Construction
We offer waste solutions for your construction, demolition, and landscape projects.
Acceptable and not acceptable items vary by location. Please contact your local office for details.
Waste Connections of Iowa – Des Moines Construction
Meeting Your Unique Needs
Waste Connections of Iowa – Des Moines has been meeting unique needs of construction, demolition, and landscape projects since 1977. And, we offer timely roll-off service in a number of communities.
Waste Connections of Iowa – Des Moines
Roll Off Guidelines
Roll offs should never be placed under any power lines; doing so puts Waste Connections vehicles and waste collection specialists in unnecessary danger. Also, children should be kept away from roll-offs at all times.
- Roll off placementPlace containers only on a driveway or a concrete slab.
- Toxic or hazardous liquidsNo toxic or hazardous liquids and/or flammable items are allowed in your roll-off container.
- Avoid overloadContainers can not be overloaded; overfilled roll-offs will not be serviced.
Waste Connections Disposal Guide
Roll Off Dumpster Guidelines
Acceptable Items
- Bricks and masonry material (20 Yard container only - approximately 1/3 full)
- Bulk amount of leaves and grass clippings (Yard Waste must be separated from all other materials
- Clean rubble (rock, dirt), (20 Yard container only – approximately 1/3 full)
- Clothing
- Common garbage
- Construction related packaging from builders
- Electrical wiring and components containing no hazardous material
- Furniture Mattress and box spring
- Metal scraps
- Mobile homes and trailers with tires and fuel tanks removed
- Motor vehicle glass Non-asbestos insulation
- Painted or coated wood
- Plaster and drywall
- Plumbing fixture
- Plywood Sheets, towels, pillows or other bedding items
- Roofing materials
- Toys
- Trash bags
- Treated wood
- Trees, brush and sod (Yard Waste must be separated from all other material)
- Untreated wood and sawdust
- Vegetation from land clearing or grubbing (Yard Waste must be separated from all other material)
- Vegetation from seasonal or storm cleanup (Yard Waste must be separated from all other material)
- Vegetation from utility maintenance (Yard Waste must be separated from all other material)
- Wall and flooring coverings
- Waste from food consumption at construction or demolition site
- Wood pallets
Unacceptable Items
- Appliances (all white goods)
- Buckets with paint, solvents, etc.
- Drums and containers
- Electrical equipment containing hazardous material
- Friable asbestos
- Hazardous Waste – learn more
- Lawnmowers with oil and gas
- Liquid Waste
- Outdoor grills with propane tank
- Paint cans
- Propane tanks (all sizes)
- Spray paint cans or containers
- Tires (whole, cut, or baled)