Cost · 8 min read
The honest answer is that we quote every job flat, by phone, for your address and your material. The useful answer is what goes into that number and what moves it. Here is the arithmetic we do before we give it.
A flat rate is one number that covers delivery to your address, the container for a standard 7-day rental, pickup, fuel, and disposal up to a stated tonnage. No fuel surcharge, no pickup fee, no "environmental fee" that appears on the invoice later. If a smaller box does the job we quote the smaller box.
We do not publish a price list on this page because the two things that decide the number — what is going in and where it tips — change from job to job and town to town. A 20 yard of kitchen debris in Janesville and a 20 yard of shingles in Monroe are different jobs at the scale. Call (608) 530-0711 with the address and the material and you will have a firm number before you hang up.
The biggest cost inside any flat rate is disposal, and disposal is charged by the ton at a licensed landfill. These are the published gate rates at the facilities our loads use, as of 1 January 2026:
| Facility | Serves | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janesville Sanitary Landfill, 525 Black Bridge Rd | Rock County loads | $46.00 a ton | $12 minimum for a car or pickup, $20 for other vehicles and trailers; refuses shingles, concrete, asphalt, yard waste and cardboard |
| Janesville Clean Fill Facility, next door | Concrete, brick, unpainted lumber, brush | $6 a cubic yard (city residents), $8 (everyone else) | Priced by volume, not weight |
| Dane County Landfill (Rodefeld), 7102 Maahic Way, Madison | Stoughton and Oregon loads only | $60.10 a ton mixed refuse, $63 construction and demolition, $65 clean shingles, $40 clean brush | Dane County waste only; C&D loads must be at least 50% recyclable |
| Green County Landfill, W2002 County Hwy SS, Brodhead | Monroe and Brodhead loads | $77 a ton garbage, $100 a ton construction waste, $25 minimum | Refuses concrete, brick, dirt and unsorted mixed loads |
Built into every one of those rates is the State of Wisconsin's own $13.097 a ton in landfill fees. The Walworth and Jefferson County loads go to a DNR-licensed private landfill — Mallard Ridge in Delavan or Deer Track Park in Watertown — neither of which publishes its gate fees, or back to Janesville at $46. We say which when we quote.
Weight. The flat rate includes a stated allowance — one to two tons on a 10 yard, up to five or six on a 40. Concrete, brick, plaster, tile and shingles use it up fast, which is why we put heavy loads in a 10 loaded level and tell you where the line is before you load. Overage is charged at the landfill rate per ton, and we say what that rate is for your town before you load.
Days. The standard rental is 7 days. Keeping it longer is a small daily rate, and we would rather extend it than have you rush a job — just tell us before the pickup date.
Banned items. Wisconsin bans tires, major appliances, electronics, lead-acid batteries, waste oil and oil filters, yard waste, and cardboard, cans, bottles and paper from the landfill, and the Janesville landfill adds shingles, concrete and asphalt in a mixed load. If they turn up in the load they come out at the scale and the handling is charged — the landfill itself charges $15 for a fridge, freezer, air conditioner or dehumidifier and $8 a tire. Paint, solvents and chemicals never go in at all. The what-goes-in guide says where each belongs instead.
None of these change our flat rate, but they can add to the cost of a job, so here is what the towns actually publish. Janesville's Dumpster Permit for a street, alley, sidewalk or terrace placement shows no fee on the form or in the City's fee schedule, so we confirm it with the Building Division rather than guess. Elkhorn's Street Privilege Permit is $25 plus actual costs, and its Grade 2 hauler licence for construction and demolition work is $100 a year. Brodhead's street privilege permit is $10 plus actual City costs with a bond of up to $10,000. Stoughton, Monroe, Milton, Edgerton, Delavan and Fort Atkinson set their street-permit fees by Council resolution or do not state them, and Delavan, Monroe and Beloit set their hauler-licence fees the same way.
Demolition permits are separate and sit with the owner: Janesville charges $132 for a residential structure, $100 for minor interior demolition and $165 for a commercial building up to 20,000 square feet; Lake Geneva charges $150 to raze a one- or two-family house; Fort Atkinson $50 residential and $100 commercial. A commercial demolition also carries the DNR asbestos notification fee — $135, $400, $700 or $1,325 by quantity — while a one-to-four-unit house is typically exempt from the notice.
The most expensive container is the one that has three streams in it. A roof, a broken-up patio and a kitchen in one 30 yard is a mixed load that the Janesville landfill will not take, the Green County landfill requires separated, and the Dane County facility would price at the mixed-refuse rate instead of the cheaper construction rate. Split the same job into a shingle box, a 10 of clean concrete for the $6-a-yard Clean Fill yard, and a 20 of everything else, and each one tips at the cheapest rate it qualifies for. That is the arithmetic behind "tell us what is going in" — it is not curiosity, it is the quote.
For anything beyond a couple of pickup loads, a container you load yourself is cheaper, because you are paying for the box rather than the hours. For a small job you want gone today with nobody to lift, our junk removal crew is the better value. We run both and will say which on the phone.
Call (608) 530-0711 — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A dispatcher in Janesville will size the job, quote it flat for your town and your material, and schedule it on the same call. Same-day in Janesville and the Rock County towns when you call before noon; usually next morning for Walworth, Jefferson, Dane and Green County.
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From this guide
Because what is going in and where it tips decide the number — $46 a ton in Janesville, $63 a ton for sorted construction debris in Dane County, $100 a ton in Green County, and $6 a cubic yard for clean concrete at the Clean Fill yard. We quote each job flat by phone so the number is real for your address.
Delivery, a 7-day rental, pickup, fuel and disposal up to the stated tonnage. No fuel surcharge and no pickup fee. Extra days and weight over the allowance are the only additions, and both are quoted before you load.
Yes — a 10 yard loaded level, on its own, to the Janesville Clean Fill Facility at $6 a cubic yard for city residents or $8 for everyone else. The landfill refuses concrete in a mixed load, so keeping it separate is both the rule and the saving.
A little, at the far corners — Lake Geneva, Monroe and Oregon may carry a small distance adjustment, said up front. Where the load tips changes the overage rate per ton, and any permit fee the town publishes is passed through at cost.
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