Yard Waste Dumpster Rental in Clermont, FL

What a yard waste dumpster takes

A yard waste dumpster takes green waste from a yard job: branches, brush, leaves, grass clippings, palm fronds, and small shrubs. The material is light and bulky, so it fills a container by volume rather than by weight, and the size follows the yard — a 10-yard for a small yard job, a 20-yard for a large tree removal or a full yard clear-out.

Keep yard waste in its own load. Do not mix it with household junk, lumber or drywall. A mixed load is hard to sort at the facility, and the yard waste takes up the space the other material needs. A yard waste load is branches, brush, leaves and green waste, and nothing else. Soil and stumps are the exception — keep them out unless the provider says otherwise, because they are heavy and they do not belong in a green waste load.

Cut the material down before it goes in. Branches cut to length stack far better than branches left whole, and a pile of brush cut to length fills a container twice as well as a pile left tangled. Palm fronds are the hardest material to load, because they are long and stiff — cut them in half, stack them flat, and keep the load level with the rim.

How a yard waste rental works

The provider delivers the container to the driveway or to a clear spot close to the yard, with boards under the rails to protect the surface. The driver needs room for the truck to back in and set the container down, and the same room again at pickup. If the yard is large, the container can sometimes sit on the grass near the work, but the driver will work with you on the spot — a loaded container on soft ground is hard to pick up.

Load over the rental period, which runs about a week in most cases. Cut branches to length, stack them flat, and do not load above the rim. When the container is loaded, call for pickup, and the truck takes it to the Lake County facility. If the job is not finished when the period ends, ask the provider about extending it before the last day.

A yard that took a month to clear by hand

Yard waste dumpsters in Clermont

Clermont's yards produce a steady stream of green waste. The oak and pine drop branches all year, and the palms drop fronds after every storm. The new subdivisions along Wellness Way and US 27 have young trees that need trimming as they grow, and the older homes near downtown Clermont and in Kings Ridge have mature oaks that drop large limbs. Hurricane season from June through November is the peak, when a single storm can fill a container with branches and fencing in a day.

The City of Clermont collects yard waste at the curb, but only in small amounts: material cut to no longer than four feet, stacked neatly, with small material bagged and no more than 50 pounds per bag. A large yard job — a tree removal, a full yard clear-out, or storm debris — is far more than the curb service takes, and that is the job a yard waste container is for. The city also does not collect debris left by a contractor, so a tree service or a landscaper's debris needs a container of its own.

After a storm: yard waste first

After a storm, the yard waste comes first. Branches and fencing are the first thing to clear, because they block the driveway and the walkway, and they are the easiest material to load. A yard waste container in the driveway takes them as they are cut, and the yard is clear before the rest of the work starts.

Keep storm debris separate. Branches and fencing go in the yard waste load. Roofing, drywall and household items damaged by water go in a construction or cleanout load. Mixing them slows the job down, and the facility sorts them separately anyway.