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Dumpster rental
in Hayward.

Inside Hayward city limits, order a roll-off from Waste Management of Alameda County; the City says no other company may provide roll-off service here. If you only have furniture, appliances and bagged junk, use the two free bulky pickups and the free self-haul coupon first. Keep the box on your driveway unless the City confirms a street placement.

Sources checked November 14, 2026 · Guide updated November 14, 2026
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The first decision in Hayward

Check the city boundary first.

There is one lawful roll-off provider, so the real choices are box size and whether you need a box at all. On the City rate sheet a first-time customer pays $594.67 for a 6- or 14-yard box, $807.36 for a 20-yard and $1,162.19 for a 30-yard, plus $43.49 if it goes on the street. Included tons and the rental period are not published, so ask WMAC. The alternatives are free bulky pickups (2 cubic yards plus set item counts, twice a year) or, for a contractor's job, loading debris onto a fixed-body truck and hauling it to an authorized recycling facility.

Your local checklist

Confirm the parcel is inside the City of Hayward and not an unincorporated Alameda County area with a Hayward mailing address, or San Lorenzo, Castro Valley or Union City, which have different collection arrangements.
Call WMAC (510-613-8740 for roll-off orders or 510-537-5500) and get in writing the included tons, any per-ton overage, how long the box may stay, and whether the $87.26 placement and $43.49 on-street flasher charges apply to you.
If the work has a Hayward building permit, sign the City's C&D Recycling Statement or file a Green Halo plan, and for projects valued over $75,000 keep WMAC's weigh tags for your final inspection.

Plan a rental in Hayward

Published details, side by side

Start with the City’s residential provider.

Listings are an editorial starting point, not a complete market ranking. Supplier-published amounts are not Dumpsterly quotes. Confirm address eligibility, material acceptance, dates and the full delivered total.

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Waste Management of Alameda County (City of Hayward franchised hauler)

Published sizes: Open-top roll-off boxes of 6, 14, 20, 30, 40 and 50 cubic yards (City rate sheet). Dimensions and maximum weights are not published for Hayward.
Rental & weight terms: Rates are per pull (one delivery and haul) and apply to all material types. A first-time customer pays an $87.26 placement charge, and an on-street delivery adds a $43.49 flasher charge. Other City-set fees: relocation $129.99, cancellation or trip fee with under 24 hours' notice $147.33, stand-by $196.51 an hour, steam cleaning or graffiti removal $178.40 each. The rate sheet lists a demurrage rate of $47.38 per 5-day period; the franchise agreement limits demurrage to regular commercial roll-off subscribers whose box is not serviced within 10 business days, and it says roll-offs holding putrescible waste must be serviced at least every seven days. Included tonnage, any per-ton overage and the rental period for a house are not published; get them in writing before booking.
Price basis: City of Hayward rate sheet, March 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027, base rate plus placement charge for a new customer: 6- or 14-yard $594.67; 20-yard $807.36; 30-yard $1,162.19; 40-yard $1,517.04; 50-yard $1,871.83. Add $43.49 for on-street delivery (for example, 20-yard on the street: $850.87). Repeat pulls for a current customer: 6- or 14-yard $507.41, 20-yard $720.10, 30-yard $1,074.95.

The City's Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Statement says 'Only WMAC is Authorized to Provide Roll-Off (Drop-Box) Service in Hayward' and gives WMAC at 2615 Davis Street, San Leandro (the Davis Street Transfer Station), with roll-off orders at 510-613-8740; WMAC's Hayward single-family guide tells remodeling homeowners to call 510-537-5500 to order a roll-off container. WMAC's former office at 22770 Main Street, Hayward, closed permanently on March 1, 2023, so order by phone or online. If your project has a building permit, tell WMAC so the load goes to its approved C&D processing site and counts toward the City's 65% recycling requirement.

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Get the missing numbers in writing.

Ask for delivery, pickup, included tons and days, per-ton overage, extra-day charges, fuel, tax, prohibited-item fees, swaps and blocked-trip charges. “Quote required” means the reviewed source did not establish a usable fixed total.

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Keep the box on your driveway; a bin in the street likely needs a City encroachment permit

We did not find a Hayward rule or permit written specifically for a debris box in the street. What the City does publish is its general Encroachment Permit page, which says a permit is required for work in the Hayward public right-of-way, including streets and sidewalks. A Minor permit's fee depends on the scope of work (a Major permit starts with a $4,000 deposit), processing usually takes five to ten business days (fifteen if traffic control is needed), the applicant must carry $1 million each of general liability, auto and workers' compensation insurance naming the City as additional insured, and applications go through the City's e-Permit Portal after checking requirements with the Development Services Engineer (510-583-4212). That page does not mention containers, so call before a box goes on the street or sidewalk rather than assuming either way. WMAC's City rate sheet adds a $43.49 flasher charge for an on-street delivery, so a driveway placement is also the cheaper choice; put boards under the rails to protect the concrete.

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What matters locally

Two free bulky pickups a year, plus one free self-haul coupon

Single-family homes and two- to four-unit buildings in Hayward get two free on-call bulky pickups a year from WMAC, booked at 510-537-5500. Each pickup takes up to 2 cubic yards of bagged or boxed trash (about 3 by 3 by 6 feet) plus up to three pieces of furniture or carpet, three large appliances or scrap-metal items, two mattresses, two e-waste items and four passenger tires; set them on the parking strip within 6 feet of the curb, not in the street, no earlier than the day before. Rocks, bricks, dirt and concrete, other construction and demolition debris, hazardous waste and single items over 75 pounds (other than furniture and appliances) are not taken. Under the March 2026 to February 2027 rate sheet, extra material costs $30.78 a cubic yard and a third or later pickup adds an $88.06 trip charge. Each household may also request one coupon a year to self-haul up to 2 cubic yards of garbage free to WMAC's Davis Street Transfer Station in San Leandro.

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Free household hazardous waste drop-off on West Winton Avenue

Paint, solvents, garden and auto chemicals, batteries and fluorescent bulbs do not belong in a roll-off. Alameda County residents can drop them off free, with no appointment, at the Hayward Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 2091 West Winton Avenue, open Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring ID showing an Alameda County address; containers should hold no more than 5 gallons each, with a limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds a trip.

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Before you book

Questions about renting in Hayward.

Can I rent a dumpster from any company for my Hayward house?

No. The City's Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Statement says only WMAC is authorized to provide roll-off (drop-box) service in Hayward, and the City's C&D page says a roll-off container must come from Waste Management of Alameda County. WMAC's franchise agreement with the City runs from March 2023 to February 2033, defines the franchise as an exclusive right that covers construction and demolition debris, and requires WMAC to provide temporary roll-offs to homes on request. The exceptions are a licensed contractor removing debris as part of its own remodeling or demolition job (not a separately hired roll-off service), debris loaded directly onto a fixed-body truck such as a pickup or stake-side and taken to an authorized facility, and residents hauling their own material.

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What if I only have furniture and junk, not remodel debris?

Try the free options first. Hayward single-family homes and two- to four-unit buildings get two free WMAC bulky pickups a year, each taking up to 2 cubic yards of bagged trash plus up to three pieces of furniture, three appliances, two mattresses, two e-waste items and four tires; book at 510-537-5500. Extra material costs $30.78 a cubic yard. Each household can also request one coupon a year to self-haul up to 2 cubic yards of garbage free to the Davis Street Transfer Station in San Leandro. Construction debris such as rock, brick, dirt and concrete is excluded from bulky pickups, so a remodel usually still needs a WMAC box.

Sources: [7] · [4] · [8]

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