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Bin Size Guide

Three sizes covers almost every job, and picking between them is easier than it looks once you stop thinking in cubic yards and start thinking in pickup loads.

Side by side

The three sizes

Comparison of the 10, 14 and 20 yard bins
BinRateRoughly holdsTypical job
10-Yard BinCall for a rateAbout 4–5 pickup-truck loadsMedium projects
14-Yard Bin$500 flatAbout 6–7 pickup-truck loadsRenovations & roofing
20-Yard Bin$600 flatRoughly 8–10 pickup-truck loadsBig builds & demolition

A half-ton pickup bed holds somewhere around two cubic yards once it is properly loaded, which is where those load counts come from. If you were planning a weekend of trips to the transfer station, the number of trips you were dreading is the number to compare against.

Weight is the other half of the question and it works the opposite way. Light bulky waste — packaging, furniture, brush, framing offcuts — rewards a bigger bin. Dense material such as shingles reaches the weight a bin can carry well before it runs out of room, so going up a size does not always help. Dirt, concrete and brick are excluded outright for the same reason.

Quick picker

Which size for my job?

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A bathroom, a bedroom or a small kitchen going back to studs.
10 yard

A single room rarely fills more than a 10-yard, and it is the easiest size to park.

Cabinets, counters, flooring and the drywall behind them.
14 yard

The 14-yard is the size we send out most, and it absorbs whatever turns up behind the walls.

Shingles, felt and any sheathing coming off with them.
14 yard

Weight rather than volume decides this one, so a bigger bin does not automatically help. Describe the roof when you call.

Household bulk that weighs very little for the room it takes.
10 yard

Cleanout material is light and bulky, so a 10-yard goes further here than on any other job.

An estate clearance or a move-out after many years in one place.
14 yard

People consistently underestimate a full house. The second bin always costs more than the bigger first one would have.

Framing offcuts, sheathing, packaging and pallets.
20 yard

Construction waste is bulky and light, so the largest bin fills with material rather than weight.

An interior strip-out across a whole property.
20 yard

The argument here is swaps, not space — one large bin beats three small ones when a crew is waiting.

Branches, brush, hedge work, old fencing or a deck.
10 yard

Green waste compresses, so a 10-yard covers most gardens. Soil and sod cannot go in at any size.

Go deeper

Each size in full

Capacity, what fits, placement and the questions we get asked about each one.

Still not sure? The project pages go through it job by job, or just call and describe the work.

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Describe the job and we’ll tell you honestly if you have chosen right.

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