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Cost guide
Commercial dumpster cost is a local number. The same container, on the same weekly schedule, is not one national price and not a typical price. The table below collects published rates for named cities and years. Those rows show the spread. They do not say what a given site will pay.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Actual pricing depends on location, hauler, container or unit type, service frequency, weight, fees, and timing. Only a written Detritus quote is binding. Prices in the public sources below may have changed since they were published. See the terms of use.
Last reviewed October 26, 2026.
Location moves the bill first. After that, five things still change it. Container size. How many times a week it is emptied. Whether the service is a recurring container or a roll-off charged per haul. How much weight is included, and the per-ton charge after that. And the local market: disposal, labor, franchise or permit rules, and the fees that city adds.
A quote that states only a container size is not comparable to one that states size, frequency, included tons, and the fee lines. The terms for haul, tons included, and additional tonnage are in the glossary. Roll-off sizing by material weight is in the dumpster size guide. The dumpster rental page is the service, not a rate sheet.
The figures in this table are copied from public city rate sheets. Each column is one place and one year. Highland Park, Illinois, posts Lakeshore Recycling Systems franchise rates effective April 1, 2026. Vancouver, Washington, labels the same container prices as 2026 rates in Vancouver Municipal Code 6.12.210, and the city summary says those monthly rates are effective January 1. Oakland, California, posts Waste Management of Alameda County rates for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, published June 1, 2026. The rows show the spread between those sheets. They do not say what a given site will pay.
| Container, once a week | Highland Park, IL, 2026 | Vancouver, WA, 2026 | Oakland, CA, 2026–27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-yard, loose | $59.00 a month | $263.57 a month | $519.01 a month |
| 2-yard, compacted | $127.19 a month | $591.60 a month | $1,037.96 a month |
| 8-yard, loose | $170.30 a month | $790.70 a month | Not listed. A 7-yard bin is $1,558.59 |
Monthly rates for one collection a week. Oakland’s commercial sheet lists bins through 7 yards, not 8. Vancouver’s city summary describes the non-compacted container rate as including disposal within weight limits. Sources and dates are listed at the end of this page. These columns are local data points. They are not a national average, and they are not what a given site will pay.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Read the spread as published franchise rates for the named cities. Highland Park’s April 1, 2026 sheet lists a 2-yard container once a week at $59.00, and Oakland’s July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 sheet lists it at $519.01. Highland Park’s sheet lists an 8-yard container once a week at $170.30, and Vancouver’s 2026 rates list that service at $790.70. Compaction is its own rate on every sheet: Highland Park’s compacted 2-yard rate is $127.19 against $59.00 loose, Vancouver’s is $591.60 against $263.57, and Oakland’s is $1,037.96 against $519.01.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Five local facts sit under a container rate. What the landfill or transfer station charges per ton. How far the truck drives to get there. Whether that city has franchised one hauler or left the market open. What labor and fuel cost on that route. And which taxes and fees the city adds. Size and frequency still change the bill. They do not erase the place.
The Environmental Research & Education Foundation posted a summary of its 2023 analysis of MSW landfill tipping fees on May 31, 2024. The study uses tipping-fee data from 342 facilities. EREF reports these regional average tip fees for 2023. The summary does not say whether each regional figure is the unweighted average or the ton-weighted average.
| EREF region, 2023 | Average tip fee |
|---|---|
| Northeast | $84.44 per ton |
| Pacific | $62.28 per ton |
| Midwest | $57.24 per ton |
| Mountains/Plains | $49.86 per ton |
| South Central | $45.25 per ton |
| Southeast | $43.18 per ton |
EREF, “Analyzing Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Tipping Fees,” May 31, 2024, summarizing Analysis of MSW Landfill Tipping Fees – 2023. The same page reports an unweighted national average of $56.80 per ton for 2023, down from $58.47 in 2022, and a ton-weighted average of $57.63. A national average is not a gate rate. These regional averages are not a container price, and they are not what a given site will pay. EREF’s 2025 analysis page says that later report also looks at regional differences. It does not print the regional dollars, so this page does not invent 2025 regional figures. The same regional dollars, the state fee rows, and how a tip fee reaches a hauling invoice are on landfill tipping fees.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Hauling distance is the next dollar. A transfer station or landfill that is farther from the container costs driver time and fuel, even when the tip fee is lower. None of the three city sheets prices that drive as a national mileage rate. Vancouver’s 2026 summary separates a drop-box trucking fee from disposal. Oakland’s sheet adds disposal per ton after the pull. Ask which facility the load uses, and how far it is from the address.
Competition and the franchise rules are local too. The sheets above are legal franchise rates for haulers the cities have contracted, not a survey of private quotes. Vancouver’s summary says the non-compacted container rate includes disposal within weight limits. Oakland adds $52.72 a ton on a roll-off after the pull. Highland Park’s Lakeshore Recycling Systems agreement adjusts customer rates each May 1, beginning in 2023, by the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin CPI-U, not less than 2 percent and not more than 5 percent. The city’s posted commercial rates used above are effective April 1, 2026. The agreement and the rate page do not use the same month. Cite the rate page for the dollars. A city with one contracted hauler is a different market from a city where several haulers can bid the same address.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Labor and fuel are priced where the truck runs. National price indexes describe the direction of collection prices. They are not a wage, a diesel price, or a price for a 2-yard container in a named city. The Producer Price Index for solid waste collection, series PCU562111562111, not seasonally adjusted, December 2003 = 100, was 204.783 in September 2025 and 214.200 in September 2026. The September 2026 index is preliminary. It is 4.6 percent above September 2025. The Consumer Price Index for garbage and trash collection, series CUUR0000SEHG02, not seasonally adjusted, December 1983 = 100, was 652.831 in September 2025 and 686.972 in September 2026, which is 5.2 percent higher. BLS says PPI values can be revised for up to four months after publication. Figures were read from the BLS series pages on October 26, 2026. None of the three city sheets states a fuel-surcharge percent in the sections cited here.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Local taxes and fees are the last layer. A franchise fee, a host fee, or a utility tax can sit inside the monthly rate, or it can show up as its own line. The fee table later on this page is what Highland Park, Vancouver, and Oakland chose to publish. Those lines are not the same list, and they are not a national fee schedule.
On Vancouver’s 2026 table, a 2-yard container is $263.57 once a week, $527.13 twice a week, and $790.70 three times a week. Three times $263.57 is $790.71, so that sheet steps in even multiples, within a cent. The 8-yard container once a week is also $790.70. The monthly charge matches a 2-yard container emptied three times a week. The service does not: one is 8 yards emptied once, the other is 2 yards emptied three times.
Highland Park’s April 1, 2026 sheet does not step that way. An 8-yard container is $170.30 once a week, $317.63 twice a week, and $770.41 five times a week. Twice $170.30 is $340.60, and five times $170.30 is $851.50. The published rates are lower than those multiples. Oakland’s 2-yard bin is $519.01 once a week and $1,037.98 twice a week, against twice $519.01, which is $1,038.02.
When you compare two quotes, write down the weekly count next to the monthly charge. A lower monthly number with fewer pickups is a different service. Extra pickups, where the sheet publishes them, are a separate line: Oakland’s July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 sheet lists non-service-day collection for a 2-yard bin at $394.74 per occurrence.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
The monthly rates above are recurring container service. A front-load truck lifts the container, empties it, and sets it back on a schedule. A roll-off is delivered for a project or a cleanout and charged when it is hauled. Waste broker vs hauler describes that operating difference. The container, the billing basis, and compactors are compared on front-load vs roll-off. Recurring front-load service is on commercial waste collection. This page prices the published local sheets. It is not a Detritus rate.
Highland Park, Illinois, prices roll-off by the haul, with a tonnage limit and a per-ton charge over that limit, effective April 1, 2026. That table is one city’s sheet. It is not a national haul price, and it is not what a given site will pay.
| Roll-off | Per haul | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 20-yard | $482.00 | 5-ton limit, then $54.89 per ton |
| 30-yard | $528.85 | 6-ton limit, then $54.89 per ton |
| 40-yard | $602.49 | 6-ton limit, then $54.89 per ton |
City of Highland Park commercial rate sheet, waste hauling and disposal, effective April 1, 2026. The sheet says roll-off loads are charged an additional $54.89 per ton over the stated limit.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Oakland’s July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 sheet uses the other model. The pull rate is collection only. Disposal is an additional $52.72 per ton on the actual weight of each pull, and organics processing is $38.64 per ton. There is no included-ton allowance in that note. A Highland Park haul with tons included, and an Oakland pull that bills every ton, are not the same price until you add the weight you expect to throw.
Vancouver publishes a drop-box trucking fee of $187.49 and a compactor trucking fee of $208.33 on its 2026 summary, effective January 1, separate from the monthly container rates. Daily demurrage is capped at $4.47 and monthly demurrage at $134.59. The summary points the rest of the drop-box schedule to VMC 6.12.211. The trucking fee is not labeled as an all-in disposal price.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
The container rate is the first line. The sheets below publish the lines that change the invoice after that, and each line is tied to a city and a year. A fuel, environmental, or contamination charge is common on private hauler bills. None of these three sheets states a fuel-surcharge percent or a contamination rate in the sections cited here, so this page does not invent one. Ask whether those lines are inside the rate or added on. The table shows what those sheets list. It is not a national fee schedule, and it is not what a given site will pay.
| Line | Published amount | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Extra trash or recycling debris | $27.44 per yard | Highland Park, effective April 1, 2026 |
| Extra construction debris | $43.91 per yard | Highland Park, effective April 1, 2026 |
| Tons over the roll-off limit | $54.89 per ton | Highland Park, effective April 1, 2026 |
| Lock, each collection | $3.37 | Vancouver code 6.12.210, 2026 rates |
| Return trip, blocked container | $21.02 | Vancouver code 6.12.210, 2026 rates |
| Rollout, more than 15 feet | $4.77 per collection | Vancouver code 6.12.210, 2026 rates |
| Rollout, more than 20 feet | $7.65 per collection | Vancouver code 6.12.210, 2026 rates |
| Overfill, each event | $22.51 in the code; $22.24 on the city summary | Vancouver, both labeled 2026 |
| Key service | $74.27 a month | Oakland, July 2026–June 2027 |
| Trip charge | $285.24 per event | Oakland, July 2026–June 2027 |
| Trash overage | $197.36 per cubic yard, or $2.14 per gallon | Oakland, July 2026–June 2027 |
| Bin push, by distance | $278.62 a month at 0–25 feet, $1,416.32 a month beyond 100 feet | Oakland, July 2026–June 2027 |
| Roll-off disposal | $52.72 per ton, added to the pull | Oakland, July 2026–June 2027 |
| Roll-off placement | $165.86 per delivery | Oakland, July 2026–June 2027 |
| Demurrage | $11.38 a day, or $79.76 a week | Oakland, July 2026–June 2027 |
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Vancouver’s municipal code and the city’s own 2026 summary disagree on the overfill charge, $22.51 against $22.24. Container rates on the two Vancouver pages match. Use the ordinance if you are reconciling a Vancouver bill, and treat the summary as the city’s short list. Vancouver also charges an accessibility fee of $4.77 per collection. The overweight rule is not a flat dollar: if weights stay above 130 pounds per loose yard, the contractor may, after the director agrees in writing, charge for weight above 200 pounds per loose yard at the current disposal rate per pound.
Distance and enclosure show up as those rollout and push lines. A container that has to be pulled out, or a bin that sits far from the truck, is a monthly or per-collection charge on these sheets, not a courtesy. A lock or a key is the same kind of line: $3.37 per collection in Vancouver’s code, $74.27 a month in Oakland.
Recycling is not assumed to be inside the trash rate. Highland Park publishes a separate recycling table. On the April 1, 2026 sheet, a 2-yard recycling container once a week is $33.47. The 2022 franchise agreement said weekly recycling in a 2-yard container would not be charged. The current sheet is the one to use. Vancouver’s summary allows up to three yards of recycling for $11 a month plus a processing surcharge, and it does not state the commercial surcharge amount. Oakland’s trash and compost rates are the Waste Management franchise. Recycling is a separate choice of provider, with a published maximum rather than a single city price.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
A buyer with sites in more than one of these cities cannot use one of these rates as the program price. On the sheets above, Highland Park’s April 1, 2026 rate for a 2-yard container once a week is $59.00 and Oakland’s July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 rate for that service is $519.01, before frequency, compaction, and fees. The comparison that holds up is the same size, the same weekly count, the same weight rule, and the same fee list at each address, then one place to see the invoices.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Pricing is quoted per location, under one agreement. Detritus can put those locations on one invoice. The Highland Park sheet is not the Oakland price, and neither sheet is the quote. Who owns the trucks, who is on the contract, and who you call when a pickup is missed are covered in waste broker vs hauler. Questions to ask before you award the work are on how to evaluate a partner. Consolidated invoicing, days included, and additional daily rate are defined in the glossary. The service itself is commercial waste collection.
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Send the address, the container size, and how often it has to be emptied. Pricing is quoted for that location. On more than one site, each location is quoted on its own, under one agreement. The city rates on this page show the spread between published local sheets. They are not what a given site will pay. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
There is no single national monthly price. Location changes the bill before size or frequency does. Highland Park, Illinois's rate sheet effective April 1, 2026 lists a 2-yard container collected once a week at $59.00 a month. Vancouver, Washington's 2026 rates list that service at $263.57 a month. Oakland, California's rates for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 list it at $519.01 a month. Those are local franchise rates. They show the spread. They are not what a given site will pay. Highland Park's sheet lists an 8-yard container once a week at $170.30 a month, and Vancouver's 2026 rates list that service at $790.70 a month. Oakland's sheet lists bins through 7 yards, at $1,558.59 a month for a 7-yard bin once a week. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
There is no single national 2-yard price. On the local rate sheets cited on this page, a 2-yard container collected once a week is $59.00 a month in Highland Park, Illinois (effective April 1, 2026), $263.57 a month in Vancouver, Washington (2026 rates), and $519.01 a month in Oakland, California (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027). Those points show the spread. They are not what a given site will pay. Pickup frequency, compaction, and the fee lines change the bill from there. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
It depends on the city, and the two services are priced differently. Front-load and other commercial container service on these city sheets is a monthly charge set by container size and how many times a week it is emptied. A roll-off is priced per haul. Highland Park, Illinois's sheet effective April 1, 2026 lists a 20-yard roll-off at $482.00 per haul with a 5-ton limit, a 30-yard at $528.85 per haul with a 6-ton limit, and a 40-yard at $602.49 per haul with a 6-ton limit, then $54.89 for each ton over the limit. Oakland, California's July 2026 through June 2027 sheet prices a roll-off as a pull plus $52.72 per ton of disposal on the actual weight. These are local examples. They are not what a given site will pay. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Fees are local, and the published sheets itemize charges beyond the container rate. Highland Park, Illinois, effective April 1, 2026, lists $27.44 a yard for extra trash or recycling debris and $43.91 a yard for extra construction debris. Vancouver, Washington's 2026 code lists a $3.37 lock charge per collection, a $21.02 return trip when a container is blocked, and rollout charges of $4.77 or $7.65 per collection depending on distance. Oakland, California, for July 2026 through June 2027, lists a $74.27 monthly key charge, a $285.24 trip charge, trash overage at $197.36 per cubic yard, and bin push charges that rise with distance. Ask for any fuel, environmental, or contamination line the sheet does not show. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Location changes the price. EREF's May 31, 2024 summary of its 2023 landfill tipping-fee analysis reports regional average tip fees from $43.18 per ton in the Southeast to $84.44 per ton in the Northeast. Hauling distance, local competition, franchise or permit rules, labor, fuel, and local taxes and fees move the bill again. The three city sheets on this page are franchise rates, and they do not include the same things. Vancouver, Washington's city summary says the non-compacted container rate includes disposal within weight limits. Oakland, California adds disposal per ton on a roll-off pull. Highland Park, Illinois's agreement adjusts the customer rates each year by the Chicago-area CPI-U, with a floor of 2 percent and a cap of 5 percent. A national average is not what a given site will pay. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
Price each address. Compare the same size, the same weekly frequency, the included weight, and the fee list at that location. A monthly front-load rate is not comparable to a roll-off haul rate. A rate that includes disposal is not comparable to a haul rate plus a per-ton charge until you add the tons you expect. On a multi-site account, pricing is quoted per location under one agreement. Ask who holds the contract, who you call when a pickup is missed, and whether the invoice is one bill or one bill per site. The city figures on this page show the spread between published local rates. They are not what a given site will pay. These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
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Actual pricing depends on location, hauler, container or unit type, service frequency, weight, fees, and timing. Only a written Detritus quote is binding. Prices in the public sources on this page may have changed since they were published. See the terms of use. This page does not use Detritus quote or invoice data. The local examples show the spread between published sources. They are not what a given site will pay, and they are not a national price.
These figures are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.
This page does not use Detritus quote or invoice data. The figures above are examples from the public sources listed, as of the date shown. They are not a Detritus quote, offer, or price guarantee.