About Thornton Dumpster Rental Solutions

How this started

Cole Bergstrom had worked construction and hauling around the north Denver metro for years when he bought a single truck and one container in 2015. 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 where the area's construction debris was actually supposed to go.

Eleven years on we run a fleet across Thornton and Adams County, and the operating principle hasn't moved. Tell people the truth about what they need, protect the property, know exactly where the debris goes, and charge the number that was quoted.

What we actually do differently

We know where the debris goes. Thornton's resident programs won't take a contractor's construction or concrete debris, and Adams County provides no trash service at all. So renovation and demolition waste has to go to a licensed regional landfill - the Tower Landfill in Commerce City, the Adams County Landfill, and others along the Front Range. We already know that routing, run a tarped truck as Colorado law requires, and route each load efficiently. On volume, that's the whole job.

We recommend smaller containers. This one surprises people. Dense material - tile, shingles, concrete and the heavy Front Range clay - 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 and clay, costs us revenue and saves the customer money. We do it anyway.

We're built for a Front Range hail climate. Thornton sits in one of the most hail-prone corridors in the country, and roof tear-offs are constant work. After a storm, whole neighborhoods re-roof at once - we size a roofing container to the shingle weight and get it out fast, when the demand across the metro spikes.

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

Why local knowledge matters here

Thornton is a north Denver metro city in Adams County, the sixth-largest in Colorado, that grew from a 1953 planned community into a hub strung along the I-25 corridor at the foot of the Front Range. That mix splits the work several ways. New construction and additions - across the growing subdivisions north of the city and the Carbon Valley - produce bulky, light debris that wants a larger container. Renovation of the original 1950s and 1960s homes gives up dense plaster, tile and layered flooring that wants a smaller one. Hail tear-offs need their own box. And nearly every job that moves earth produces heavy expansive-clay spoil that needs its own container.

Then there's the disposal reality that shapes all of it: a county that runs no trash service, city resident programs that won't take construction or concrete debris, a residents-only landfill voucher, the regional landfills that do take the load, and Colorado's covered-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

• Cole Bergstrom — Owner & Founder. Years in local construction and hauling before starting the company. Still takes sizing calls, particularly on anything involving concrete, clay spoil, older-home demolition or a tricky placement.
• Renata Salas — Operations Manager. Runs the schedule, the swaps and the contractor and property-management accounts, and knows which runs across the metro a loaded truck can and can't make in a day. If you need a same-day swap, she's the one who makes it happen.
• Marcus Trujillo — Lead Driver. Has been placing containers on Thornton 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.
• Hailey Nguyen — Customer Care Lead. First voice on the phone most mornings, and the person who will walk you through what can and can't go in the container and where the prohibited materials need to go.

Where we work

Thornton, Northglenn, Westminster, Federal Heights, Commerce City, Brighton, Henderson, Welby, Todd Creek, Broomfield, Dacono, Firestone, Frederick, Erie and Sherrelwood across the north Denver metro. If you're further out than that, call anyway and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right company for the job.

• Thornton, CO
• Northglenn, CO
• Westminster, CO
• Federal Heights, CO
• Commerce City, CO
• Brighton, CO
• Henderson, CO
• Welby, CO
• Todd Creek, CO
• Broomfield, CO
• Dacono, CO
• Firestone, CO
• Frederick, CO
• Erie, CO
• Sherrelwood, CO