Al's Rubbish & Container Service

Al's Rubbish & Container Service, Inc. is a family-run hauler at 77 Providence Rd in Sutton. Its site says Al Gerard started the company with one truck and 15 dumpsters after leaving a district-manager job at Friendly's Ice Cream, and that he still runs it; the Better Business Bureau lists Alfred L. Gerard Jr. as president and gives the business an A+ grade with accreditation. The work is straightforward: weekly residential trash pickup, roll-off dumpster rentals, house and estate clean-outs, junk car removal and recycling across Worcester County, plus snow plowing in Sutton, Oxford and Millbury. The self-reported service area runs from Auburn, Blackstone and Charlton out to Hopkinton, Holden and Marlboro. The reviews are unusually specific about turnaround. A 2026 reviewer called for a house clean-out and had three men on site 24 hours later, describing the job as fast and efficient with the floor swept when they finished. A 2026 reviewer who books dumpsters repeatedly said the company is easy to book, reliable on delivery and pickup, and clear up front about what can and cannot go in the bin — while noting the price runs a bit higher than some others around Milford and Hopedale. A 2026 reviewer described Colby, Nate and Mike removing a loveseat and a piano for half what area movers quoted, and Colby rearranging the schedule when he heard the customer was in town for only three days. A 2024 reviewer described a roughly 60-yard estate cleanout, including a heavy piano. Named staff recur across years — Al and his son Colby, Justin on a small dumpster in 2024, front-desk Marnie in 2022 — which is what a real repeat-customer base tends to look like. Contractors show up too: a 2025 reviewer said the company understands what construction companies need from a dumpster service and is quick to empty containers. The complaints cluster on the road and on conduct rather than the job. A 2026 reviewer complained a truck parks in the middle of the road while the driver sits on the phone; a 2022 reviewer wrote only "Rude truck drivers"; and a 2023 reviewer was put off when, during an estate job discussion, the owner asked whether there was anything unique in the estate he might be interested in. Nothing in the record describes damaged property or an unfinished job. They are a good call for a dumpster, a clean-out or weekly pickup in the Blackstone Valley and southern Worcester County. Confirm the bin size, what is prohibited in the load, and the delivery and pickup window when you book, and ask for the price in writing — one reviewer flagged the rate as above some neighbours.