Dumpster Rental in Dickson City, PA

Permits, placement and who may haul in Dickson City

Who may haul — we check first: Dickson City's Refuse Ordinance (Ord. 9-2011) has all refuse, leaf and yard waste from homes collected, conveyed and disposed of by the Borough, makes it unlawful to collect it, carry it over Borough streets or dispose of it in any way the ordinance doesn't approve, and has residents use only the Municipal Collection Service (§ 9). Its definition of refuse leaves out demolition debris, construction debris, car tires and vehicle batteries, and the ordinance covers homes only, not commercial properties (§ 16), which hire a licensed hauler (§ 6.E(a)). So household clean-outs are the grey area, and we check the Borough's rules before booking — the Administration Building is at 901 Enterprise Street, 570-489-4758. The ordinance is a scan, so it's paraphrased, and the Borough's ordinances after 2020 weren't readable online. Statewide, DEP says Act 90 of 2002 “requires all waste transportation vehicles (trucks, truck tractors, or combinations with a registered gross vehicle weight greater than 17,000 lbs., and trailers with a registered gross vehicle weight greater than 10,000 lbs.) transporting municipal or residual waste to waste processing or disposal facilities in Pennsylvania to have a valid Waste Transporter Authorization”, and no processing or disposal facility may accept waste from a vehicle without a current authorization sticker (27 Pa.C.S. § 6206(a)). We're licensed & insured.

Business dumpsters: a business or commercial property using a dumpster keeps a lid or cover on it and doesn't fill it past the point where the lid closes (§ 6.E(b)). The ordinance doesn't say whether that reaches a temporary open-top roll-off.

In the street and on the road: the Borough's street ordinances cover openings only, and we found no permit for a dumpster on a borough street. A 2017 ordinance (Ord. 4 of 2017) limits vehicle size on listed roads, lets local traffic be exempted and has Council approve over-size permits, but the road list isn't in the posted file. We found no Borough permit written for a dumpster on a borough street; we check with the Borough before a street placement. Driveway first. You don't need to be home as long as we have clear instructions on where to place the dumpster and the drop-off area is accessible and free of vehicles or obstacles. Allow about 60 feet of clear space for the truck and about 25 feet of overhead clearance from trees and power lines. Our dumpsters are about 7.5 feet wide — about 14 feet long for a 10-yard, 16 feet for a 15-yard and 22 feet for a 20-yard and up. We take precautions to protect your property during delivery and pickup, and for added protection you can put plywood or boards under the dumpster's wheels.

State highways: Pennsylvania's State Highway Law says “No person, municipality or municipality authority shall open a driveway onto a State highway or open the surface of or occupy a State highway without a permit” (§ 420(b)(2)), and PennDOT handles those as highway occupancy permits. So a container never goes in the right-of-way of I-81, I-476, US-6, US-11, PA-307, PA-347 or any other state route — beside one, it goes on private property.

Covered loads: Pennsylvania law says “Every load of loose, nonbaled garbage, waste, refuse or rubbish being transported through or within this Commonwealth shall be transported in a vehicle with four solid sides and with a cover or top of a type to prevent any of the load from escaping. The cover or top shall remain tightly in place going to a disposal site. The load shall be no higher than the solid sides of the vehicle.” (75 Pa.C.S. § 4903(c.1)). Keep debris below the top rim — overfilled dumpsters can't be safely transported.

Remodel or tear-down: Pennsylvania's DEP enforces the federal asbestos NESHAP rules, and where a project is subject to them, “a minimum ten-working-day notification of the project is required to be made to DEP.” DEP adds that it “does not regulate the removal of ACM from private residences unless the residence is an apartment with five or more units.” Check with DEP before a demolition or a big renovation starts. Asbestos never goes in our containers — tell us if an inspection finds any.

Summarized from the published local code and official web pages as read in October 2026. Codes change — confirm with the department listed before you rely on it.