Best Dumpster Rental in Traverse City, MI
6 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Traverse City, ranked by Index Score (1 based in town, the rest within 25 straight-line miles), holding 262 Google reviews between them. Published 20-yard prices start at $642. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
6 dumpster rental companies in Traverse City, MI, ranked by Index Score
262 Google reviews across the 6, and 3 of them publish a rate you can read without calling.
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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95 | $64220 yd | 5.0★ (52) | |
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94 | $59515 yd | 5.0★ (87) | |
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91 | $97520 yd | 5.0★ (15) | |
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86 | — | 4.8★ (38) | |
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80 | — | 5.0★ (55) | |
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73 | — | 5.0★ (15) |
How the Index Score ranks this table, and why the distances are approximate
How to read the Traverse City list
One of the 6 is based in Traverse City itself and the other 5 run out to it from nearby towns. Mitten Disposal / Traverse City Dumpsters is both the best-rated and the most-reviewed of them, at 5.0 across 87 Google reviews. Three of the 6 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 Traverse City, MI?
Updated regularly. Based on 9 published prices from 3 of the 6 companies serving Traverse City.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 yard | $518 | $495 to $650 | ask | 5 days | 3 |
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 Traverse City?
6 sizes are listed by companies serving Traverse City:
- 6 yd1 company
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd4 companies
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd2 companies
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd3 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd3 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd1 company
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 |
$495 to $650
3 companies serving Traverse City charge that much for the same 10-yard container. The middle of that market is $518, so calling the cheapest rather than a mid-priced one saves $23 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
What are you throwing out?
- Dumpster for a basement cleanout 20 yd
- Dumpster for a roof tear-off 20 yd
- Dumpster for a whole-house cleanout 30 yd
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What the Traverse City dumpster market looks like
Mitten Disposal / Traverse City Dumpsters is the cheapest published 10-yard in Traverse City at $495. Construction Waste Services North, Inc asks $650 for the same container, a $155 difference worth one phone call. 1 of the 6 is based in Traverse City itself. The others run in from as far as 23 straight-line miles out, which is fine for a drop but tells you who is closest when a swap-out goes sideways. Mitten Disposal / Traverse City Dumpsters is the most reviewed company serving Traverse City, with 87 of the 262 reviews on this page and a 5.0 rating.
3 of the 6 publish a price you can read without calling. That is 50% of the Traverse City market, and the quiet ones are not automatically dearer. Only one company here lists a 40-yard, Bay Area Disposal: Dumpster Rental Traverse City. If that is the size you need, book it early or plan around 10-yard and 20-yard and 30-yard instead. The usual rental window quoted around Traverse City is 3 days. Mitten Disposal / Traverse City Dumpsters publishes a longer one, which matters if the job slips a week.
5 of the 6 run a website you can check before calling. The other one takes the job over the phone, which is common for the smaller yards and says nothing about the work: between them the 6 hold 262 reviews. The largest container serving Traverse City is the 40-yard, and only Bay Area Disposal: Dumpster Rental Traverse City lists one. Book that size ahead rather than the week you need it. The cheapest published anything in Traverse City is a 6-yard at $200, from Northern Disposal. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
What Traverse City houses are made of
The median home in Traverse City was built in 1960, across 8,583 housing units. That is postwar stock, which means plaster, lath and cast iron rather than drywall and PVC. It is heavy for its volume, so a Traverse City gut job hits the weight allowance well before it fills the container, and the smaller size is usually the right call.
What the weather adds to a Traverse City dumpster bill
Traverse City gets 34.3 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. 151 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 0.9 miles out.
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Common questions about dumpster rental in Traverse City, MI
- What is the price of a 20-yard dumpster in Traverse City?
- Companies serving Traverse City that publish a price list a median of $809 for a 20-yard, against $403 across Michigan. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- What is the cheapest dumpster rental in Traverse City?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Traverse City is $200. 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 Traverse City?
- Northern Disposal ranks first in Traverse City on our Index Score, at 95 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. Mitten Disposal / Traverse City Dumpsters holds the highest Google rating among companies serving Traverse City, at 5.0 across 87 reviews. 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 Traverse City?
- We list 6 independently owned companies serving Traverse City, 1 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- Which roll-off sizes do Traverse City companies carry?
- Companies serving Traverse City list 6, 10, 15, 20, 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.
- What are dumpster prices by size in Traverse City?
- In Traverse City: a 10-yard runs a median of $518 (3 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.
- What is the standard rental period in Traverse City?
- The most common listed rental period among Traverse City companies is 3 days, from the 3 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.
- Which dumpster companies are based in Traverse City?
- 1 of the 6 companies we list are based in Traverse City 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.