Pricing guide
What does a dumpster cost in Cincinnati?
Short answer: it depends on size, weight, rental length, and where the container goes. This page explains each one, then shows exactly what Midwest Containers charges.
What drives the price
Container size
A larger container holds more, costs more, and includes more tonnage. Size is the first number that moves the price.
What you are throwing away
Household clutter and shingles behave differently on a scale. Heavy debris such as concrete, dirt, or plaster uses up the weight allowance fast.
The weight allowance
Every rental includes a tonnage allowance. What sits above it becomes an overage charge, so the allowance is often more important than the container size.
How long you keep it
A rental period is built into the price. Keeping the container longer usually adds a per-day charge.
Where it goes
Transport distance and local rules change the rate. Prices here are location based; confirm the price for your address.
Permits
A container on a street or sidewalk often needs a permit. Midwest Containers obtains it for you, so allow 3 to 5 business days. A container on your own driveway usually needs none.
Midwest Containers pricing
Published prices
Every rental includes 14 days, delivery, and pickup.
| Container | Price | Included weight |
|---|---|---|
| 20-yard | $479 | 4 tons |
| 30-yard | $582 | 5 tons |
| 40-yard | $660 | 6 tons |
14 days, delivery, pickup, and disposal up to the included weight.
Pickup is not automatic. Call to schedule it.
- Extra days
- $5 per day after day 14, until pickup is scheduled.
- Extra weight
- $75 per ton over the included allowance, prorated.
- Extra-charge items
- Tires, mattresses, box springs, and anything that has or had Freon are not covered by the rental price. Do not load them without calling first. Call for current charge.
- Freon appliances
- Refrigerators, freezers, and other Freon appliances need a Freon removal certificate from a certified Section 608 technician.
- Long-hold projects
- Available with a monthly inactive fee. Call for details.
- Clean, heavy materials
- Concrete, brick, block, or dirt can go out on a flat-rate haul in a 20-yard container filled only to the fill line, about half full. Call first.
Customers with a contracted rate: your contract pricing applies.
Prices are location based: the rate depends on where the container is going. Commercial jobs inside Cincinnati city limits can carry extra costs because of city rules. Call to confirm the price for your address.
Comparing companies? See Cincinnati dumpster rental prices compared, with the same figures for other local companies side by side.
Call 513-265-8411 to bookHow the overage math works
The extra-weight rate is prorated by the ton, so you are not charged for a whole ton you did not use.
Worked example
A 20-yard container includes 4 tons. The load weighs 4.5 tons, so it is half a ton over. At $75 per ton, half a ton is $37.50.
0.5 ton × $75 per ton = $37.50
Midwest Containers
What “no hidden fees” means
- The price includes delivery, pickup, 14 days, and the listed weight allowance.
- Nothing gets added later for things you assumed were included.
- Overage prices are posted: $5 per extra day after day 14, and $75 per ton over the allowance, prorated.
- The only other charges are for extra-charge items: mattresses, box springs, appliances containing Freon, and tires. Call for the current charge.
Size decides the price: the size guide shows what fits in a 20, 30, and 40 yard container, with dimensions, pickup-load estimates, and how heavy common debris is. Call 513-265-8411 to confirm the price for your address. See also how to choose a company.