Dumpster Rental in San Mateo — Flat-Rate Bins, Delivered When You Need Them
Order a 10, 15, or 18-yard roll-off bin for your San Mateo project — delivered to driveways across Hillsdale, Bay Meadows, Hayward Park, and the rest of the Peninsula. One flat price on the phone is the same number on the invoice. No fuel surcharge. No environmental fee. No surprise overage bombs.
Pick the Right Size Before You Pay for the Wrong One
San Mateo buyers often book one size up "just in case" and end up paying for half-empty space — or one size down and watch the bin overflow with the kitchen still half torn out. Here is what each bin actually holds.
10-Yard
Holds about 4 pickup-truck loads. Right for a half-bath demo, small deck tear-off, a single-room cleanout, or pruning debris from a corner lot.
Skip it if you're tearing out a full kitchen or doing more than one room.
Order Now15-Yard
Holds about 6 pickup-truck loads. Right for a full bathroom remodel, hot tub removal, garage cleanout, or a deck tear-off with framing. The widest-fit size for the Peninsula.
Skip it if you're doing a full kitchen with cabinets and countertops — go 18.
Order Now18-Yard
Holds about 7 pickup-truck loads with a higher weight allowance. Right for kitchen remodels, multi-room cleanouts, estate prep before a listing, or a contractor day-job with mixed construction debris.
Skip it for concrete, dirt, or roofing tear-off — those need their own bin.
Order NowBigger job? 30 and 40-yard bins for full home remodels, additions, and ADU builds are priced by job.
Call for a QuoteAll-In Pricing: Delivery, Pickup, Disposal, and No Surprise Overage Bombs
The price you hear on the phone is the price on the invoice. Here is what is already inside it — and the one thing that gets added only if it actually applies.
What's included in every flat rate
- Delivery to your driveway or job site in San Mateo
- A 5-day rental period (7, 12, or 15-day windows on request)
- Pickup when you're done
- Sorting and recycling at the Redwood City yard
- Dump fees, disposal fees, fuel — all baked in
- No fuel surcharge. No environmental fee. No trip-distance line item.
How overage works (told to you upfront)
Your flat rate covers up to the weight limit for your size: 1 ton on a 10-yard, 1.5 tons on a 15-yard, 2.5 tons on an 18-yard.
Go over and the rate is 8 cents per pound — published on this page, said on the phone, printed on the invoice. The truck weighs the bin at the scale; the difference vs. your size allowance is the overage. Nothing else gets added.
From Phone Call to Pickup — What to Expect
Four steps, written so you know what happens on the day. No portal logins, no callback queues.
One phone call
Tell us the project, the size you think you need, the date you want the bin, and where it's going. About 5 minutes — flat price locked, delivery date locked.
Delivered to San Mateo
Most bookings deliver same-week. Same-day or next-day is usually open if you call before 10 a.m. Plywood goes under the rollers to protect concrete and pavers.
Fill it on your schedule
Standard 5-day rental. Need 7, 12, or 15 days? Say so when you book — picking the longer window upfront is cheaper than extending after delivery.
Picked up clean
Call or text when you're done — most pickups within 24 hours. Load heads back to the Redwood City yard for sorting, donation, and recycling before anything reaches the transfer station.
The San Mateo Dumpster Company That Actually Picks Up the Phone
Call 650-367-7644 during business hours and a human answers — usually within three rings, almost never after a phone tree. That's harder to find than it should be.
Most of what shows up in a Google search for dumpster rental San Mateo routes you through a national booking site that farms the job to whichever local hauler is cheapest that day. You get the callback tomorrow. The bin shows up Friday instead of Wednesday. The invoice has line items nobody mentioned on the call.
Trucks dispatch out of the Redwood City yard — about 15 minutes from most of San Mateo — so the driver already knows which streets a 40-foot roll-off can turn around on, which corners need a smaller bin, and which neighborhoods (Hillsborough, looking at you) have HOA rules about placement. Eco-Dumpster has been doing this since 2006. Veteran-owned. Trucks have run on 100% biodiesel since day one.
For contractors — text the size and the date, done.
If you run repeat jobs on the Peninsula and you're tired of re-explaining the same setup, save 650-367-7644 in your phone. Text the size, the address, and the drop date — same confirmation, same delivery, same invoice as last time. No portal, no account login.
"We were struggling to find a way to remove a ton of excess dirt from our yard. We saw that Eco-Dumpster was highly rated for their service and that proved to be so true. They were so courteous and fast…"
"Eco-Dumpster are amazing. They are really accommodating around pick-up and drop-off, respond quickly to any queries and are always pleasant and helpful. Omar the dumpster guy, is super tidy and courteous to our neighbours. Highly recommend."
"Great experience, had a old junk car, no one would take, Eco Dumpster did. When I need a dumpster, they will be my only call."
San Mateo Neighborhoods Covered
How an Eco-Dumpster Delivery Actually Looks
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Mixed Debris, Concrete, Dirt — Knowing the Difference Saves You Money
One bin can't take everything, and the rules aren't there to be annoying — they exist because some materials go to a different facility at a different rate. Sort it right at the bin and you pay less.
✓ Goes in the mixed-debris bin
- Wood, drywall, flooring (laminate, hardwood, tile minus mortar)
- Furniture, mattresses, carpet
- Cabinets, doors, windows
- Yard waste mixed with other debris
- General household junk and cleanout debris
- Construction debris — framing, trim, sheet goods
✕ Stays out of the bin
- Wet paint, solvents, motor oil, gas, propane (any hazmat)
- Tires
- Refrigerators / freezers with refrigerant still in them
- Asbestos
- TVs, computer monitors, e-waste
- Medical waste
- Concrete, brick, dirt, asphalt (these need their own bin — see below)
Why concrete and dirt need their own bin
Concrete, brick, dirt, asphalt, and clean roofing tear-off are inert or heavy materials priced and disposed of separately, by weight, at a different facility. Sneaking them into a mixed-debris bin almost always backfires — the load gets rejected at sort, or the overage charge from the weight wipes out any imagined savings. Call before you load and you'll get the right bin set up from the start.
Permits, Pricing, and Pickup — Answered Straight
The questions San Mateo customers ask before they book.
How much does a dumpster cost in San Mateo?
Do I need a permit to put a dumpster on the street in San Mateo?
Can you deliver tomorrow?
What happens if I go over the weight limit?
Quick reference: what size for a kitchen, bath, or garage?
- Small bathroom / half-bath demo → 10-yard
- Full bathroom remodel with tub, vanity, tile → 15-yard
- Garage cleanout, single-bay → 15-yard; double-bay → 18-yard
- Kitchen remodel with cabinets + countertops → 18-yard (sometimes 30 if you're tearing out flooring too)
- Whole-home remodel or ADU build → 30 or 40-yard, priced by job
Can I throw concrete or dirt in with my construction debris?
Stop Comparing Tabs. Get a Flat-Rate Quote in One Phone Call.
You already know the size, more or less. You know the day you need it. The next 90 seconds is one phone call: confirm the size, lock the delivery date, get the flat number that goes on the invoice. No form-wall, no callback queue.
Your San Mateo bin · your driveway · when you need it