill a small container with plaster, slate or brick and the weight allowance goes early, which adds charges. Heavy material is usually cheaper in a load of its own.
A three-day rental generally costs what a five-day rental costs, because the price covers the job rather than the calendar. Weight moves your bill far more than days do. Ask your account manager what tonnage is included and what each extra ton costs before delivery.
Most home and jobsite debris: framing lumber, plaster, drywall, shingles, flooring, carpet, cabinets, doors, windows, furniture and general cleanout junk. Clean concrete, brick and metal are accepted as well, and in Massachusetts they are cheaper when kept in a separate load because they have to be recycled anyway.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Worcester, Massachusetts 01604 |
| Phone: | 774-317-4337 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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