Best Dumpster Rental in Waukegan, IL
21 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Waukegan, ranked by Index Score (1 based in town, the rest within 25 straight-line miles), holding 3,210 Google reviews between them. Published 20-yard prices start at $409. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
21 dumpster rental companies in Waukegan, IL, ranked by Index Score
3,210 Google reviews across the 21, and 9 of them publish a rate you can read without calling.
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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99 | $48020 yd | 5.0★ (173) | |
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96 | $47520 yd | 5.0★ (66) | |
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92 | — | 5.0★ (333) | |
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92 | $40920 yd | 5.0★ (33) | |
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91 | — | 5.0★ (167) | |
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90 | — | 4.6★ (1,039) | |
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90 | — | 4.6★ (804) | |
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89 | $53520 yd | 5.0★ (29) | |
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89 | $49520 yd | 5.0★ (16) | |
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88 | $48520 yd | 5.0★ (26) | |
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88 | $60020 yd | 4.3★ (15) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (53) | |
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87 | $49920 yd | 4.2★ (29) | |
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86 | $42515 yd | 5.0★ (13) | |
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85 | — | 5.0★ (101) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (130) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (45) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (40) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (16) | |
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80 | — | 5.0★ (30) | |
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77 | — | 3.3★ (52) |
How the Index Score ranks this table, and why the distances are approximate
How to read the Waukegan list
One of the 21 is based in Waukegan itself and the other 20 run out to it from nearby towns. On rating alone it is ARS Dumpsters of Hawthorn Woods - Local Roll off Dumpster at 5.0; on weight of evidence it is GROOT RECYCLING & WASTE - NORTH, with 1,039 reviews. Nine of the 21 publish a rate on their own site; the rest quote by phone. That split is typical, and it is why the medians here are worth having.
How much does a dumpster cost in Waukegan, IL?
Updated regularly. Based on 27 published prices from 9 of the 21 companies serving Waukegan.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
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| 10 yard | $383 | $359 to $450 | ask | 7 days | 8 |
| 15 yard | $438 | $425 to $455 | ask | 7 days | 6 |
| 20 yard | $490 | $409 to $600 | 3 tons | 7 days | 8 |
| 30 yard | $625 | $589 to $640 | ask | 18.5 days | 4 |
How the weight and day columns are calculated
How these prices were collected, and what they leave out
What dumpster sizes can you rent in Waukegan?
12 sizes are listed by companies serving Waukegan:
- 6 yd2 companies
- 8 yd2 companies
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd14 companies
- 12 yd1 company
- 14 yd1 company
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd12 companies
- 18 yd1 company
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd13 companies
- 22 yd1 company
- 25 yd3 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd9 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd4 companies
Drawn to scale. How the footprints actually compare
| Size | Typical job |
|---|---|
| 10–15 yard | Household cleanout, single-room remodel, small yard job |
| 20 yard | Roofing tear-off, whole-home cleanout, small construction |
| 30–40 yard | New build and commercial work. Many residential streets can't take one |
$409 to $600
8 companies serving Waukegan charge that much for the same 20-yard container. The middle of that market is $495, so calling the cheapest rather than a mid-priced one saves $86 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
Renting for a job in Waukegan?
- Dumpster for a bathroom remodel 10 yd
- Dumpster for a concrete and dirt removal 10 yd
- Dumpster for an estate cleanout 30 yd
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Waukegan is in Lake County. See Dumpster Rental in Lake County, IL for the county median and every other town we cover there.
What the Waukegan dumpster market looks like
Top Notch Dumpsters, LLC is the cheapest published 10-yard in Waukegan at $359. TKG Dumpster Rental Services – Affordable Roll-Off Dumpsters asks $450 for the same container, a $91 difference worth one phone call. Companies with a Waukegan address: 1 of 21. The rest cover the town from up to 25 miles away as the crow flies, so ask about the second trip before you book the first. The Waukegan market has 3,210 reviews across it, and 16 companies are sitting at 4.9 or better. GROOT RECYCLING & WASTE - NORTH accounts for 1,039 of them.
9 of the 21 publish a price you can read without calling. That is 43% of the Waukegan market, and the quiet ones are not automatically dearer. A 20-yard runs $490 in the middle here against $425 across Illinois, so Waukegan prices 15% above the state. Tipping fees and haul distance are usually what is behind a gap like that. The sizes this town actually stocks are the 10-yard, the 15-yard, the 20-yard, and the 30-yard, with 14 of the 21 carrying the 10-yard. Anything outside that is a special order somebody has to drive in.
ARS Dumpsters of Hawthorn Woods - Local Roll off Dumpster holds the best rating serving Waukegan at 5.0 from 333 reviews. The bottom of this page sits at 3.3, so read the row before you dial. The usual rental window quoted around Waukegan is 7 days. Gleason rolloff and recycling publishes a longer one, which matters if the job slips a week. The typical allowance quoted here is 3 tons before overage, across the 6 rates that state one. Roofing and concrete blow through that faster than a house cleanout does.
The cheapest published anything in Waukegan is a 10-yard at $359, from Top Notch Dumpsters, LLC. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
What Waukegan houses are made of
The median home in Waukegan was built in 1967, across 32,842 housing units. That is seventies-and-eighties stock: drywall, engineered lumber and asphalt shingle. It fills a container by volume rather than weight, so the bigger size is usually the economical one unless you are tearing off a roof.
What the weather adds to a Waukegan dumpster bill
Waukegan gets 35.6 inches of rain in a normal year. None of that is your rubbish, but you pay to haul it, because the container is open to the sky and the load is weighed at the tip. 133 days a year drop below freezing, and a wet load that freezes is heavier and harder to tip. Tell the hauler if the container has frozen to the driveway before they send a truck. Ask for a tarp if it is going to stand through a wet week. NOAA 1991–2020 normals, from a station 1.8 miles out.
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Common questions about dumpster rental in Waukegan, IL
- What is the price of a 20-yard dumpster in Waukegan?
- Companies serving Waukegan that publish a price list a median of $490 for a 20-yard, against $425 across Illinois. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- What is the cheapest dumpster rental in Waukegan?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Waukegan is $359. The cheapest listed price is not always the cheapest job: a smaller container with less included weight can cost more once overage is added.
- Which is the best dumpster rental company in Waukegan?
- Unhitched Dumpster Rental ranks first in Waukegan on our Index Score, at 99 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. ARS Dumpsters of Hawthorn Woods - Local Roll off Dumpster holds the highest Google rating among companies serving Waukegan, at 5.0 across 333 reviews. GROOT RECYCLING & WASTE - NORTH has the most reviews, 1,039 at 4.6. Top Notch Dumpsters, LLC lists the lowest published starting price at $359. Review count on its own favors whoever has been trading longest, so it is only part of the score. And the cheapest listed price is not the cheapest job once weight allowance and rental period are counted.
- Who rents dumpsters in Waukegan?
- We list 21 independently owned companies serving Waukegan, 1 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- Which roll-off sizes do Waukegan companies carry?
- Companies serving Waukegan list 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 30, 40 yard containers. Pick by what is going in, not by the driveway: dense or small in a 10, roof and remodel debris in a 20, volume work in a 30 or 40.
- Is Waukegan cheaper than the rest of Illinois for a dumpster?
- The median published 20-yard price in Waukegan is $490, 15% above the $425 median across Illinois. A quote covers the round trip from the yard to your job to the landfill, so the closest company is not automatically the cheapest one.
- How much is a 10-yard dumpster in Waukegan?
- In Waukegan: a 10-yard runs a median of $383 (8 companies), a 15-yard runs a median of $438 (6 companies), a 30-yard runs a median of $625 (4 companies). Price scales far slower than volume, so stepping up one size usually costs less than you would guess and is cheaper than needing a second container.
- How many days do you get with a dumpster in Waukegan?
- The most common listed rental period among Waukegan companies is 7 days, from the 11 that publish one. Extra days are usually billed at a daily rate. Most companies will collect early at no extra charge, so book the shorter period and call when you finish.
- Are there dumpster companies based in Waukegan?
- 1 of the 21 companies we list are based in Waukegan itself; the rest are within 25 miles and typically serve it. What sets the price is the run from their yard to the landfill, not from their yard to your driveway, so an out-of-town company can still be the cheaper call.