Ask a superintendent what went sideways last month and the container is never the first answer. What you hear is that the drywall crew stood around Tuesday morning, or that somebody called four haulers on a Friday afternoon and got three voicemails.
Jobsite waste stays invisible right up to the moment it becomes the constraint on everything else. What works is boring: the right container for the phase, and a swap scheduled before it fills.
Plaster, block, ceiling grid, old fixtures, and the mechanical and electrical that comes out with them. It arrives early and all at once, so strip-out is the phase most likely to need a swap mid-week.
Concrete, brick, masonry, and foundation breakout. Heavy, fast, and usually the phase that sets the container schedule for the rest of the job.
Framing offcuts, drywall, packaging, and whatever finishes came out ahead of them. Volume climbs through the middle of the job and tapers off through finish-out.
Sitework spoil and packaging at the front, offcuts and protection materials at the back, and a long quiet stretch between the two. Most general contractors stage containers in and out across that schedule instead of holding one the whole way.
Short, high volume, and usually running against a date somebody else set.
All three are 22 feet long. Only the wall height changes, which matters more than most people expect: the footprint you clear for a 20 yard is the footprint you clear for a 40, so you plan placement once and stop re-planning it every phase.
Twenty yard is the smallest container offered, and the full roll-off dumpster rental lineup sits behind these three. Longer jobs usually pair containers with portable restrooms and handwashing stations so crews are not leaving the site, and both run on the same account. Portable restroom rental
Five steps, and four of them are ours.
Project type, the debris you are producing, and where the container has to sit. That conversation is what sizes it correctly the first time.
Delivery needs a straight approach and clearance overhead, because the truck tilts its bed to set the container down. Low branches and power drops are the usual surprise, so walk the placement with the driver and it lands where you want it.
Non-hazardous construction and demolition debris, loaded level with the container walls so it can be tarped and hauled.
Call before it fills. We pick up the loaded container, set an empty one on the same spot, and the replacement is billed as its own rental.
End to end, with nothing for your team to arrange downstream.
Every roll-off company does steps 2, 3, and 5, and we are not going to pretend that part is a differentiator. Step 4 is where jobs are won or lost.
On lead time, five days' notice is ideal and shorter turnarounds are often accommodated depending on routing that week. Call 210-372-8666 for current availability.
Most commercial jobs change container size at least once. Heavy phases want a small container. Light phases want a big one. Say which phase you are in when you book.
Two trades producing at once usually calls for two containers instead of one bigger one. Tell us the phase and the debris type when you call and we will size it with you. Dumpster size for a renovation covers the same question for smaller scopes, and every size is listed on the dumpster sizes page.
Everything accepted is non-hazardous.
| Goes In | Stays Out |
| Concrete, brick, block, and masonry | Hazardous waste of any kind, including paint, solvents, oils, and chemicals |
| Lumber, framing offcuts, and packaging | Asbestos |
| Metal, rebar, and conduit | Liquid waste of any kind |
| Drywall, plaster, and lath | Tires |
| Fixtures, cabinetry, and millwork | Batteries and vehicle fluids |
| Large equipment removed during demolition | Propane tanks |
General construction and demolition debris | Medical waste |
Appliances, once refrigerants have been discharged | Flammable or explosive materials |
Contaminated soil and non-hazardous special waste are a separate process, with testing and documentation ahead of the haul. We handle both, under credentials that differ by material type, and neither belongs on a general construction container.
South Texas Dumpsters carries EPA ID TXR000083663 for waste transport, and work inside San Antonio and Bexar County runs under our Solid Waste Haulers Permit, City of San Antonio. On a commercial job the general contractor is the name on the paperwork when material leaves, so the hauler's registration is your exposure, not theirs. Permits and credentials and how to verify a waste hauler's credentials.
Most roll-off companies cannot legally accept contaminated soil or Class 1 and Class 2 non-hazardous special waste, so the moment your site turns something up you are sourcing a second vendor mid-job. We can take both, which means one account and one point of contact even when the scope changes underneath you.
We have been running these routes across South and Central Texas for over a decade, which is why the person taking your call already knows which downtown lots a roll-off truck cannot get into and which approach works instead. That is the difference between a placement conversation and a wasted delivery.
Dispatch is local and the phone is answered here, not at a call center in another state. When a container has to move today because the schedule moved, that is the entire difference.
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Containers run out of San Antonio across Bexar County and up the I-35 corridor into Travis County, plus the Hill Country communities in between.
San Antonio is home. From there we cover Austin, New Braunfels, San Marcos, Seguin, Boerne, and Kerrville, along with the wider South Texas communities listed on the service areas page.
If your project sits outside those, call. Coverage extends further than the page list suggests.
Construction and demolition debris: concrete, brick, block, lumber, metal, drywall, plaster, fixtures, cabinetry, and the large equipment that comes out during a strip-out. Appliances are fine once refrigerants have been discharged. Everything accepted is non-hazardous. Paint, solvents, oils, asbestos, tires, batteries, propane tanks, liquid waste, and anything flammable have to be handled separately, and putting them in a container will hold up the haul.
If the container sits on private property, which on most jobs means your own site or lot, you generally do not. If it has to sit on a public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way, the city almost always requires a permit, and requirements differ between San Antonio, Austin, and the smaller Hill Country municipalities. Check with the municipality before the delivery date. Our permits page covers what to ask for.
Containers cannot exceed 10 tons on Texas roads regardless of size, which is a DOT transport limit that applies to every hauler on the road. Weight above what your quoted rate covers is billed as overage. On demolition phases, the usual answer is to call before the container is full and swap it, which keeps every load inside the limit.
Sizing containers to the phase instead of the project, scheduling swaps so a full container never stops a trade, and putting portable sanitation on the same account for crews on longer jobs. It also means the hauling itself is properly registered, which matters when a general contractor is the one signing for what leaves the site. Waste management in construction is mostly a scheduling problem, and that is the part we take off your plate.
Four things: the container size, how long it stays on site, the type of debris going in, and where the job is. Debris type matters more than most people expect on a construction job, because weight-dense material like concrete and masonry reaches the transport limit at a fraction of the volume that framing waste does. That is also why matching the container to the phase usually costs less across a build than carrying one large container the whole way. Call 210-372-8666 and we will quote it against your actual scope.
The rental period is set when your job is quoted, and it is built around your schedule. Jobs run long, and extending or swapping is a phone call. Call 210-372-8666 before the container sits idle so the pickup can be routed with the rest of that day's runs.
Yes, and on any build longer than a couple of weeks you should plan on it. We pick up the full container, haul it for disposal, and set an empty one on the same spot. The replacement is billed as a separate rental. Schedule swaps against your phase changes and the container stops being something anyone has to think about.
Tell us the project, the phase, and the debris type, and we will put the right container on your site rather than the one that happens to be on the truck. Call 210-372-8666 or contact us for a quote built around your job.
