Construction
We offer waste solutions for your construction, demolition, and landscape projects.
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.
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.
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)