Dumpster Rental in Mt. Juliet, TN
Dumpster rental in Mt. Juliet means a roll-off, the open-top steel box a truck sets down on your lot and later hauls away full, and three things decide it here: what your debris weighs against the container's rating, the City's rules on what may sit in a street, and the Wilson County landfill's fee of $18 per cubic yard for construction and demolition waste, effective November 1, 2022. The haulers' published charts name sizes from 10 to 40 cubic yards but disagree on dimensions, pickup-load counts and weight limits. Below, those charts sit beside EPA's weights, the City code sections that touch a container, the County's fee by size and dated national ranges.
$294 to $480 for a typical homeowner's rental, national (Angi, updated Jul 9, 2026) · full pricing guide
Weekly prices in the national surveys climb with size. HomeGuide (dated April 5, 2023) prints $220 to $580 a week for 10 yards, $280 to $699 for 20, $311 to $718 for 30 and $350 to $780 for 40; Angi (updated Jul 9, 2026) prints $225 to $575, $275 to $700, $300 to $725 and $350 to $800 for the same sizes. Forbes Home (modified June 20, 2024) names what moves the number: size, material, rental period and location, with most charges set by local disposal prices. No survey we cite prints a dumpster price for Mt. Juliet, Wilson County or Nashville; the one Tennessee row is HomeGuide's Knoxville figure, $350 to $430 for 20 yards. Every other figure here is national, and our national cost table sets them beside junk hauling prices.
A container's size is its volume in cubic yards, and the haulers' published charts disagree on most of the rest. One national hauler lists its 10-yard at 12 feet 8 inches long and 4 feet 4 inches high, holding 4 standard pickup truck loads, and its 40-yard at 23 feet 1 inch long, holding 16. For a 20-yard, three charts print 8 pickup loads and a fourth prints six. Ratings spread wider: one hauler's page for the Nashville area rates its 20, 30 and 40-yard containers at 10 tons each, while Angi's roll-off page (updated Jul 9, 2026) lists 1 ton for a 10-yard. Past the rating, national surveys report $40 to $100 per extra ton (HomeGuide, Forbes Home) and $40 to $200 (Angi's dumpster cost page, HomeAdvisor).
What may go in is set twice, by the hauler's list and by Tennessee law. The haulers' lists bar batteries and electronics such as televisions and computers; one also bars liquid paint, takes tires and mattresses only where permitted and for an added fee, and says anything holding refrigerant must be drained under federal law first. Behind them, Tennessee Code section 68-211-866(a) bars municipal solid waste disposal facilities from accepting whole waste tires, lead-acid batteries or used oil they know or should know are there, and a TDEC landfill rule keeps bulk liquids other than domestic waste out. A refrigerator or window unit goes to a refrigerant recycler instead, as our appliance removal page explains, and the Mt. Juliet disposal guide gives the County and State routes for paint, batteries and tires.
The job starts with the spot. The container needs a level stretch of your own driveway or yard at least as long as the box, with clear air above: one chart's 20-yard is 22 feet 9 inches long. HomeGuide notes a trip fee when a parked car or power lines block delivery or pickup, and Angi's roll-off page lists trip fees of $200 to $350. Before the first load, we name the items we leave behind, such as paint and propane tanks, and the lawful drop-off for each. Fill only to the top edge; one hauler bars anything above it or hanging over the sides. The box leaves covered or tarped, and we sweep the driveway where it stood.
For a quote, tell us the project, the main materials and roughly how much of each, and how many days you need the box, and send a photo of the spot; name any concrete, brick, shingles or drywall. We quote before a container arrives or anything is lifted, the price is agreed before work starts, and the quote is free. On tax, the Tennessee Department of Revenue's Notice 19-07 says a dumpster the provider delivers and picks up as part of its waste removal service is not a taxable lease, effective July 1, 2019, while one rented apart from that service stays taxable. The quote, in writing, itemizes what the price includes and shows which lines, if any, carry Tennessee sales tax.
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When a roll-off makes more sense than a haul
A container earns its place when debris piles up over days and there is room to park it, or when the job outgrows what Wilson County lets one household bring in: the convenience centers refuse commercial loads, and the landfill stops checking in loads at 2:30 p.m. on weekdays.
- The work runs for days or weeks, such as a kitchen remodel or a roof, and you want to load debris as it comes off.
- Your remodel throws off more than one center visit allows: ten bags of household garbage plus one choice, such as 5 pieces of lumber or 20 shingles.
- There is a level spot on your driveway or lot as long as the container and clear of wires; one chart's 30-yard runs 23 feet 1 inch.
- The debris is light for its bulk, such as uncompacted mixed trash at EPA's 250 to 300 pounds per cubic yard.
- A new house is going up in a City subdivision, where Mt. Juliet's Subdivision Regulations require debris dumpsters for construction debris.
What a full container weighs, by EPA's conversion factors
The material, not the size, usually sets the limit, because a container of heavy debris can weigh several times a chart's rating. EPA's "Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors" (April 2016) lists bulk construction and demolition debris at 484 pounds per cubic yard, clean drywall at 467, broken concrete with rebar at 860 and uncompacted mixed residential, institutional and commercial trash at 250 to 300. Worked through for a 20-yard container, bulk debris comes to 9,680 pounds, or 4.84 tons; drywall to 9,340 pounds, or 4.67 tons; concrete with rebar to 17,200 pounds, or 8.6 tons; mixed trash to 5,000 to 6,000 pounds, or 2.5 to 3 tons. Against the 2 to 3 tons Angi's roll-off page gives that size, only the trash fits.
Against the Nashville-area hauler's 10-ton rating all four fit, and 40 cubic yards of bulk debris, 19,360 pounds or 9.68 tons, comes in just under. Concrete breaks the pattern: 30 cubic yards with rebar is 25,800 pounds, or 12.9 tons. So another hauler says concrete, rock and dirt usually fill a container only halfway, and Fixr (updated January 31, 2025) sends brick and concrete to a heavy debris dumpster with a 10-ton weight limit. These totals are our arithmetic from EPA's averages and NIST's 2,000 pounds per ton; a real load weighs what the scale says.
City of Mt. Juliet rules for a container on a lot or a street
No City of Mt. Juliet rule is written for a roll-off: searches of the City's Code of Ordinances and Land Development Code for "roll-off" and "portable storage" returned no hits, so we found no City permit, time limit or placement rule for a container on a residential lot. The zoning ban on any "portable building" not expressly allowed names recreational vehicles, tents, carts, kiosks and construction trailers, and does not say whether a storage container counts. Section 24-1 bars using any public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way to store goods or materials. Section 28-193 bars leaving a vehicle, trailer or other conveyance on a public street from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. without a temporary permit from the chief of police, and section 28-76 requires notice to the chief, with the date, time, likely duration and a project description, before anyone blocks traffic.
Section 16-22 bars refuse and recycling collection with trucks on residentially zoned property between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and requires dumpster-type containers to show the owner's name and telephone number in letters at least two inches tall. Off the 21 designated truck routes, section 28-245 lets a truck of FHWA Class 6 or greater use City streets only for a service call or delivery in the immediate area. In a subdivision under construction, section 4-102 of the Subdivision Regulations requires debris dumpsters "of adequate size". In unincorporated Wilson County we found no County permit or time rule for a container at a home; the County zoning text we found names dumpsters only for commercial sites, which must screen them, and home businesses, which may use one only for on-site construction, roof repair or a disaster, for no more than 90 days.
Wilson County landfill fees worked out for 10 to 40 yards
At the Wilson County landfill's rate for construction and demolition waste, $18 per cubic yard effective November 1, 2022, a container's nominal volume works out to $180 for 10 cubic yards, $270 for 15, $360 for 20, $540 for 30 and $720 for 40. That is our arithmetic, the County's per-yard fee times the size, not a rental price or what a hauler pays per ton; the County bills by its own measure at the scale house. Shingles go by weight at $100 per ton: 20 cubic yards of loose shingles at EPA's 731 pounds per cubic yard is 14,620 pounds, or 7.31 tons, which comes to $731 by our arithmetic.
For scale, HomeAdvisor (updated Jun 17, 2026) reports national landfill charges of $20 to $50 per ton. The County's terms bind every load: the landfill at 378 Dump Road in Lebanon is open Monday to Friday, 7 am to 3 pm, a load has to be checked in at the scale house half an hour before the 3 pm close, the County accepts only cash or a local check, and "Loads that are not tarped will be turned away." The fee list has no line for household garbage, mattresses, furniture, appliances, tires, concrete or stumps, so a mixed container is priced by quote. Every fee line and the center limits are on our Wilson County landfill and centers page.
Rent a container, hire a haul or drive it to the landfill
Three routes clear a project's debris in Mt. Juliet. Fixr (updated January 31, 2025) says the main difference between a dumpster and a junk removal service is the time and energy the homeowner puts in, and its table prints $200 to $550 for a dumpster rental against $150 to $600 for junk removal, both national.
Rent a roll-off container
A container suits debris that comes off over days and a household with hands to load it. Forbes Home (modified June 20, 2024) says renting lets you load on your own schedule, and Angi's junk removal guide (updated Sep 30, 2026) notes that the largest roll-off holds around 40 cubic yards, more than a standard junk truck. Your part is keeping heavy material within the rating and the barred items out.
Hire us to load and haul
A crew haul suits a pile that is ready now. HomeAdvisor (updated Jun 17, 2026) says a junk removal service can collect and dispose of everything in one go for one room or a smaller project. We quote first, load, tarp the load and sweep where it sat, and our construction debris removal page covers remodel loads.
Take it to the County yourself
Self-hauling suits a small load and a weekday morning you can spare. Wilson County's landfill in Lebanon takes construction and demolition waste at $18 per cubic yard, paid only in cash or by local check, tarped and checked in by 2:30 p.m. The convenience centers serve residents with a County vehicle tag, one visit a day, with no box trucks, enclosed trailers or commercial loads. Angi says a small carload is far cheaper to take to the dump yourself.
Dumpster Rental FAQs
Is it cheaper to rent or buy a dumpster?
Renting is the cheaper choice for most homeowners, says Angi's dumpster cost page (updated Jul 9, 2026), because it avoids a large upfront cost on a short project. Angi adds that buying can be more cost-efficient for a long-term project or a business that handles large volumes of trash, but it prints no purchase price, and HomeGuide, HomeAdvisor, Fixr and Forbes Home say nothing about buying. The nearest published figure is for a dump trailer: Angi's trailer page (updated Jul 10, 2026) puts a small used 6-by-10-foot model at as much as $5,000.
Is it legal to dumpster dive in Tennessee?
We have not found a Tennessee statute on dumpster diving, so we cannot give a statewide answer either way. The written rules we can cite are local. Wilson County's convenience center rules say "NO Scavenging", in the same list as "One Visit Per Day", so picking through the containers at a County center, Suggs Creek on Stewarts Ferry Pike included, is not allowed. Inside Mt. Juliet, City Code section 14-37 bars any unauthorized person from digging into or otherwise disturbing a refuse container belonging to another person.
What size dumpster do I need?
Choose by the heaviest material first and volume second, since drywall, shingles and concrete can reach a weight rating before they fill a box. For volume, HomeGuide (dated April 5, 2023) calls a 10-yard adequate for small renovations and medium-sized clean-outs, a 15-yard for a small bathroom or kitchen remodel, and a 20-yard for full house clean-outs and flooring removal; HomeAdvisor (updated Jun 17, 2026) puts 40-yard containers on major remodels and construction debris. Our quote names a size from your photos or list.
Do I need a permit to put a dumpster on the street?
Inside the City of Mt. Juliet we found no permit that allows a container in the street, and City Code section 24-1 forbids storing goods or materials in any public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way. Blocking traffic also takes prior notice to the chief of police under section 28-76, so plan on a driveway or another spot on your own lot. The $10 to $100 permit figures in HomeAdvisor and Angi are national ranges, not a City fee, and for unincorporated Wilson County we found no rule either way.
How long can I keep a rental dumpster?
A week is the usual rental period, with a daily charge after that. Fixr (updated January 31, 2025) calls weekly rentals the most common, HomeAdvisor (updated Jun 17, 2026) says many companies allow a few days to several months, and Angi's roll-off page puts the average between five and 14 days. Extra days run $5 to $10 each in HomeGuide, HomeAdvisor and Forbes Home, and $15 to $50 on Angi's roll-off page.
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