A campus runs on the academic calendar. Renovation crowds into the summer, move-out fills every container in a week, and commencement brings more people than the buildings were built for. We source roll-offs, event restrooms, hand wash stations and fencing from local providers in the markets we serve, and schedule them around your calendar. Availability varies by market.
The academic year
A typical calendar, not yours. Your term dates, events and project schedule move the bars. What matters is that the peaks stack up, so the orders should be in before the season starts.
Illustrative. K-12 districts usually finish in late May or June, colleges hold commencement in May, and many campuses run summer sessions and camps.
By season
General guidance on what each part of the year tends to call for. Plan with your facilities, housing and events teams.
| Season | Typical need | Order ahead because |
|---|---|---|
| Move-out | Temporary roll-offs beside residence halls for furniture, boxes and trash | Every hall fills in the same few days |
| Summer | Renovation roll-offs with swaps, chutes, crew restrooms, fencing and storage | Projects across the region compete for the same containers |
| Move-in | Extra containers for cardboard and packaging | Boxes overwhelm the regular containers in a weekend |
| Fall and spring athletics | Event restrooms, hand wash stations and fencing at fields and lots | Home games repeat, so service can be set once |
| Commencement | Restroom trailers or portable units, hand wash and crowd fencing | Popular weekends fill and permits take time |
| All year | Front-load trash and recycling, compactors at dining halls | Pickups can drop in summer and rise with the term |
The services
Local providers do the work; we hold the contract, own the problems, and send one bill.
| Need | What to ask for | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Renovation and move-out | Roll-offs sized to the debris, with swaps | Dumpster rental |
| Furniture cleanouts | A crew to load and haul, when nobody on staff should lift it | Junk hauling |
| Events and games | Portable restrooms, accessible units and hand wash stations | Event rentals |
| Commencement | Restroom trailers for guest-facing areas | Restroom trailers |
| Crowd and site control | Temporary fence and barricades | Temporary fencing |
| Everyday waste | Front-load containers, and compactors at dining halls | Commercial dumpsters and compactors |
| A plumbing failure | A restroom trailer while the building is repaired | Emergency restrooms |
Sizing restrooms for a game or a ceremony? Start with the event restroom planning guide, which sizes on how many people are on site at the same time.
Send the projects, the move-out dates and the events. We source the containers, restrooms and fence and set the schedule with you.
Construction on campus
Campus projects often run beside occupied buildings. The contractor's site logistics plan sets where equipment goes. These are the rules that usually shape it.
29 CFR 1926.51(c)
On construction work, the minimum is one toilet for 20 employees or less, then one toilet seat and one urinal per 40 workers at 20 or more.1 A crew restroom keeps workers out of the school's buildings. See the OSHA portable toilet guide.
Site logistics
Fencing separates the work from students and visitors and gives the crew a staging area. See temporary fencing and the site logistics plan template.
Upper floors
An enclosed chute into the roll-off keeps debris off stairs and out of hallways. See trash chutes.
Diversion
Separate containers for metal, wood or concrete can raise construction diversion. See construction recycling.
Sustainability data
Colleges and universities can report to STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System run by AASHE.2 Its waste credit asks for weights, so the records behind every haul matter.
STARS 3.0, credit OP 12: Waste Generation and Recovery
AASHE asks for waste in metric tons, from the most recent annual data within the previous three years.2
For the containers and compactors we arrange, ask us for tons by stream, tons diverted and tons landfilled, from hauler and facility tickets. Your office decides what goes into the report.
A roll-off or compactor is weighed on its own. A front-load route may not be, so ask how each site is measured. See ESG waste reporting.
Rhode Island's law covers educational entities making 30 tons or more of organic waste a year, since January 1, 2023, when an authorized composting facility with capacity is within 15 miles.3 See recycling laws.
We do not certify, audit or assure reports, and we do not claim a report meets STARS or any other framework. Check a rate with the diversion rate calculator.
Buying
Public districts and state universities buy under their own rules. Our registrations and onboarding documents are published, and the order path is the same for one event or a year of projects.
Our accounts team completes supplier registrations and portal enrollments in your system. See vendor onboarding.
SAM.gov registration active, with our identifiers and how to buy on government contracting.
Send the purchase order. Your PO number can be held on each site record, so it follows the work.
Charges by site or project on one invoice, which can be split by entity, region or cost center.
Writing a bid? The waste services RFP template and multi-site procurement show how a program across many sites is scoped and priced.
How it works with Detritus
You get one point of contact. A local provider delivers, services and removes the equipment.
Projects, move-out and move-in dates, events and the buildings involved.
Roll-offs, restrooms, hand wash and fence from providers in your market, quoted together. Availability varies by market.
Containers and units set where your team wants them.
Swaps when you call, service during long events, and pickup when the season is over.
For a quote
The more of this we have on the first call, the faster the quote.
Common questions
Before the season starts. Summer projects across a region compete for the same containers, so send the project list and dates in the spring.
Yes. We source temporary roll-offs from local providers and schedule swaps and removal around the move-out dates. Availability varies by market.
Usually portable restrooms or restroom trailers, accessible units, hand wash stations and fencing. Size the restrooms on how many people are on site at the same time.
For the containers and compactors we arrange, ask us for tons by stream, tons diverted and tons landfilled from hauler and facility tickets. It is data you can use. We do not certify reports or claim they meet STARS.
Our SAM.gov registration is active, and our accounts team completes supplier registrations in your system. Send the purchase order on your paperwork.
Call sales at (888) 588-2607 or request a quote with the campus, the projects, the events and the dates.
Local providers do the work. We source them, schedule them around your terms and send one bill.
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