About Lake Charles Dumpster Rental Group

How this started

Brett Fontenot had worked construction and hauling around Calcasieu Parish for years when he started the company with a single truck and one container in 2014. 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 City's debris rules, the parish waste centers, or how wet these lots get after a Gulf rain.

Then, in 2020, Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit within weeks of each other and put much of Southwest Louisiana into years of rebuilding. Having a local crew that could keep containers moving through that recovery mattered, and it's a big part of who we became. A dozen years in, the operating principle hasn't moved: tell people the truth about what they need, protect the property, keep the job clear of a citation, know exactly where the debris goes, and charge the number that was quoted.

What we actually do differently

We know the local rules and the routing. In Lake Charles construction and renovation debris is the property owner's responsibility, the City and parish curbside programs won't haul it, and the City's Property Standards division cites debris left at the road. So a real project's debris goes to a licensed Louisiana landfill under a covered load, with tires and appliances directed to the parish waste centers. We know that framework cold and keep the job clean and compliant. On the day, that's the whole job.

We recommend smaller containers. This one surprises people. Dense material - tile, old plaster, concrete and the wet gumbo 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, costs us revenue and saves the customer money. We do it anyway.

We're built for Gulf weather. Storm cleanup is a way of life here, not an exception. When a hurricane comes through and the whole region 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, covered 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, as Louisiana requires. No fuel surcharge, no environmental fee appearing on an invoice for the first time.

Why local knowledge matters here

Lake Charles is the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish and the hub of Southwest Louisiana - a Gulf Coast city on Lake Charles and the Calcasieu River, on the I-10 corridor near the western state line, known as the Festival Capital of Louisiana and rebuilt time and again after the storms that come off the Gulf. That range splits the work several ways. New construction and additions in the growing subdivisions produce bulky, light debris that wants a larger container. Gut renovation of the older Charpentier District and downtown homes gives up dense plaster-and-lath. Roof tear-offs need their own box. And nearly every job that moves earth hits the heavy, wet gumbo clay.

Then there's the regulatory reality that shapes all of it: construction debris being the owner's responsibility, the Property Standards citations for debris left at the road, the City-versus-parish curbside split, the parish waste convenience centers that take the tires and appliances, the licensed Louisiana landfills that take the rest, and the 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

• Brett Fontenot — Owner & Founder. Years in local construction and hauling before starting the company. Still takes sizing calls, particularly on anything involving concrete, gumbo clay, old plaster-and-lath demolition or a tricky downtown placement.
• Chad Guillory — Operations Manager. Runs the schedule, the swaps and the contractor and property-management accounts, and knows which runs across the parish 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.
• Dustin Broussard — Lead Driver. Has been placing containers on Southwest Louisiana 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.
• Paige LeBlanc — 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 tires, appliances and hazardous items need to go.

Where we work

Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, Moss Bluff, Iowa, Vinton, DeQuincy, Carlyss, Prien, Gillis, Bell City, Starks, Jennings, Lacassine and Ragley across Calcasieu Parish and Southwest Louisiana. If you're further out than that, call anyway and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right company for the job.

• Lake Charles, LA
• Sulphur, LA
• Westlake, LA
• Moss Bluff, LA
• Iowa, LA
• Vinton, LA
• DeQuincy, LA
• Carlyss, LA
• Prien, LA
• Gillis, LA
• Bell City, LA
• Starks, LA
• Jennings, LA
• Lacassine, LA
• Ragley, LA