Which one do you actually need?
Four services, and the right one depends less on what you are throwing away than on how the job arrives — all at once, over a week, or as one item too big for the car. This page starts from the situation and works back to the service.
The one question that decides it
Are you loading it, or are we? That single question separates a container rental from junk removal, and almost everything else follows from the answer. A container is space you fill on your own schedule. Junk removal is labour — we lift, carry and haul, and you point.
The second question is only about volume. Does the whole job exist yet? If it is already in a pile, a crew can price it from a photo and clear it in one visit. If it will appear over the next five days as you work, you want the container sitting there.
Find the job that looks like yours.
Each of these resolves to a different service, and the reason is in the description rather than in a table.
The basement, the attic, or the garage
The classic version of this job: years of accumulation, most of it not heavy, all of it bulky. Volume is the constraint rather than weight, which is what makes a container the efficient choice — you load at your own pace across the rental instead of clearing your calendar for a crew.
Usually fits: A 10 or 15-yard container, or junk removal if you would rather not touch it.
One thing that will not fit in a car
A mattress. A treadmill. A sofa that came in before the doorway was replaced. This is an easy job to over-solve, because a container is a poor fit for a single item — you would be renting space you do not need and still doing the lifting yourself.
Usually fits: Single-item junk removal, priced per item.
Mid-renovation, with debris arriving daily
Here the container earns its keep, because debris appears over days rather than all at once and you want somewhere to put it the moment it exists. Renovation debris is also denser than household clutter, so the weight allowance starts to matter as much as the volume.
Usually fits: A 15 or 20-yard container, on a 7-day or open-ended rental.
A yard project
Brush, branches, sod, old fencing. Yard debris is diverted and processed separately from mixed household junk, which is a different disposal stream with different economics — so it is worth telling us the load is yard material rather than describing it as junk.
Usually fits: A container for volume, or a crew for a one-visit clear.
A whole house, on a deadline
Estate settlements, a move-out with a closing date, a property that has to be empty by a certain day. The constraint is the calendar rather than the cubic yard, and that changes the answer — a crew clears in one visit where a container needs you to load it.
Usually fits: Junk removal by truck volume, or the two combined on a large property.
What a homeowner job costs
Containers are flat-rate. The 10-yard starts at $495 for 3 days and includes 1 ton included; the 20-yard is $705 with 2 tons included. Delivery and pickup are included inside 20 miles of Tyngsborough.
Junk removal is priced by how much of the truck you fill, from $165 – $325 for a small pile up to $1,140 – $1,300 for a whole-home clear. The dumpster bag is $65 for the bag itself and $285 for the pickup.
The number that catches homeowners out is not the rental — it is weight. Every container includes a tonnage allowance, and anything over it bills at $0.13/lb. Household clutter almost never reaches the ceiling. Plaster, tile, soil and roofing shingles reach it easily, so a small load of the wrong material can cost more than a big load of the right one. Full pricing.
Two things worth saying before you book
Where it goes. A driveway is the surface most likely to be marked by a container. Wood goes under the wheels on every delivery as standard, and if you would rather the driveway took nothing at all, that is a normal request we plan around. How we protect the surface.
What is in the load. Several ordinary household items are banned from disposal by the state and carry separate handling, which is a rule rather than a markup. Telling us about the mattress or the fridge before the container arrives is cheaper than us finding it afterwards. What Massachusetts and New Hampshire ban.
And if you are not the owner. Agents clearing a property before listing and managers turning over a unit are doing a job with a different constraint — a date rather than a budget. For realtors · for property managers.
Homeowner questions
I have one heavy thing. Do I need a whole dumpster?
No, and a container is usually the wrong tool for it. A single item is priced as an item — a mattress, a washer, a dresser, a hot tub — and we carry it out rather than leaving you a box to fill. The single-item list is on our junk removal page.
What is the difference between the bag and the smallest dumpster?
Capacity and how long you have. The bag holds about 3 cubic yards and sits on the ground with no truck approach needed, which suits a slow weekend project. The 10-yard holds roughly three times that and includes 1 ton included. If you are unsure, the comparison page works through both against the same job.
Will the container fit in my driveway?
Every size we run is the same footprint — 14 feet long and 8 feet wide — so what changes between sizes is the height of the walls, not the space it takes up. That footprint fits a standard single driveway with room to open the door at the back.
Do I have to be home for the drop-off?
No. You can tell us where the container goes when you book and leave it at that. If placement matters — and on a driveway it usually does — say so when you book and we will plan the drop rather than improvise on arrival.
What if I do not fill it?
You pay the flat rate either way, so sizing down is worth a conversation if you think you have over-ordered. What you should not do is size down to save money and then go over the weight allowance, because overage is billed by the pound and undoes the saving quickly.
Is there anything you cannot take from a house?
Hazardous waste, medical waste and asbestos, none of which belong in a container regardless of who hauls it. Several ordinary household items also carry a separate handling fee under state disposal rules — mattresses, TVs, fridges and AC units, tires, and propane tanks.
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