Sizing
What Size Dumpster Do I Need? A Springfield Guide
Quick answer: when in doubt, a 20 yard. How to pick between 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yards by volume, weight and driveway space — and why the weekly cart will not take a remodel.
Read the guideGuides & advice
Eight guides written by the people who run the containers, for Springfield-area homeowners and contractors. Sizing math, Springfield permits, real costs, what can and cannot go in, fall yard waste, home cleanouts and contractor debris.

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No filler. Every rule quoted comes from the city, county or state that wrote it, with the department to confirm.
Sizing
Quick answer: when in doubt, a 20 yard. How to pick between 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yards by volume, weight and driveway space — and why the weekly cart will not take a remodel.
Read the guidePermits
No Springfield permit found for a driveway roll-off; the street is a call to Traffic Operations. Across the 15 places we serve the rules run from a free Battlefield dumpster permit to hauler licences with bonds and insurance. Every town, from its own code.
Read the guideCost
Springfield dumpster rentals typically run $295–$695, with no hidden fuel or pickup fees. What is inside that number, what moves it, the public landfill rate behind it, and the town fees that sit outside it.
Read the guideGuide
Everything in one place: why rent, how a roll-off rental works in Springfield, sizes and weights, how trash pickup works in the city, placement and permits, demolition paperwork, the towns around us, and what goes in the box.
Read the guideGuidelines
The yes list, the Missouri landfill bans behind the no list — appliances, used oil, car batteries, yard waste and whole tires — what Springfield's landfill turns away, and where every banned item actually goes.
Read the guideYard waste
Missouri has banned yard waste from landfills since 1992. How to run a one-weekend fall cleanup, what the Springfield Yardwaste Recycling Center takes and charges, and the brush-site rules in Republic, Bolivar, Ozark and Nixa.
Read the guideCleanouts
A room-by-room checklist for clearing a house — the four piles, the rooms people skip, what stays out of the dumpster under Missouri law, and why the weekly cart and the city cleanup days will not cover it.
Read the guideContractors
Where Missouri says C&D debris has to go, the asbestos inspection and 10-working-day notice, demolition permits and bonds in Springfield, Greene County, Battlefield and Republic, Noble Hill landfill rates and hours, and who may haul it.
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