Roll-off prices for Columbus, plus the street rule for your town
Tell us the town, the size and the job. Up to three local roll-off companies reply with a price. Before you say yes to curbside drop-off, check the row for your town below: Columbus, Gahanna, Delaware, Lancaster, New Albany and Westerville all want a permit for a box in the public right-of-way, while Grove City (at single-family homes) and Upper Arlington keep boxes out of the right-of-way entirely.
- Columbus: 903 Occupancy permit$100 application fee, 3 to 10 business days of review, and a 7-day limit unless approved ahead. Details
- Delaware: $35 Dumpster/Storage Pod permitRaised from $25 on Feb 1, 2026, per a city engineering notice. Details
- Grove City: driveway only for housesSection 1137.20 keeps the box out of the right-of-way and caps remodel use at 3 months a year without approval. Details
- Upper Arlington: no permit on your lotThe city FAQ says a dumpster may sit on the property without a permit but never in the street.
- SWACO landfill: $39.75 a tonSince Sep 29, 2025, construction debris goes only to the Grove City landfill, not the two transfer stations. Details
- City bulk pickup skips remodel wasteColumbus lists excavating and building materials as items it will not take. Details
What we checked
All 23 incorporated cities in the Columbus metro with 10,000 or more residents (Census 2024 estimates), from Columbus at 933,263 down to Canal Winchester at 10,060. 8 publish their own dumpster or container rule. 4 have only a general right-of-way permit that does not name dumpsters. Whitehall has a rule for portable storage units. For 9 we found nothing published, and the table says where we looked. Reynoldsburg is marked not confirmed yet.