At Yankee Dumpster, we’re all about making your property cleaner and your life easier. The purpose of dumpster rental is to simplify your life by making a change more manageable. That change may be moving, downsizing, construction, decluttering or sifting through an inheritance.

One thing all of those situations have in common is that they’re complicated and time-consuming. Dumpsters help you to simplify and take your time with sorting while saving the time you’d spend transporting trash. But what if time is something in short supply?

Unfortunately, sometimes you need to get through something quickly. Maybe it was an unpleasant surprise, or you’re trying to save on rental costs. Whatever your reasons, there are ways to organize your short-term rental to make it more efficient and ensure you do it right.

Here are Yankee’s top 7 tips for efficient short-term rental in Mt. Dora.

Know Your Timeline

If your timeline isn’t flexible, it’s essential to work within it. Our dumpster rentals are adjustable, so you can let us know when you need it delivered and when you need it picked up again. Gives us your dates so we can work within them.

But that’s the easy part! You need to figure out how you can work within time constraints too. That’s why we’ve always stressed the importance of a plan.

Let those you’re working with know your timeline too.

Pick the Right Spot

Your dumpster location matters more than you might at first think. So, first, you want to put it somewhere accessible for you. That means two things: close and easy to navigate.

Ideally, you will have your dumpster near an exit, preferably near where you’ll be doing most of the work. But perhaps even more importantly, you should ensure the path to your dumpster is clear.

You will likely be transporting a lot of material. Some of it will be heavy, and some will be hard to maneuver. Make your life easier by planning a clear, unobstructed path.

Sort Carefully

We’ve written blogs about sorting when going through your things for decluttering or moving and sorting out the items from an inheritance. Both situations involve picking through what you’re keeping, selling, giving away, and throwing away. Each of these piles should have a distinct space so they don’t run into one another.

Ideally, you will have already completed your sorting before renting a dumpster because this is the most time-consuming part of the process.

Visibility is Key

Within your sorting areas, especially your throw-away pile, you must be able to see all of the items. This may seem silly for stuff you’re planning to trash, but it isn’t for reasons that will soon be clear.

Size Matters

You may think the whole point of dumpster rental is that you can toss everything without thinking about it. And if you have time to have your dumpster picked up, emptied, and re-delivered, that’s true. But you must be more careful if working within a time crunch.

Part of your sorting should be by size. In this way, you should even sort items when throwing them away.

Big Items First

Load your largest items into the dumpster first. If you put the small things in, they might not fall in a way that will optimize the space in your dumpster rental. When you load the large items, you can do it mindfully and ensure nothing is hanging out over the top (which is not allowed).

Fit Smaller items Wherever There is Space

After you’ve loaded the larger items, you can add the next largest, then the next largest, and so on. Not only can you put them on top of the larger items. It would be best if you filled all the spaces between the largest things to optimize your dumpster space fully.

Load (Almost) Like You Read

Fill the dumpster in layers and go from one side to the other. You read a page from top to bottom and left to right. You should load your dumpster from bottom to top and from one side to the other.

We’ll let you choose whether you want to start with right or left but stick with your choice.

Dumpster Rental with A Time Crunch

Pretty much any situation that requires a short-term dumpster rental can be equal parts intimidating and exciting. Adding a time crunch will tip the scales more toward anxiety-producing. Our six tips will help you navigate your situation to make the most of the short time you have.

People say that the only constant is change. What works for you today won’t necessarily work tomorrow as families grow, disperse, and refine their needs. Early in life, that might mean combining households, getting a larger home, or having children.

Later in life, the reverse is often true. For example, as kids move out and we get older, we sometimes want to avoid taking care of a large home and need less space. And dumpster rental is an invaluable tool for downsizing.

If you’re getting to the point that you’re downsizing because you have fewer people living in your home or you want a simpler life, there are several resources available to you in Orlando, of which Yankee Dumpster is one. So here’s our advice for downsizing.

How Much Space Will You Have?

So you are moving into a smaller home – maybe because the kids moved out, or you just got tired of cleaning a big house! Whatever the reason, if you’re relocating somewhere smaller, you’ll have to think about how much space you’ll have for your possessions.

Unless we’re intentionally living simply, we accumulate a lot over a lifetime. At no time do we notice this more than when we’re moving. Moves often force a revaluation of our possessions even when we’re not going somewhere smaller because no one wants to pack up and transport items they haven’t used in ten years and likely won’t until it’s time to move again!

But when you’re going somewhere smaller, you’ll want to consider the rooms and storage space in the new home before evaluating what to take. For example, when moving from a five-bedroom to a 2, it’s clear that only some furniture will fit.

What Do You Need?

So what will you need in your new home? That’s the first question to ask. When you know what you need to bring with you and how much space it will take, you can use a little special deduction to find out how much space you’ll have for everything else.

Then you can make the often hard decision of what to bring. Of course, you can’t get by without a bed and will probably want a couch, but what room remains for the things you may or may not use and items of sentimental value?

Let’s Get Sorting!

Once you understand the parameters of your new living situation, you can sort out what you’re bringing from your old living quarters. We’ve discussed sorting before and always recommend dividing items into piles or rooms.

Keep

As you decide what you’re bringing with you, put it aside. It helps to label everything and keep items together that will go into the same room. For example, you may put kitchen appliances together, perhaps wrapped in kitchen towels in a box labeled “kitchen.”

But you may not want to pack yet, because, depending on your time frame, it can be valuable to take a second look at what you’re taking. Sometimes we sort in stages as we realize we have more than one of something or that we’ve set aside more than we have space available.

Give Away or Sell

You give family and friends the first crack at anything you’re not keeping. Anything else you don’t want that it’s in good enough condition for someone else to use should be given away or sold.

Orlando has many great thrift stores that give back to the community, like the Russell Home Thrift Store and Out of the Closet, which will pick up large donations right from your home! You can’t beat excellent service that gives back to your community! These stores are a convenient and generous option if you want to avoid going through the trouble of selling your items or don’t need the money.

If you have the time to sell your items, Facebook is an excellent place to list larger items, whereas eBay is typically better for collectibles. Be sure to research market value.

Toss!

Here’s where Yankee Dumpster Rentals comes in. You will likely find you have accumulated many items that aren’t of value to you or others. When you get a dumpster rental, you can quickly dispose of all of these, getting them out of the way without making multiple trips to the dump.

Plan Out Your Dumpster Rental

Part of the value of dumpster rental is convenience. If you have a few months to plan your move, you can keep the dumpster as long as you need. Call Yankee Dumpster a best dumpster rental company in Orlando and let us know when you want it delivered and picked up. You’ll also want to decide where you want the dumpster placed for maximum convenience.

Call Yankee for the Win!

Moving is intimidating, particularly if you’re downsizing, but Yankee is here to make it easy as possible with our convenient dumpster rental services in Orlando, Florida. We hope this list helped it feel more manageable, and we look forward to hitting it out of the yard for you!

At Yankee, we pride ourselves on giving you the grand slam experience of dumpster rental. Often, renting a dumpster is something you do during a stressful time like a home renovation, major decluttering, inheritance, or move. So, We do everything we can to make it easy for you.

Our goal is to walk you through the process so that even if you do everything wrong, you still have a home run experience. Still, with a bit of planning on your part, your Sanford rental can go even better.

You’ve heard about getaway plans. Today we’re going to help you make your throwaway plan!
Here’s how to make sure you’re throwing away junk instead of your precious time.

Why Do You Need a Dumpster?

An excellent place to start with your plan is the purpose of your rental. Yankee has discussed the common reason for dumpster rental before. Maybe you fit into one of those (new home, moving, remodeling, etc.), or perhaps it’s something different.

Thinking about your needs is how you get started.

One Time

Many of our customers need a dumpster temporarily. They have a project to complete. Take some time to think through the project in your mind. That will help determine the size of the dumpster you’ll need and how long you’ll need it.

Regular

Of course, many businesses and some individuals need a dumpster not for a one-time project but for regular service. Try to estimate how often you’ll need your dumpster to be taken out. If you’ve never done this before or you’re unsure, the friendly staff at Yankee will be happy to help you estimate how often you’ll need trash removed based on the size of your building, the nature of what it does, and the number of people who contribute waste.

What’s Your Throwaway Plan?

Before your dumpster arrives, it’s best to know what you’ll be tossing. Obviously, you don’t need an itemized list, but what’s your plan?

For example, if you have an entire house you have to go through, do you plan to keep anything? Do you want to have it sorted out before we get there?

You don’t need to have everything divided into keep, donate and toss piles before we arrive, but you should make a general plan about whether you are going to sort or whether you’re going to remove it all. Will you need help with moving heavier items? Having these questions answered will help you to have a good experience.

Know What You Can and Can’t Throw Away

Part of your plan should know what can and can’t go in your dumpster rental. If you don’t want to take the time to sort your items, there is quite a bit that you can throw away, but there are a few things you can’t.

We blogged about this before, so we won’t go into too much detail here, but in general, if it’s toxic or dangerous, you shouldn’t put it in a dumpster. The goal is to keep people safe. Check your local regulations to be sure.

How Long Will You Need a Dumpster?

If you’ve taken the time to answer the first questions and come up with your throwaway plan, hopefully, right now, you have a decent idea about how long you’ll need your dumpster. When you speak to Yankee, you can let us know the length of your dumpster rental. Then when it’s over, we’ll arrive to take it away.

Where Would You Like Your Dumpster?

The question of where to place your dumpster is less academic than it might appear. The driveway is often the most obvious choice because that will prevent you from killing grass or other plants.

But it would help if you also considered how convenient the dumpster will be to what you’re doing. You’re renting a dumpster because you have a lot to throw away, so presumably, you will be making several trips to it. Try to situate it in a way that doesn’t require you to walk as far or navigate through small spaces or corners while carrying heavy trash.

What If You Need Your Dumpster Rental Longer?

You know what they say about the best-laid plans of mice and men, right? Luckily for you, if something comes up you haven’t anticipated and your plans change, it’s easy to make adjustments.

For example, if your dumpster fills up earlier than you thought it would, but you still have more to throw away, let Yankee know, and we’ll exchange it. Similarly, if it turns out that sorting is more complicated than you imagined and you need more time, call us as soon as you know so we can extend your contract.

At Yankee, our goal is to make dumpster rental easy, pleasant, and straightforward so you can knock trash right out of your yard.

Sometimes transforming a house into a home continues long after moving in. One of the most exciting aspects of homemaking is remodeling your house to turn it into the home you’ve always wanted.

However, remodeling is also stressful. Unexpected problems arise, the place that makes you feel safe is in disarray, and you feel (and sometimes are) displaced. Unfortunately, we can’t remove all your remodeling stress, but we can reduce it by providing a dumpster.

How will a dumpster help? Well, even if demolition isn’t the primary function of your project, you’d be surprised how much trash building or remodeling produces! And though you may be used to just bringing your trash to the curb in your Sanford neighborhood, that might not be a good option during your project.

Yankee is here to tell you that construction is a whole different ball game.

Why Are You Renting a Dumpster?

There is a good reason for renting a dumpster for a home remodel project. First of all, you will produce a lot of trash. You probably won’t have room for it in your trash cans.

That means you’ll either have to have it sitting in piles until it’s time for pick up or, more likely, you’ll have to make trips to the dump. You want to avoid adding one more step to your project, which will delay returning to having an intact home.

Your home will also already feel less homey. You don’t need giant piles of discarded construction materials sitting inside of it too!

Make A Plan

If you’re remodeling your home, chances are you’re familiar with planning! It’s not a project you start without thinking about every detail beforehand. But you may have yet to plan your junk removal or dumpster rental.

First, did you hire a company to remodel, or are you doing it yourself? Is the company renting a dumpster, or do they expect you to do it? Those are your basic questions.

Where Will You Put It?

Where will you put your dumpster? Unfortunately, location is not as minor of a question as it appears to be – it will affect the smoothness of your project and possibly parking at your home.

You’ll want to put the dumpster somewhere that won’t hurt your vegetation. But you also want it to be easy to access – all while carrying loads of construction materials! That means you’ll want it near the project.

Having the dumpster near your project won’t just save on unnecessary steps back and forth. It also can prevent workers from having to walk through more of your home.

That protects your space, so you’ll have more of your home to yourself and won’t need to worry about anything in your home being damaged by a stray 2 x 4 on its way to the trash.

How Large is the Project?

The size of your project has ramifications beyond budget and comfort. For example, a more extensive project will likely produce more trash. If you’re working with a construction company, they should help you determine how large of a dumpster you’ll need.

How Long Will You Need It?

Another critical question to answer is how long you’ll need the dumpster. The obvious answer might be as long as it takes to finish the project, but sometimes there’s more to it.

If the project is large enough, you may need to have the dumpster picked up and exchanged because of an overabundance of junk. You’ll also need to know at the beginning how long a project will last.

What Goes In?

It’s important to note not everything can go in the dumpster! We wrote a blog about what can and can’t go into your dumpster, but codes and ordinances change. So be sure to check before you dump anything.

A good rule of thumb is that you can’t put it in the dumpster if it’s sticky or toxic. You also can’t put in dirt or biohazard materials.

What Happens When Something Unexpected Occurs

Construction is notoriously unpredictable. Sometimes you open up a wall and find something you didn’t know was there! So call Yankee Dumpster when your project gets bigger or lasts longer than you thought it would.

We make it easy to change your dumpster reservation.

Knock it Out of the Yard!

Home remodeling is a complex and often stressful endeavor, but renting a dumpster shouldn’t be. With Yankee, renting a dumpster is a home run for your home construction. Just let us know when you need your dumpster, where to put it, and when to pick it up, and we’ll take care of the rest!

We’re halfway into the first month of the new year, and if your resolution involves decluttering, you might feel the high of gaining more space! But in your giddiness, it’s easy to make a mistake. You can’t throw everything in a dumpster!

Apopka dumpster regulations allow you to throw away most household materials. Still, to ensure you safely use your dumpster rental as intended, today, Yankee Dumpster will share the top items not to throw in your dumpster!

Why Can’t You Throw Away Everything?

Just as you can’t take it with you, you also can’t dump it all.

Part of the appeal of dumpster rental is the ability to get rid of a lot of stuff quickly. But quickly doesn’t mean haphazardly (emphasis on hazard), and putting some items in a dumpster can be dangerous to people or the environment. These are the main reasons some things can’t go in a dumpster.

Explosions

Some items can hurt people, especially if left unattended. These can either be because they contain caustic chemicals that eventually leak out or because of explosive potential.

Environmental Concerns

Other items, while not directly dangerous to the people around them, can eventually harm us all by either leaching into the soil or through the build-up of methane gas – a significant contributor to global warming.

What Can’t You Put In Your Dumpster Rental?

We’ve given you the broad reasons why items can’t be put in your dumpster rental, but here are some of the primary things you can’t place in your dumpster. This is not a comprehensive list and regulations changes, so when in doubt, ask! Here’s a link to a site where you can find answers to your specific dumping questions.

Asbestos

Home renovations are one of the main reasons that people may rent a dumpster. Most construction materials can go into a dumpster without a problem, including concrete, drywall, and much more. It’s what makes dumpster rental so convenient.

One of the few that can’t is asbestos. For anyone who knows about asbestos, the reason for that is apparent. When someone inhales asbestos, it can be deadly. So there are special procedures for disposing of asbestos to keep everyone safe.

Medical Infectious Waste

Again, the reason for not putting biohazards in your dumpster is human health. You may think this only applies to hospitals, but if you have anyone in your home who uses needles, dialysis, or blood bags, this may apply to you. In addition, animal carcasses fall under this category.

Tires

You may have heard that tires can’t go to dumps but do you know why? It’s got nothing to do with the material itself. Instead, it’s its shape!

The space in the tire will cause it to float to the top of garbage dumps! Displacing the other trash will then release pollution into the environment.

Hot Water Heaters

Similar to tires, in the case of water heaters, it’s the space within them that causes the problem. It can build up gases and eventually explode! As you can imagine, that can be very harmful to anyone in the vicinity.

Many Chemicals

The number of chemicals that can’t go into a dumpster is vast. We’ll divide it into classes, but this one place where if you don’t see it listed explicitly as ok to dump, you should double-check to make sure it’s safe. Not only will you be fined, but you could cause someone actual harm by tossing the wrong chemical.

You can not put any hazardous material in your dumpster. But what is hazardous? Anything flammable, explosive, deadly, or absorbent falls into that category.

More surprisingly, perhaps – you can’t put in paints, lacquers, inks, and resins. That’s because they stain and damage equipment.

Adhesives are another chemical that can’t go in your dumpster rental! Why? They can bind other waste to your dumpster walls.

Another more surprising chemical you can’t put in a dumpster is household cleaners. Luckily, you can safely pour these cleaners down your drain as you do that every time you clean with them.

Safely Dumping

Although today we focused on what you can’t put in your dumpster, there’s a lot more that you can. Though there may be some surprises, most items you can’t dump can safely be filed under common sense.

If you have questions, remember you’re not on your own! We’re here to assist where we can, and there are people at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection who can also help with any questions or concerns. Visit us at www.yankeedumpster.com, one of the best dumpster rental companies in the Orlando, Florida for more information.