Dumpster Rental in Milton, WA

Roll-off containers for Milton homes and jobsites

Milton is a small city that literally sits on the county line, with its southern half in Pierce County and its northern half in King County. It is about nine miles northeast of our yard, tucked between Fife, Edgewood and Federal Way on the rise locals call North Hill. Jobs here are mostly residential: postwar homes needing roofs and remodels, garage and estate cleanouts, and yard clearing on the deeper lots. Because the boundary runs straight through town, right-of-way and permit questions depend on which side of the line your address falls on, and we check that before the truck loads.

What we know about working in Milton

The old town core along Milton Way holds 1910s to 1940s houses on modest lots, with 1950s through 1970s ramblers filling in around them and pockets of newer plats on the eastern edge. Surprise Lake sits just north with a cluster of older cottages and remodeled homes around it. Milton has no large employer of its own, so residents work in Fife, Federal Way, Auburn and the Kent valley. Lots tend to run deeper than they look, and back yards accumulate sheds, boats and years of stored material. The old Interurban rail alignment now runs through town as a trail. Mature fir and cedar shade a lot of roofs, so moss growth and gutter debris are constant, and from October through May the green waste never stops.

• CountyPierce & King Counties
• Distance from our yard9 miles northeast of Tacoma
• Main routesI-5
• Typical deliverySame or next day

Getting a truck to you

Out of Stewart Street it is I-5 north to exit 137 or 142, then Milton Way or Porter Way into town, about fifteen minutes. Older streets in the core are narrow with ditches instead of curbs on some blocks, and those shoulders soften after a wet week. The county line runs through the middle of the city, so if the container needs to sit in the street we confirm which jurisdiction issues the approval.

Routes we run: I-5, Milton Way, SR-99 (Pacific Highway East), Porter Way.

Landmarks and neighborhoods we work around

Permits, streets and placement in Milton

On a private driveway in Milton you generally do not need a municipal permit. Placement in the public street or right-of-way is a different matter and normally requires approval — from the borough or township where the road is locally maintained, or from WSDOT where it is a state route. Every municipality in Pierce & King Counties runs its own form and its own lead time, and older streets here often have no off-street parking at all, so plan the permit before you plan the delivery. It is a ten-minute call that saves a week.

Our permit and placement guide walks through the whole process, and PSCAA publishes the Covered Device Recycling Act rules and the other statewide disposal restrictions that apply to every load we haul out of Milton. County recycling and household hazardous waste dates are published by Pierce County.

Sizes we deliver to Milton