Roll-Off Dumpster Rental in Scranton, PA

Permits, placement and who may haul in Scranton

Who may haul: Scranton's Chapter 400 says any hauler collecting municipal or residual waste — residential, industrial or commercial — inside City limits needs a licence for it, issued by the Department of Permits, Licensing and Inspections and renewed every year; the application lists every truck the hauler will use in the City, and each one shows a City licence sticker in plain sight (§ 400-16A to C). A licence can be revoked for breaking the City's waste rules (§ 400-16D), and violations of the article carry a civil fine of up to $600 each, every day a separate violation (§ 400-17.1). The City's Bureau of Code Enforcement handles permits and licences: 570.348.4193. We read the City Code through its online code host, so it's paraphrased here. 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.

In the street: any roll-off container or portable box placed on a City street or highway needs a permit from the Department of Permits, Licensing and Inspections (§ 400-17A). The application gives the applicant's name and address, the exact spot, the purpose and how long the container stays, and the applicant agrees to indemnify the City (§ 400-17B). In the street, the container carries a flashing light and proper reflectors to warn traffic (§ 400-17D), and it may stay in the right-of-way for one day only, unless the permit holder hires an off-duty police officer to keep traffic moving safely (§ 400-17E). The code also bars leaving boxes, cases or barrels on streets, sidewalks or highways (§ 412-3). Driveway first; for a street spot, we check the City's rules with you before booking, and our team can guide you through the permit process. More in our Scranton dumpster permit guide. 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.

Covered loads: in the City, all open vehicles, containers carried in open vehicles and roll-off containers hauling municipal or residual waste or recyclables stay tightly tarped or covered the whole way (§ 400-16F). 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.

Hours and noise: after a complaint about dumpster pickup at around 11:30 p.m. on a Sunday, the City's Code Enforcement pointed to the noise limits in the Zoning Ordinance (Section 5.9.A.1), which set a lower sound limit for residential areas from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. (City Council responses, 15 September 2026). The phone is answered 24/7, but we don't promise night drop-offs.

State highways: US-11, PA-307, US-6 Business, I-81 and I-476 all run within about a mile of the yard in a straight line. 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.

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.