15 yard Dumpster

When doing basic contracting jobs such as landscaping, simple bathroom renovation and kitchen redesign there are sure to be plenty of sources of waste and excess materials that you’ll have to trash. When on a job site it’s easy to get wrapped up in the work itself: proper disposal of waste is every bit as much of the job as the remodeling itself though and there are dumpsters available in varying sizes to alleviate your  trash disposal woes! Depending on the size of your project you may need a larger dumpster but for most small few day jobs, a 15 yard dumpster is ideal.

Medium Scale Contractor Projects

Simple projects that will yield about as much waste as a 15 yard dumpster can handle include renovations of small bathrooms, kitchen upgrades, carpet removal in a couple rooms out of the house and removing roughly 2,000 square feet of single layered shingles from a room. When embarking on projects in scale similar to these, consider your trash disposal options ahead of time. Medium scale contractor projects can cost boatloads in gas between travel to and from the site as well as taking trash to a dump or processing center. By renting or purchasing a 15 yard dumpster, you’ll effectively cut your trips to and from by half! Considering a typical truck or van can only fit 2-3 cubic yards of waste, you’d need to “take out the trash” five times as many times via a gas-eating vehicle versus making a quick call at the end of the job to have your dumpster cleared of debris. Once the logistics are worked out it’s obvious why having a dumpster at a job site makes much more sense than trying to cart your trash offsite each day.

Clean-Up for a Mid-Sized Job

There are messes that will require proper disposal throughout the course of a project. Drywall, insulation and wood boards are all fine for disposal in a normal 15 yard dumpster as long as none of the materials contain asbestos. Asbestos, aerosol cans and other hazardous materials cannot be discarded into a dumpster. Even a personally owned dumpster with such items can be refused when the pickup company comes – if you want your trash to make it to the garbage dump, be sure to only dump approved materials while working and only request pick up if you know that these environmentally damaging materials are not present in your dumpster.

Kinds of 15 Yard Dumpsters

A dumpster is not just a dumpster – sometimes is a preventative method to keep hazardous materials from entering water supplies and recycled materials. Aside from standard 15 yard dumpsters there are dumpsters custom tailored and color-coded for your needs. There are red dumpsters that can be approved for medical waste, green dumpsters for recycling and much more. By using different color dumpsters with different ratings for materials that will be contained you can ensure that all of your waste will be carted off when need be and disposed of!