Dumpster Rental in Clarks Summit, PA

Roll-off containers for Clarks Summit homes and jobsites

Clarks Summit anchors the Abingtons, the suburban ring northwest of the city where lots get bigger, trees get taller and houses sit back from the road. State Street gives the borough a proper walkable center, and every February the Festival of Ice takes it over. The jobs we serve here are different from the valley: basement and garage clear-outs in mid-century colonials, kitchen and bathroom remodels, roof replacements, storm damage cleanup after a hard winter, and downsizing projects when an older couple moves out of a family home. Driveways are longer, which is good, but overhanging trees need checking first.

What we know about working in Clarks Summit

Housing here leans toward the 1920s through the 1970s: colonials, capes, split-levels and a stock of larger older homes along State Street and the streets running off it. Construction is generally sound and the debris reflects it, with dimensional lumber, drywall, hardwood flooring and cabinetry rather than plaster and coal ash. The borough sits at a higher elevation than the valley floor, so it takes more snow and holds it longer, and mature trees mean genuine storm debris after an ice event. Abington Heights schools, the community library and the state hospital campus give the area its institutional backbone, while the Countryside Conservancy keeps trails through the surrounding townships. Turnpike and I-81 access at exit 194 makes this one of the quickest suburban runs we make.

• CountyLackawanna County
• Distance from our yard6 miles northwest of Scranton
• Main routesUS 6 / US 11 (Northern Boulevard)
• Typical deliverySame or next day

Getting a truck to you

We head north out of Providence and pick up I-81 to exit 194, then come down Northern Boulevard into the borough, which takes about fifteen minutes on a normal morning. Grove Street and the residential streets off State Street are the usual destinations. The two things we check before dispatch are low tree limbs over long driveways and whether a gravel or older asphalt drive will take the truck after heavy rain.

Routes we run: US 6 / US 11 (Northern Boulevard), I-81 (exit 194), PA 407, PA 307 (Winola Road).

Landmarks and neighborhoods we work around

Permits, streets and placement in Clarks Summit

On a private driveway in Clarks Summit 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 PennDOT where it is a state route. Every municipality in Lackawanna County 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 PA DEP publishes the Covered Device Recycling Act rules and the other statewide disposal restrictions that apply to every load we haul out of Clarks Summit. County recycling and household hazardous waste dates are published by Lackawanna County.

Sizes we deliver to Clarks Summit