Frequently Asked Questions

One flat number covers delivery, the agreed rental period, pickup, disposal and a stated tonnage allowance. We do not quote a bare container rate and add fees afterward — call (828) 624-4167 and we will price your specific job on that call.

Every rental includes a tonnage allowance based on container size. A load that comes in heavier — common with concrete, roofing tear-offs or wet debris after a storm — is charged per ton over that allowance, which is exactly why we ask what is going in the box before we quote a size.

The container itself is priced the same either way, but a street or right-of-way placement in Greater Hickory can add a permit cost through the city's own process, while a container kept entirely on a private driveway typically avoids that cost altogether.

The standard rental window is built into the base price. Extending beyond it has a daily rate that we will tell you upfront on the phone, not add to the invoice afterward.

The container and the disposal drive the price, not the label on the job. A 20 yard for a house cleanout and a 20 yard for a commercial swap-out are priced the same way — base rate, rental period and tonnage allowance.

General household junk, construction and demolition debris, yard waste, furniture, flooring, drywall and most non-hazardous bulk material are all fine. Tell us what you are disposing of when you book so we can size the container and set the right allowance.

Hazardous waste of any kind, paint and solvents, fuel and oil, propane tanks, asbestos, ammunition and medical waste are always excluded. Several other categories need separate handling under North Carolina's landfill rules rather than going in with general debris — see below.

North Carolina does not run a broad statewide ban list, but several materials are kept out of lined municipal landfills and need their own path rather than a general debris load: whole scrap tires, lead-acid (vehicle) batteries, used motor oil and filters, major appliances and other white goods (especially units holding refrigerant), and yard trimmings. Hazardous materials are never accepted. the local city residents can take many of these to a Greater Hickory convenience center. Ask us before you book if you are not sure which category something falls into.

Mattresses are not banned from disposal in North Carolina, but they take up a lot of room for their weight and some facilities handle them separately, so tell us ahead of time — we will fold them into the plan or point you to the cheaper option.

Yes. Dense material like concrete, brick and dirt is heavy in small volumes, so these loads often need a smaller, low-fill container priced by weight rather than a large general-debris box — we will walk through that when you call.

It depends on where it sits. On your own private property — a driveway, yard or jobsite — you do not need a permit at all, and that covers most residential and commercial jobs. If the container has to go on a public street or right-of-way, the city the address sits in requires a right-of-way permit through its Public Works office before placement — in Hickory, that's the City of Hickory. There is no cubic-yard threshold and no fire-department permit involved. We'll tell you which one your job needs before we deliver.

No — a dumpster street permit in Greater Hickory is a city matter for incorporated addresses and a county (Catawba, Burke or Caldwell) Public Works matter for unincorporated ones. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NC DEQ) regulates landfills and waste diversion, not driveway containers. For an address on a public street that's the local right-of-way permit; for private property it's no permit at all. We will tell you honestly which applies to your address before you book.

Yes. The communities we serve — Long View, Mountain View, Hildebran, Connelly Springs, Newton, Conover, Claremont, Maiden, Catawba, Brookford, Granite Falls, Hudson, Valdese, Bethlehem and St. Stephens — are separate municipalities (or unincorporated areas under the county), each with its own public-works office. We have not cataloged a fee or process for each city individually; if your job needs street placement, we will point you to the right city or county office to confirm before you book, rather than assume one city's process carries over.