This is the time of year that we frequently get calls of people asking us if we charge them for the snow that has fallen into their dumpster…. Well the answer to this question is yes and no. If you have read our terms and faqs and other pages you will see that your dumpster rental includes a certain amount of weight – weight being the key word here, and yes, snow can be heavy! If you haven’t gone over the allowed weight limit for the size dumpster that you are renting, then no we don’t charge you for the snow – if you go over weight then yes you get charged the extra, there would be no way to know how much of the weight is snow and we get charged by the ton at the dump regardless of whether its snow or trash.
If the snow melts the next day then theoretically the water will seep down through your trash and run out the bottom cracks, but all of this can contribute to the weight of you dumpster (this includes rain too). When we pick your dumpster up, we literally take it straight from your site or home to the dump, so there never can be any question of weight, but we still do get people who can’t believe what their dumpster weighs! We will say it again….Trash Is Heavy 
If you are renting a dumpster and it is planning to snow during your rental period, you are still responsible for the weight the snow could contribute (again, we get charged for the entire weight when we unload at the dump), but that being said you can do a couple things to make sure snow doesn’t fall in your dumpster too! You can put a large tarp right over the dumpster – its actually pretty simple. If your dumpster is pretty full then just go ahead and throw it up and over but make sure to secure it so the wind won’t blow it off. If your dumpster is not full then you will have to lay some boards over the top before putting the tarp on so the snow doesn’t sink the tarp right down into your dumpster then you have a dumpster full of snow AND tarp.
Might seem like a pain, but hey – we all love living in New England right? Snow, it just comes with the territory.
