What can you put in a dumpster?

Accepted in any of our containers

Load these freely, keeping the material level with the top rail.

• Household junk, furniture, mattresses, carpet and boxes
• Construction and demolition debris: lumber, drywall, cabinets, doors, windows
• Roofing shingles, tile and underlayment
• Concrete, asphalt, brick, block, pavers and dirt — in a lowboy
• Yard waste, branches, sod and landscaping debris
• Office furniture, fixtures, shelving and retail displays

Never accepted

These are regulated in California and cannot go in a roll-off at any size.

• Liquid paint, stains, solvents, motor oil and fuel
• Hazardous chemicals, asbestos and contaminated soil
• Tires, car batteries and propane tanks
• Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners containing refrigerant
• Televisions, monitors and other e-waste
• Medical waste and anything sealed under pressure

Where those items should go instead

Orange County operates household hazardous waste collection centers that take paint, chemicals, batteries and e-waste from residents free of charge. Tire shops and auto parts stores take tires and batteries. Appliance retailers usually haul away refrigerant appliances when they deliver a replacement.

Dried-out latex paint with the lid off is often accepted as solid waste — liquid paint never is.

Mixed loads are fine, with one rule

You do not need to sort junk by type. Keep heavy debris such as concrete and dirt in a dedicated lowboy instead of mixing it into a general trash box — that is a weight rule, not a sorting rule, and it keeps you out of overweight charges.