Junk Management

Your plain-English guide to avoiding fees, rejected loads, and unhappy haulers.   Renting a dumpster is one of the most satisfying ways to tackle a big cleanout, renovation, or demolition project. You get a giant bin, you fill it up, someone hauls it away. Simple. Except there's a catch: not everything is allowed in. Toss in the wrong item, and you could face extra fees, a rejected load, or even a fine from your waste hauler. The rules aren't complicated once you know them —