How to Dispose of Tires

Tires cannot go in a dumpster at all. For the rest of what you are clearing out, most people take a 10-yard, a median of $345 nationally, typically $295 to $399 depending on where you are.

What the rest of the load costs

Tires are not going in a container, but whatever else you are clearing out probably is. A 10-yard is the size most cleanouts land on.

Typically $295 to $399 depending where you are, including 2 tons and 7 days before the extras start.

Those are medians of prices companies publish themselves, from 1,395 of them. Your own town's figure is on the price index, and the calculator will add the weight and the days for you.

Where it costs most and least

A $202 difference for the same container.

How much tires weigh

A passenger tire is 20 to 25 lb, a truck tire 60 to 100.

Why it is refused

Tires are banned from landfill in most states and every roll-off hauler refuses them. Left in a container they come back with a fine attached.

Worth knowing. This is the most common thing to get a load rejected at the gate.

Where it goes instead

Tire shops take them for $3 to $8 each, and most county transfer stations run a tire day.

Getting it ready

Take them off the rims if you can. Loose tires and rims are handled differently and priced differently, and the steel in the rim has scrap value where the tire has a disposal cost. Whole tires are banned from landfill in most states, which is why they carry a per-tire fee everywhere rather than going in with general waste.

Before the container turns up, it is worth checking what else on your list gets refused. See what else fits in a 10 yard.

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