About Washington Dumpster Rental Guys

How this started

Mark Yablonski had worked construction and hauling around Washington and southwestern Pennsylvania for years when he started the company with a single truck and one container in 2012. He'd spent long enough on job sites to know exactly what went wrong with dumpsters: containers that turned up late or in the wrong size, prices that changed once the load crossed a scale, and out-of-town haulers who didn't know the run to the Arden Landfill, Pennsylvania's rules on burning, how the hilly shale-and-clay ground and deep winter frost heave a driveway, or how a severe storm fills a job with debris overnight.

The idea was simple: run it like a Washington outfit that actually knows Washington. More than a decade in, the operating principle hasn't moved: tell people the truth about what they need, protect the property, keep the job clean, know exactly where the debris goes, and charge the number that was quoted.

What we actually do differently

We know the local rules and where the debris goes. In Washington the curbside carts from the city's collection won't take construction debris, Pennsylvania won't let you burn it, and a licensed facility is where it goes - so a real project's debris goes covered to the Arden Landfill on Rangos Lane in Washington, with refrigerant appliances, tires, electronics and paint routed to the right place, and clean metal and concrete kept separate for recycling or reuse. We know the run and the county programs cold, and we keep the job clean and compliant. On the day, that's the whole job.

We recommend smaller containers. This one surprises people. Dense material - concrete, broken slab, tile and heavy demo - reaches a container's tonnage allowance while it still looks half empty. Recommending the 15 yard instead of the 20, or a dedicated 10 for the concrete, costs us revenue and saves the customer money. We do it anyway.

We're built for a hilly Appalachian city and Pennsylvania's seasons. Washington is the county seat of Washington County and a hub of southwestern Pennsylvania on the historic National Road - so much of the work is remodels and tear-outs in the older coal-and-rail-era and Victorian neighborhoods, estate and rental turnovers, and new-construction debris out in the growing Peters Township and South Strabane subdivisions - bulky and dense debris both - and winter-storm, spring-thunderstorm and hard-winter cleanup is a way of life here, not an exception. When a storm rolls through and the whole area needs containers at once, being a local crew is what lets us respond - and we size a storm container to the mixed debris and get it out fast.

One number, tarped loads. The flat rate covers delivery, the rental period, collection, the disposal and a stated tonnage allowance, with the overage rate quoted in the same breath. And every load leaves tarped and secured for the haul, as Pennsylvania law requires. No fuel surcharge, no environmental fee appearing on an invoice for the first time.

Why local knowledge matters here

Washington is the county seat of Washington County and a hub of southwestern Pennsylvania on the historic National Road (U.S. 40), at the I-70 and I-79 crossroads about thirty miles south of Pittsburgh - home to Washington & Jefferson College, the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and the Whiskey Rebellion heritage of the David Bradford House, with older coal-and-rail-era and Victorian neighborhoods alongside newer suburban growth in Peters Township and South Strabane, while the communities around it - Canonsburg, Cecil, Claysville - feed the same steady work. That mix shapes the jobs: remodels and tear-outs of the older homes, new-construction and addition debris, estate and rental turnovers, and after every winter storm or hard winter, storm cleanup. And nearly every job that moves earth hits the hilly, unglaciated ground here - clay and shale soils over sandstone and limestone bedrock, with bituminous coal and Marcellus shale beneath and old mine-worked ground in places, cut by steep slopes and narrow hollows with a higher water table in the creek bottoms - and the deep Appalachian winter frost line that heaves driveways and slabs with every freeze-thaw.

Then there's the regulatory reality that shapes all of it: construction debris being barred from the curbside carts, Pennsylvania's limit on open burning - only normal household refuse at one- and two-family homes, never building or demolition debris, with the City of Washington restricting it further - the requirement that C&D go to a licensed facility, the reuse of clean concrete and brick as clean fill, the recovery of clean metal, wood and cardboard, the ban on burning treated lumber, and the tarped-load requirement on every haul. A company that works the system every day knows all of it. We quote each job on what it actually is, and we'll explain the difference if you want to hear it.

The people you'll deal with

• Mark Yablonski — Owner & Founder. Years in local construction and hauling before starting the company. Still takes sizing calls, particularly on anything involving concrete, heavy broken-slab demo, demolition or a tricky placement on an older lot.
• Dan Pavlik — Operations Manager. Runs the schedule, the swaps and the contractor and property-management accounts, and knows which runs across Washington County a loaded truck can and can't make in a day. If you need a same-day swap, he's the one who makes it happen.
• Joe Zelenak — Lead Driver. Has been placing containers on Washington's newer neighborhoods and tight established driveways for years and sizes a load by eye better than most. If he says a 30 won't fit your lot, it won't.
• Tina Kovach — Customer Care Lead. First voice on the phone most mornings, and the person who will walk you through the local rules, what can and can't go in the container, and where the electronics, tires, appliances and brush need to go.

Where we work

Washington, Peters Township, Canonsburg, Cecil, North Strabane, Claysville, Houston, North Franklin, Monongahela, Charleroi, Bentleyville, California, Chartiers, South Strabane and Meadow Lands across Washington County and into the neighboring Allegheny and Greene County communities. If you're further out than that, call anyway and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right company for the job.

• Washington, PA
• Canonsburg, PA
• Peters Township, PA
• Cecil, PA
• Houston, PA
• Meadow Lands, PA
• South Strabane, PA
• Claysville, PA
• North Franklin, PA
• North Strabane, PA
• Charleroi, PA
• Monongahela, PA
• California, PA
• Chartiers, PA
• Bentleyville, PA