Residential Dumpster Rental
Driveway-safe roll-off dumpsters for home cleanouts, basement clear-outs and remodels across Holland.
Learn moreAllendale, Michigan · Ottawa County
Grand Valley State University sets the rhythm in Allendale, and the dumpster business here follows the academic calendar more than the weather. Move-out week in spring is the busiest few days we have anywhere. The rest of the year it is apartment turnover, rental repairs and a steady amount of new construction.

The town grew up around the university and it shows in the housing. Apartment complexes and purpose-built student rentals line the corridors near campus, emptying completely every spring and refilling every August. Behind that there is a real township with year-round families, newer subdivisions, and farm ground to the west that has not been developed yet. The result is a place running on two clocks: the student cycle, which is brutal and predictable, and the ordinary residential cycle of roofs, remodels and new builds that goes all year.
Student move-out is the big one: mattresses, couches, mini fridges, furniture that will never be moved again, and whatever was left in the closets. Property managers put us on multiple containers across a complex for that week. Between leases we handle unit turnovers, carpet and drywall repair debris, and appliance swaps. New construction runs alongside all of it, both housing and the commercial buildings going up near the M-45 corridor.

Our drivers run north on US-31 out of Holland, then east on M-45 straight into Allendale. It is highway almost the entire way, which keeps a twenty mile trip manageable even with a full box. Around campus the challenge is not the roads, it is the parking lots, so we schedule complex deliveries early before the lots fill and traffic on Lake Michigan Drive picks up.
Services
Every container service we run is available in Allendale at the same flat rate as Holland itself — about 20 miles north-northeast of our Holland yard via M-45 makes no difference to the price.
Driveway-safe roll-off dumpsters for home cleanouts, basement clear-outs and remodels across Holland.
Learn moreContainers and scheduled swap-outs for Holland and Zeeland shops, offices, restaurants and property managers.
Learn moreJobsite roll-offs sized by phase, with swap-outs quick enough to keep a short Michigan build season moving.
Learn moreTear-off containers sized by squares and layers, set tight to the eave for a fast strip before the snow.
Learn more10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yard roll-off containers delivered across Ottawa and Allegan counties.
Learn moreCall before noon and most Holland-area orders go out the same day — including live jobsite swap-outs.
Learn moreA container on your drive for as long as you need — clear the basement, garage and pole barn on your schedule.
Learn moreDiscreet, unhurried container service for families clearing a home in Holland and the surrounding towns.
Learn moreHeavy-duty roll-offs for interior gut-outs, pole barn teardowns and structure demolition.
Learn moreDedicated low-fill containers for concrete, brick, block, dirt and asphalt — priced to keep you legal on weight.
Learn moreClean green loads for tree work, land clearing and storm cleanup — kept separate for Michigan's landfill ban.
Learn moreSizes
Match the weight allowance to the material and the rest is straightforward.
| Size | Dimensions | Capacity | Weight included | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Yard Dumpster | 12 ft long × 8 ft wide × 3.5 ft high | about 3 pickup truck loads | 1–2 tons | Small bathroom remodels, single-room cleanouts, concrete and heavy debris, roofing up to about 15 squares. |
| 15 Yard Dumpster | 16 ft long × 8 ft wide × 4 ft high | about 4–5 pickup truck loads | 2–3 tons | Garage and basement cleanouts, kitchen remodels, medium roof tear-offs, small deck removals. |
| 20 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 4.5 ft high | about 6 pickup truck loads | 3–4 tons | Whole-home decluttering, flooring and siding jobs, large tear-offs, drywall and mud phases. |
| 30 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 6 ft high | about 9 pickup truck loads | 4–5 tons | Full-house renovations, new construction, estate clearances, commercial fit-outs and demolition. |
| 40 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 8 ft high | about 12 pickup truck loads | 5–6 tons | Large commercial fit-outs, industrial clear-outs, major renovations and high-volume light debris. |
Talk to a real person
Call (616) 499-6026 and we will size it, price it and give you a delivery time on the same call. Allendale is about 20 miles north-northeast of our Holland yard via M-45, so same-day is usually on the table.
Mon–Sat 7:00am – 6:00pm · Sun by appointment
Answers
Yes, and you should book it months ahead. That week we run multiple containers per property and swap them daily, sometimes twice. Property managers who call in February get exactly the coverage they want. The ones who call the week before are competing with every other complex in Allendale for the same trucks.
Mattresses and box springs, yes, though some facilities handle them differently so tell us how many are coming. Couches, chairs, desks and dressers all go in without any trouble. What we need kept out is electronics in quantity, paint, and anything with fuel in it. The typical student apartment produces surprisingly little of that.
Somewhere with a straight approach, room for the truck to line up, and no risk of a car boxing it in. We avoid parking over storm drains and soft asphalt edges, and we use planking to protect the surface. In practice the best spot is an end row near the buildings that are emptying, coned off before we arrive.
Plenty. The township has a lot of year-round housing and steady new construction that has nothing to do with the school. Summer and fall are our easiest months here for homeowner projects, since the students are gone or settled and traffic on Lake Michigan Drive is lighter. If your project is flexible, avoid the last week of April.
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