A roll-off container set down where it fits, on the driveway, the side yard or the job site, with the price, the weight it includes and the number of days named before the truck pulls out. Ten- and twelve-yard boxes for one gutted room or a load of clean concrete, fifteens and twenties for roofs and kitchens, and bigger boxes for job sites, every load weighed at the county's own scale in Cantonment.
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Six boxes, about thirty seconds. You pick when to be called back, and that is when the phone rings.
Or call (448) 216-5186A container sized to the debris, a quote that names the tons and the days, and the city franchise question answered before the box arrives.
Wet storm debris, shingles and concrete are sized by weight; furniture and cleanout loads by space. Getting that right is what keeps the scale ticket close to the quote.
The flat price comes with the weight it covers, the days it covers and the charge for each ton over. Those four numbers belong in the quote, not on the invoice.
Pensacola enforces its franchise rule on job sites with stop work orders. A hauler working inside city limits should hold a city franchise, and you can ask to see it.
Pensacola first, plus Warrington, Ferry Pass, Myrtle Grove, Cantonment and Perdido Key. Written around this coast's storms, the city's rules and the county's scale.
There is nothing to fill in. The work is quoted before any of it starts.
Storm damage, a roof, a renovation or a house to empty, plus where the box can sit and whether the address is inside city limits.
Furniture and household contents need room. Wet drywall, shingles and concrete need a box that will not blow past its weight allowance.
A delivery day, the rental window and how to call for pickup or a swap, with the price, the tons and the days all given before the box is dropped.
Illustrative photographs of the kinds of work described on this page. No specific Pensacola property is shown.
Four things move what a roll-off costs in Pensacola. None of them is a mystery, and every one of them is named before the box comes off the truck.
Small boxes suit one room or a load of concrete; fifteens and twenties suit most roofs, storm cleanups and remodels. A second haul costs more than the next size up.
Every quote includes a set weight. Past it, the overage follows the county's per-ton gate rate, and wet storm debris and shingles get there quickly.
A week is the usual window. After a hurricane, demand spikes and at least one Pensacola hauler has posted a storm notice cutting its seven days to three.
Inside the city the hauler must be franchised. Tires, paint, electronics, batteries and refrigerant appliances are banned from boxes and cost extra if found.
Most Pensacola rentals begin with one of these four jobs, and every card leads on to a page with the whole story.
After a hurricane the city's curbside crews work in passes, starting with fallen limbs. Carpet, pad and the lower walls of a flooded room cannot sit in a hallway for weeks while they wait. A box on the driveway lets the soaked material go straight out the door the same day, kept separate from the tree debris the city will collect.
A tear-off produces shingles, felt, nails and whatever decking has rotted, and shingles are among the heaviest debris a box carries. The size is picked by roofing squares and layers, not by eye, and the box goes close to the eave so the crew can drop material straight in. Wind-damaged roofs fill the calendar after every storm.
Pensacola requires a city franchise for anyone collecting someone else's waste, and a construction site using a hauler without one faces an immediate stop work order. Gutting a bungalow in East Hill or adding a room in East Pensacola Heights means checking the hauler before the box arrives. Outside the city, Escambia County runs its own franchise and permit rules.
An estate, a rental between tenants, or a household leaving on military orders: furniture, mattresses and boxes are bulky but light, so the box is sized by space. Tires, paint, electronics and appliances holding refrigerant stay out, and the county landfill takes household hazardous waste from residents with no fee.
Not sure which job yours is? Say what the debris is and where it has to go, and the box is chosen to match.
Checked against primary sources on 2026-10-25. Every claim below links to where it came from.
Under Chapter 4-3 of the City of Pensacola code, it is unlawful for any person, firm or entity to engage in the business of collecting and disposing of solid waste generated by others without a franchise granted by the city. The mayor grants the franchises, which are non-exclusive. Applicants pay a $200 application fee, and franchisees pay the city $1.50 per cubic yard of container capacity each time a container is collected, or $3.00 per cubic yard for compaction containers, reported quarterly with an independently attested audit. Construction sites that use a solid waste provider other than a city franchisee are subject to an immediate stop work order from the city building official. Tree trimmings and construction debris that the generator removes itself are exempt.
Why it matters: A roll-off box on a job site inside Pensacola has to come from a city franchisee, or the building official can stop the work. The per-yard fee is a cost every in-city hauler carries on each collection, and it is part of what the quote covers.
Source: cityofpensacola.com
Escambia County's schedule of rates for the Perdido Landfill in Cantonment sets solid waste at $45.06 per ton and yard trash at $27.62 per ton, each with an $11.64 minimum. Clean fill, clean dirt and clean concrete, meaning concrete with no rebar and no welded wire, are accepted with no fee. Asbestos is $235.47 per ton and, like all special waste, must be reviewed, approved and scheduled in advance. Uncovered loads pay $35.12 per commercial load. The county's Palafox Transfer Station charges $57.90 per ton. The landfill is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, and closed Sunday.
Why it matters: Weight is the part of a dumpster bill that moves, and the county's per-ton gate rate sits underneath every overage charge. A box of clean broken concrete costs nothing to tip, so one bag of trash thrown on top turns a free load into a weighed one.
Sources: myescambia.com · myescambia.com
Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin on the evening of Friday 9 October 2026, according to the National Hurricane Center as reported by CBS News, and its winds blew the roof off a hotel in Pensacola. The City of Pensacola began debris collection on 13 October. By 19 October the city had collected 3,236 loads of vegetative debris, estimated the cleanup at $16 million, and said the first pass would take four to five weeks with at least two passes. Residents were asked to keep tree limbs and leaves separate from construction and demolition debris such as building materials, fencing, carpet, furniture and plumbing.
Why it matters: City storm collection runs in passes and starts with trees. Soaked drywall and carpet torn out of a house, or a roof stripped by a contractor, cannot wait weeks at the curb, and that is the work a roll-off box takes off the street.
Sources: cityofpensacola.com · cityofpensacola.com · cbsnews.com
After Hurricane Sally in September 2020, City of Pensacola sanitation crews and contractors collected more than 12,530 loads of storm debris totaling 540,330 cubic yards between 21 September and 13 November, with construction debris such as building materials, drywall, lumber, carpet, furniture and plumbing set out separately. Across the county's 875 square miles, Escambia County's contractors finished at 80,485 loads and 4,221,633 cubic yards.
Why it matters: A direct hit here produces debris on a scale that takes months to clear, and every hauler on the coast is booked in the same week. Getting a box early, loading it fast and calling for the haul promptly is what gets a gutted house emptied while curbside crews are still on their first pass.
Sources: cityofpensacola.com · myescambia.com
No. Chapter 4-3 of the City of Pensacola code makes it unlawful to run a business collecting and disposing of solid waste generated by others without a city franchise. The franchises are non-exclusive and granted by the mayor, and each franchisee pays the city $1.50 per cubic yard of container capacity every time a container is collected. The rule has teeth on job sites: a construction site using a provider other than a city franchisee is subject to an immediate stop work order from the city building official. A homeowner or contractor hauling their own tree trimmings or construction debris is exempt. Ask any hauler whether it holds a City of Pensacola franchise before the box is delivered.
Escambia County's Perdido Landfill in Cantonment charges $45.06 a ton for solid waste and $27.62 a ton for yard trash, with an $11.64 minimum, and accepts clean fill, dirt and concrete with no rebar or wire at no fee. Asbestos runs $235.47 a ton and must be approved and scheduled in advance. A commercial load that arrives uncovered pays $35.12 extra. The county's Palafox Transfer Station charges $57.90 a ton. Every dumpster price includes some allowance of weight, and every ton past it is billed from that scale ticket. That is why soaked carpet, shingles and mixed concrete cost more than the same space full of furniture.
Often both. After Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin on 9 October 2026, the City of Pensacola began collecting debris on 13 October, had hauled 3,236 loads of vegetative debris by 19 October, and said its first pass would take four to five weeks, with at least two passes. Residents were asked to keep limbs and leaves apart from construction and demolition debris. After Sally in 2020 the city collected 540,330 cubic yards over nearly two months. Trees can wait for the city. Wet drywall, carpet and insulation pulled out of a house, or a roof stripped by a contractor, usually cannot, and that is when a box on the driveway earns its price.
Get a container that fits the job and the driveway, with the tons, the rental days and the price named before it is dropped, and the city franchise question settled first for any address inside city limits. If it has to sit on a city street, ask the City of Pensacola about a permit first.
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