Fayetteville and Cumberland County
Yard Waste Dumpster Rental in Fayetteville, NC
Branches, shrubs, sod and the stumps you finally pulled — in one container, gone this week, not hauled to Wilkes Road one trailer at a time.
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- Same-day in Fayetteville
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- Cumberland, Hoke & Harnett
Yard Waste Dumpster Rental across Cumberland County and the Sandhills
Yards here make debris in bursts. A storm comes through and limbs are down; a landscaping redo pulls out beds, shrubs, sod and mulch all at once; fall cleanup fills bag after bag. Weekly collection is not built for it: Fayetteville takes up to 10 containerized items of yard waste a week, and large limbs only up to 5 feet long and 6 inches across, in piles no bigger than 10 cubic yards — and never yard waste or limbs a contractor cut. A container on the driveway takes all of it, the week it happens.
Two things shape the job. Clean green waste is worth keeping clean: North Carolina bans yard trash from ordinary landfills and from construction and demolition landfills, so a green load goes to a compost or land-clearing site like the county's Wilkes Road facility, and lumber, plastic or bagged trash mixed in turns it into a load nobody wants. And yard waste is bulky and light until it is not: soil, sod, wet leaves and stumps are heavy. We size for the mix.
At a glance
What you get with yard waste dumpster rental
- Branches, brush, shrubs, leaves, grass clippings, sod, mulch, wood chips and stumps cut to size
- A 15 or 20 yard for most homes, a 10 for soil
- Same-day or next-day after a storm when you call before noon, depending on availability
- No bags, no trailer trips, no item limits
- Clean green waste kept separate for composting
- Landscapers, HOAs and property managers: scheduled pickups and separate containers for mixed jobs
Storm cleanup, tree work and landscape redos
Storm cleanup is the big one. A storm takes out limbs and fences across whole neighborhoods at once, and the town programs cannot keep up: Fayetteville charges $357 a load for limb piles of 10 cubic yards or more, scheduled; Hope Mills collects bulk yard waste but charges for piles over 5 by 5 by 3 feet (Sec. 78-10); and the county's container sites take only 4 cubic yards a week from homeowners. A 20 yard on the driveway takes the lot in one go.
Landscape and tree jobs are the planned version — beds, shrubs and hedges out, a tree trimmed or removed, mulch replaced, a property readied for sale or a rental turnover, a fence or deck replaced alongside. Landscapers, HOAs and property managers book scheduled pickups, and for mixed jobs we can set separate containers for the green waste and everything else.
Soil, stumps and the weight line
Branches, brush and hedge trimmings are light. Soil, sod, wet leaves, stumps and roots are not. A 20 of brush is nowhere near its weight allowance; a 20 heaped with dirt is well over it. Tell us the mix and we will size it — usually a 15 or 20 for the green waste and, if there is a lot of soil, a 10 loaded level alongside. Keep dirt and rock out of the green load: Wilkes Road prices yard waste with no soil in it, and clean dirt and rock go to the landfill's inert area instead.
Suitability
Is yard waste dumpster rental the right call?
The fastest way to get this right is to check the two lists below against what is actually in your pile.
Good fits for this service
- Storm limbs, branches and brush
- Hedge, shrub and garden-bed removal
- Leaves, grass clippings, sod, mulch and weeds
- Stumps and roots, cut to fit
- Soil (10 yard, loaded level, in its own load)
Send these somewhere else
- Painted, treated or pressure-treated wood, plywood and particle board
- Bagged household trash mixed in with the green waste
- Fertilizers, pesticides and chemicals
- Plastic planters, lumber, fence posts and rocks in a clean green load
Sizing
Which container for yard waste dumpster rental?
Every size below runs on this service. Match the material first, then the volume.
- 10 Yard Dumpster — Small yard cleanups, light landscaping, and soil loaded level.
- 15 Yard Dumpster — Tree trimming and moderate yard debris.
- 20 Yard Dumpster — Major yard overhauls, tree removals and storm cleanup.
- 30 Yard Dumpster — Commercial landscaping and large property maintenance.
| Size | Dimensions | Capacity | Weight included | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Yard Dumpster | about 12 ft long × 8 ft wide × 3.5 ft high | about 3 pickup truck loads | 2–3 tons | Bathroom and small kitchen remodels, garage and attic cleanouts, flooring and tile removal, small roofing jobs, yard debris, and small loads of concrete, brick, asphalt or dirt loaded level. |
| 15 Yard Dumpster | about 14 ft long × 8 ft wide × 4.5 ft high | about 4–5 pickup truck loads | 2–3 tons | Kitchen and bath remodels, garage and attic cleanouts, flooring, carpet and drywall replacement, deck removal, roofing tear-offs, and yard and storm debris. |
| 20 Yard Dumpster | about 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 4.5 ft high | about 6 pickup truck loads | 3–4 tons | Full kitchen and bath remodels, multi-room cleanouts and estate cleanups, roofing, flooring, drywall and siding replacement, deck and fence tear-downs, and light demolition. |
| 30 Yard Dumpster | about 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 6 ft high | about 9 pickup truck loads | 4–5 tons | Full home and office renovations, major and estate cleanouts, new home builds, commercial remodeling, large roofing jobs, demolition debris and multi-unit renovations. |
| 40 Yard Dumpster | about 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 8 ft high | about 12 pickup truck loads | 5–6 tons | Commercial and industrial construction, full-building renovations and demolitions, large office and retail cleanouts, apartment and condo renovations, large roofing replacements and storm cleanup. |
Yard waste — the local specifics
Every town runs its own yard program, and none of them is built for a whole yard at once. Cumberland County: the Wilkes Road Compost Facility & LCID at 771 Wilkes Rd takes yard waste, trees, branches, straw, leaves, hedge clippings, grass and clean, unpainted, untreated wood including pallets and stumps, at $22.50 a ton for yard and land-clearing debris with no soil and $11.25 a ton for clean pallets and logs, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the first and third Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. Stumps over 4 feet across, painted or treated wood, paneling, plywood and particle board go to the Ann Street Landfill instead. Fayetteville: weekly yard waste up to 10 containerized items, free large-limb pickup within the size limits, and no collection of contractor-cut yard waste or of vacant-lot land clearing. Hoke County's transfer station in Raeford takes yard waste at $19 a ton. A container is for the pile that is bigger, heavier or sooner than that. The what can and cannot go in guide explains what has to stay out of a green load and where it goes instead.
Talk to a real person
Need yard waste dumpster rental in Fayetteville?
Call (910) 672-8396, describe the job in a sentence, and you will have a flat price and a delivery window before you hang up.
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Answers
Yard Waste Dumpster Rental — your questions answered
Do I need to bag or bundle the brush?
No. Throw it in as it comes — no bagging, no bundling. The only things that matter are staying level with the top edge and keeping household trash out of it.
Can I put dirt in a yard waste dumpster?
Yes, in its own 10 yard loaded level. Soil is heavy, and a bigger box heaped with it is more than the truck can safely haul. Tell us it is part of the job when you book and we will plan the loads.
Can I put a whole tree in?
Cut to fit, yes — branches, trunks and stumps are fine. Keep everything level with the top edge. Big stumps and root balls are heavy, so tell us about them.
How fast after a storm can you deliver?
Call before noon the morning after and we can often have a container on the driveway the same day or next day. In a big storm week we tell you honestly where you are in the queue.
Do you compost or recycle green waste?
Clean green loads go to approved compost and land-clearing facilities such as the county's Wilkes Road site, where they are composted rather than landfilled. Treated lumber, plastic or household trash in the box spoils that.
Service area
Yard Waste Dumpster Rental across Cumberland County and the Sandhills
We run roll-off containers out of the Cool Spring Street yard to every town below. Fayetteville and the closest towns are often same-day; the edges of the area are more often next-day. Several counties license or permit the haulers that work there, and some towns keep containers out of the street — each page says so plainly. If your town is not listed, call anyway.