# Dumpster rental glossary > 28 dumpster rental terms defined plainly: tipping fee, overage, roll-off, right-of-way, level load and more. Independent and sourced — we do not rent… Source: https://dumptergod.shop/glossary/ Last reviewed: 2026-08-17 # Dumpster rental glossary 28 terms, each defined in 40 words or fewer so the definition stands on its own. ## All terms **Aggregate**: Crushed concrete, brick and asphalt processed for reuse as road base and fill. The largest destination for US C&D debris. **Broker**: A company that takes your container order and subcontracts a local hauler to fulfil it, keeping the difference. Owns no trucks. **C&D debris**: Construction and demolition debris: concrete, wood, drywall, asphalt shingles, brick, metal and glass from building work. The US generated about 600 million tons in 2018. **Cubic yard**: 27 cubic feet — a cube three feet on each side. The unit roll-off containers are sold in, and it measures volume only, never weight. **Diversion rate**: The share of a project’s waste, by weight, kept out of landfill through recycling or salvage. The number building inspectors ask about. **Driveway protection**: Boards or mats laid under a container’s rails and the truck’s wheels to spread the load and prevent cracking or gouging of a driveway. **Dry run fee**: A charge for a truck that arrives and cannot deliver or collect — blocked driveway, parked car, overloaded container, locked gate. **Franchise**: A locally owned operator licensing a national brand and system. Usually owns trucks, so it behaves like a hauler with national branding. **Front-load bin**: The 2 to 8 cubic yard bin with a plastic lid that a truck lifts over its cab. Rented monthly for ongoing service, not by the project. **Gate rate**: Another name for a tipping fee — the per-ton price at the scale house where a hauler drops your debris. **Hauler**: The company that owns the trucks and drivers, and usually the disposal site. The party that actually performs the service. **Household hazardous waste**: Leftover household products that are corrosive, toxic, flammable or reactive — paint, solvents, pesticides, fuel, pool chemicals. Never container material. **Level load**: Debris filled no higher than the container rim, so the load can be tarped for transport. A legal requirement, not a preference. **Low-profile container**: A roll-off around three to four and a half feet tall, so debris can be thrown over the wall instead of carried through the door. **Occupancy permit**: Municipal authorisation to place an object in the public right-of-way for a set period. The permit a street-placed container needs. **Overage charge**: The per-ton fee for weight above the tonnage included in your rental. The most common reason a final invoice does not match the quote. **Overhead clearance**: The vertical space a roll-off truck needs to raise its hoist and set or retrieve a container — substantially more than the container’s own height. **Right-of-way**: The public land a street, sidewalk and verge sit on. Placing a container on it generally needs a permit; your own driveway generally does not. **Roll-off container**: An open-top steel container delivered and collected by a truck that rolls it off rails onto the ground. Sized by internal volume in cubic yards, typically 10 to 40. **Roofing square**: 100 square feet of roof coverage. The unit roofers estimate and order in, and the unit that lets you predict tear-off weight. **Section 608**: The Clean Air Act provision requiring refrigerant recovery before an appliance is disposed of. Why fridges, freezers and AC units are refused. **Tipping fee**: What a landfill or transfer station charges per ton to accept a load. Set regionally, and the largest single input into what a container costs you. **Tonnage allowance**: The weight included in the rental price, in tons. A commercial term set by the hauler, not a property of the container. **Transfer station**: A facility where collection trucks tip loads for consolidation into larger vehicles before the trip to a landfill or processor. **Universal waste**: A federal category at 40 CFR Part 273 covering batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing equipment, lamps and aerosol cans, handled outside normal trash. **Walk-in door**: The hinged rear gate on a roll-off that swings open so debris can be wheeled in rather than lifted over the side. **Waste ban**: A state rule barring specific materials from landfill or incinerator disposal. Enforced at the facility, so a banned item can get an entire load rejected. **Waste management plan**: A document filed with a building permit stating how construction debris will be sorted, where it will go, and how diversion will be proved. ## Sources - Primary source 2024 Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Tipping Fees — Environmental Research & Education Foundation · last reviewed 2026-08-17The full report is a paid publication. The national average and the year-over-year change are reported in the publisher’s own product description and in trade press covering the release. - Primary source Construction and Demolition Debris: Material-Specific Data — US Environmental Protection Agency · last reviewed 2026-08-17 - Primary source CALGreen Construction Waste Management Requirements — CalRecycle · last reviewed 2026-08-17 - Primary source MassDEP Waste Disposal Bans — Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection · last reviewed 2026-08-17mass.gov refuses automated requests from this build environment (HTTP 403). The ban list was read from the publisher’s own guide through a search index and cross-checked against the October 2021 amendment document below. - Primary source Universal Waste — 40 CFR Part 273 — US Environmental Protection Agency · last reviewed 2026-08-17 - Primary source Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) — US Environmental Protection Agency · last reviewed 2026-08-17 - Primary source Appliance Disposal — Section 608 refrigerant management — US Environmental Protection Agency · last reviewed 2026-08-17 Reviewed by [R. Tiwari](https://dumptergod.shop/authors/r-tiwari/) Last reviewed: 2026-08-17