Disclaimer

General information only

The guides, size charts, weight figures and regulatory summaries on this site are written to be genuinely useful and are researched carefully. They are still general information. They are not legal advice, engineering advice, environmental compliance advice or insurance advice, and they are not a substitute for confirming requirements with the relevant authority.

Weights, sizes and capacities

Container dimensions differ between manufacturers, and the weight of a given material varies considerably with moisture, age and composition. Every figure published here is an approximate working number intended to help you choose a size, not a specification. The dimensions and allowance that apply to your rental are the ones confirmed on your quote.

Regulations and permits

Irvine has one permit rule worth knowing up front, and it comes down to where the container sits. On your own private property — a driveway, yard or jobsite — you do not need a permit at all, which covers most jobs. If the container has to sit on a public street, sidewalk or right-of-way, the City of Irvine requires a right-of-way encroachment permit from Public Works before placement; there is no cubic-yard threshold and no fire-department permit. Orange County and CalRecycle (the state recycling and solid-waste authority) do not issue dumpster or street-placement permits — that is a City matter. The neighboring communities we cover — Tustin, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Lake Forest, Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Orange, Fountain Valley and Laguna Woods — are each a full, independent municipality with its own public-works office, all in Orange County, not a branch of Irvine. We have not cataloged a specific fee or process for each; for a job that needs street placement outside Irvine, confirm directly with that city's own public-works office before you book, rather than assume Irvine's process carries over.

California landfill restrictions and open burning

California keeps several materials out of lined municipal solid-waste landfills, and each needs its own path rather than a general debris load: electronic waste and CRT televisions and monitors, fluorescent lamps and other universal waste, whole scrap tires, lead-acid (vehicle) batteries, used motor oil and oil filters, major appliances and other white goods (especially units holding refrigerant), and, under the state's organics rules, green and yard trimmings. Hazardous materials are never accepted. Orange County residents can take many of these to the OC Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center at 6411 Oak Canyon in Irvine (residents only, no businesses), and green waste goes to the Bee Canyon Greenery. Separately, under the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Orange County Fire Authority, open burning of construction, demolition and household waste is prohibited across urban Orange County — construction and demolition debris is never a legal burn material, which is exactly why it goes in a container and on to the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill or a C&D recycler. Wildfire defensible-space and brush clearing is cut and hauled, not burned. Under CALGreen, covered construction, renovation and demolition projects must also divert a minimum share of their debris from landfill through a Waste Management Plan. Ask us before you book if you are not sure which category your material falls into.

Hazardous materials

Handling of hazardous waste, and abatement of materials such as asbestos, is regulated under California environmental law and federal occupational-safety law, and above defined thresholds must be carried out by licensed contractors with proper testing, notification and disposal — a rule that matters given how much of Irvine's historic-district and mid-century housing stock predates modern building materials. Nothing on this site should be read as suggesting that such material may be placed in a container or handled without the required testing, licensing and notification.

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Contact us about this policy

Questions can go to info@irvinedumpsterrentalgroup.com, by phone on (949) 867-1538, or by post to Irvine Dumpster Rental Group, 1202 McGaw Ave, Irvine, CA 92614.