1. Frequency: For example, businesses with food scraps that often cause dumpsters to smell, should consider more frequent pickups

2. Space restraints or the size of your cart corral

3. Separate dumpsters for trash and recycling

4. Upgrades:

   • Wheels (available on 2-4 yd dumpsters)

   • Locking devices

Front-load dumpsters and rear-load dumpsters typically have the same capacity for trash and refuse. The key difference is the way the truck picks up and empties the dumpster. With a front-loading dumpster, there are metal slots on both sides of the dumpster where the truck forks insert and the container is lifted and emptied over the top of the truck cab.

With rear-load dumpsters, the truck connects directly to the face of the dumpster, usually by way of a cable. This means rear-load dumpsters don’t have slots on the sides, making them ideal for tighter spaces and for safety constraints like overhead wires or under buildings in urban areas.

When you order online, you’ll be able to designate/describe where you would like the dumpster to be placed. WM will work to accommodate the request as best as possible with the safety of our drivers, your customers and employees being our top priority.

WM will pick up your commercial waste as infrequent as once a month or as often as 7-days-a-week. We make it easy to scale up or down depending on seasonality and the peaks of your business using our online service change feature. Arranging extra one-off pickups can get to be more expensive than increasing frequency altogether.

Excluded materials that are not to be placed in the container include, but are not limited to:

• Waste tires

• Radioactive materials

• Volatile, corrosive, flammable, explosive, biomedical, infectious, bio-hazardous, or regulated medical waste

• Hazardous waste, toxic substance or material (as defined by, characterized or listed under applicable federal, state or local laws or regulations)

• Any materials containing information protected by federal, state or local privacy and security laws or regulations

• Special waste not approved in writing by WM, including not limited to

  • lubricating/hydraulic oil

  • medical waste

  • motor oil

  • other flammable liquids

  • petroleum-contaminants

  • propane tanks

  • radioactive materials

  • aerosol cans

  • batteries

  • oil filters

  • antifreeze

  • asbestos

  • chemical products

  • herbicides and pesticides

  • soil/lead paint chips

  • animals

  • appliances

  • barrels

  • bricks

  • concrete

  • demo bricks

  • industrial waste

  • microwaves

  • monitors

  • railroad ties

  • televisions

  • tree stumps

  • all liquids

  • contaminated oils

  • fluorescent tubes

  • dirt/soil

  • PCBs/PCB building material

• Any items that could adversely affect the operation or useful life of the facility(ies) receiving customer's waste materials

• Any other items or materials prohibited by federal, state or local laws or regulations