If your property is paying to haul air, a compactor fixes it. Freedom Waste services self-contained and stationary compactors across Duval, St. Johns, Clay, and Nassau counties.

Hauls start at $275 with disposal at $55 per ton. Already own your compactor? There is no equipment charge — you pay the haul and the tonnage, nothing else. If you need equipment, leases run about $300 per month.

Compaction reduces waste volume by roughly four to six times. That means fewer pulls, a lower cost per ton, less odor, no overflowing containers, and a back-of-house that does not look like a landfill.

Family owned, 20 years in Northeast Florida, franchise licensed in all four counties, government contract holder.

Call (904) 337-0066

Already Own a Compactor? We Will Service It

If there is already a compactor on your property, you do not need to lease anything from us and we do not charge you for equipment you own. You pay the haul rate and the disposal tonnage. That is the whole bill.

Hauls from $275, disposal at $55 per ton, no fuel surcharge, no environmental fee, no administrative fee.

Plenty of property owners bought a compactor years ago and are now stuck with a hauler whose rates have climbed every year since. If that is you, pull your last invoice and call us. Switching service on equipment you already own is the simplest change you can make to your waste bill, and we can usually quote it on the phone.

Call (904) 337-0066

How You Are Billed

Three components, stated plainly:

Equipment lease — about $300 per month if you need a unit. Nothing if you already own one.
Haul rate — from $275 per pull, charged when the unit is emptied
Disposal — $55 per ton at the scale

No fuel surcharge, no environmental fee, no administrative fee. Same as every other account we run: the quote is the price.

Haul rates start at $275 and vary by address, because different counties here are served by different landfills at different disposal rates.

Because you control pull frequency, you control most of your bill. A compactor that gets pulled when it is actually full — rather than on a fixed schedule — is where the real savings come from.

Does a Compactor Actually Save You Money?

Sometimes it does not. Here is how to tell before anyone sells you anything.

A compactor probably pays for itself if:

You are running multiple front-load containers, or one container serviced three or more times a week
You regularly have overflow — bags stacked beside the container, or extra pickup charges on your invoice
Your waste is bulky and light: cardboard, packaging, plastic film, foam
You are short on space and cannot add another container
Odor, pests, or appearance is a problem in a customer-facing area

A compactor probably does not pay if:

Your waste is dense and already heavy — compacting concrete or wet food waste gains you little volume
You fill one front-load container once a week or less
You cannot get power or a concrete pad to the location without significant cost

We will tell you which one you are. If a front load dumpster is the cheaper answer for your property, that is what we will quote you.

The Math, In Plain Terms

Compaction does not reduce your tonnage — the waste weighs what it weighs. It reduces the number of hauls. That is where the savings live, which is why compaction pays best on waste that is bulky and light rather than dense and heavy.

Cardboard and packaging compact extremely well, often six to one. A property hauling thirty front-load pickups a month can drop to two or three compactor pulls. Wet and dense waste is the opposite case: food waste already carries its weight in water, compacts far less, and your tonnage stays high regardless. A restaurant may still want a self-contained unit for containment and odor rather than for savings — those are legitimate reasons, just different ones.

Run it on your own numbers

Count your monthly pickups across every container, including overflow charges
Multiply by your per-pickup cost
Compare against: $300 lease (or nothing, if you own the unit) + $275 per haul + $55 per ton

Bring us a recent invoice and we will run this with your real figures rather than an estimate.

Self-Contained or Stationary?

This is the one decision that matters most, and it comes down to whether your waste is wet or dry.

Self-Contained — for wet waste

The compactor and the container are a single sealed unit. Liquid stays inside, and the whole assembly is hauled away and returned.

Use it for: restaurants, grocery, food processing, hotels, hospitals, anywhere with food waste or liquids.

Why it matters: a stationary unit handling wet waste leaks at the connection point. You get odor, pests, staining, and a health inspection problem. Wet waste needs self-contained — this is not an upsell, it is the correct equipment.

Stationary — for dry waste

The compactor is mounted permanently and compacts waste into a detachable roll-off container. When the container is full, we haul the container and the compactor stays in place.

Use it for: retail, warehousing, distribution, manufacturing, office parks — cardboard, packaging, film, dry general waste.

Why it matters: stationary units are less expensive to lease and service than self-contained, and dry waste compacts extremely well. If your waste stream is genuinely dry, this is the cheaper right answer.

Not sure? If you would not want it sitting in a bag on your kitchen floor overnight, it is wet waste.

What You Need On Site

Worth knowing before you plan around a compactor:

Electrical service. Compactors need dedicated power run to the unit. Requirements vary by model, and if there is no service nearby, an electrician is part of your install cost.
A level concrete pad rated for the unit and, for stationary setups, the roll-off container behind it.
Truck access and clearance — about 60 feet of approach and roughly 25 feet of overhead clearance.
Drainage consideration for self-contained units in food service applications.

We do a site visit before quoting so none of this turns into a surprise after you have signed.

Who Uses Compactors

Grocery and supermarkets — high volume, mixed wet and dry, often two units
Restaurants and food service — self-contained, wet waste
Big-box and multi-tenant retail — heavy cardboard, stationary units
Warehousing and distribution — packaging and film at volume
Manufacturing — steady, predictable output
Hotels and hospitality — mixed streams, appearance matters
Multifamily and large apartment communities — chute-fed compaction
Hospitals and medical campuses — volume plus containment requirements
Government and municipal facilities — we hold active government contracts across the region

Why Freedom Waste

Hauls from $275, disposal at $55 per ton, leases from $300 a month. Published, because nobody else in this market will tell you.
Own your compactor? No equipment charge. You pay the haul and the tonnage, nothing else.
No fuel surcharge, no environmental fee, no administrative fee. The quote is the price.
Rate locked for five years on contracted accounts. No annual increases.
20 years in Northeast Florida. Family owned.
Franchise licensed in all four counties — Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassau. Not every hauler here is.
Government contract holder.
Over ten trucks, running Monday through Saturday.
We will tell you not to lease one if the numbers do not work. A compactor that does not pay for itself costs us a customer eventually.

Serving All of Northeast Florida

Duval County — Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach, Baldwin
St. Johns County — St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, Nocatee, Fruit Cove, Hastings
Clay County — Orange Park, Fleming Island, Middleburg, Green Cove Springs, Oakleaf
Nassau County — Fernandina Beach, Yulee, Callahan, Amelia Island, Hilliard

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does commercial compactor service cost?

Hauls start at $275 per pull with disposal at $55 per ton. If you need equipment, a lease runs about $300 per month. If you already own your compactor, there is no equipment charge at all — just the haul and the tonnage. What actually matters is your total monthly cost against what you pay now, so bring us a recent invoice and we will run the comparison with real numbers.

I already own my compactor. Will you service it?

Yes, and we will not charge you for equipment you own. Hauls from $275, disposal at $55 per ton, no added fees. If you bought a unit years ago and your hauler’s rates have crept up every year since, this is the easiest change you can make to your waste bill. Call (904) 337-0066 with your current invoice.

Is it cheaper than front load dumpsters?

For high-volume properties, usually yes, because compaction cuts your number of hauls by roughly four to six times. For a business filling one container once a week, no — front load is cheaper and we will tell you so.

What is the difference between self-contained and stationary?

Self-contained units combine compactor and container into one sealed unit and are used for wet waste — restaurants, grocery, food service. Stationary units are mounted permanently and compact into a detachable roll-off container, used for dry waste like cardboard and packaging. Wet waste in a stationary unit leaks; that is the whole distinction.

How much does a compactor reduce my volume?

Roughly four to six times, depending on material. Cardboard and packaging compact extremely well. Dense or already-wet material compacts less.

Do I need electrical work done?

Usually some. Compactors need dedicated power at the unit, and requirements vary by model. If there is no service nearby, an electrician is part of your install. We check this on the site visit before quoting.

Can I buy a compactor from you?

No — we lease equipment rather than sell it. If you would rather own your compactor, buy the unit wherever you like and we will service it with no equipment charge. Either way works: lease from us at about $300 a month, or own it outright and pay only the haul and the tonnage.

How often will it be emptied?

As often as your volume requires, and no more. Because you are billed per pull, an accurate schedule directly lowers your bill. Some accounts run weekly, others monthly.

What if my volume grows?

We can move you to a larger unit. Outgrowing a compactor is a good problem and not a reason to be stuck.

Do you serve my county?

Duval, St. Johns, Clay, and Nassau — franchise licensed in all four.

Bring Us Your Current Invoice

The fastest way to know whether a compactor saves you money is to compare it against what you are paying now. Send us a recent waste invoice and your property type, and we will run the numbers and tell you straight — including if the answer is no.

Call (904) 337-0066

Serving Duval, St. Johns, Clay, and Nassau counties. Family owned, 20 years local.