A concrete dumpster is not the same as a general construction bin. Heavy material like poured concrete, brick, and asphalt weighs roughly 3,000 to 4,000 pounds per cubic yard, so a full 20-yard bin of solid concrete…

A concrete dumpster is not the same as a general construction bin. Heavy material like poured concrete, brick, and asphalt weighs roughly 3,000 to 4,000 pounds per cubic yard, so a full 20-yard bin of solid concrete would far exceed what a truck can legally haul on a residential Rochester street. For that reason a clean-fill dumpster has a marked fill line, and the material stays sorted, no wood, drywall, or trash mixed in, so it can be crushed and recycled rather than dumped. Mixing trash into a concrete bin turns recyclable fill into landfill waste and changes the load, which is why the two jobs use different dumpsters.
Sizing follows the slab, not the whole project. A 10-yard concrete dumpster at $595 fits a torn-out driveway apron or a small patio pad, think a two-car section of broken concrete off a Swillburg or North Winton Village driveway. The 15-yard at $650 and 20-yard at $695 handle a full single-driveway tear-out or a stretch of sidewalk flags on Park Avenue or Corn Hill. The 30-yard at $795 and 40-yard at $895 suit contractors stripping a foundation, a commercial pad, or a large asphalt lot. If the debris is a single-room slab, choose the 10-yard; if it's a full foundation or a roof-and-slab job, step up to the 30-yard, the trade-off is driveway footprint versus how many trips you avoid.
Driveway space matters more here than with a light bin. A 10-yard concrete dumpster runs about 12 feet long and drops flush on a standard Beechwood or Maplewood driveway; the 30- and 40-yard bins need a longer, flatter run, so a Corn Hill row house with a tight side lot often fits the smaller box better. If the dumpster sits on a public street rather than private property, the City of Rochester may require a right-of-way permit, worth checking before delivery on narrow streets near Highland Park or the South Wedge. Deliveries reach every neighborhood in the city and across Monroe County, from Charlotte near Ontario Beach to Browncroft on the east side.
One flat price covers drop-off, pickup, and disposal, the $595 minimum stands, and clean concrete fill carries no separate tonnage bill because sorted material is recycled, not weighed at the landfill. Confirm your material type on the call so the right low-wall bin shows up; a load that's actually mixed debris needs a different dumpster and a different price.
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