Disclaimer
Last updated October 17, 2026
General information only
The guides, articles and answers on this Site are general information for homeowners and businesses in Shelby County. They are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a qualified technician.
Disclosure: who delivers and services the restrooms
Memphis Porta Potty Rental runs a telephone line and a request form for portable restroom rental in Memphis, Shelby County and the nearby communities. Memphis Porta Potty Rental does not own units, deliver them, clean them, service them or haul waste. Each request is handed to one independent local company — the partner — which alone answers for its quote, its schedule, the state of its equipment and the conduct of its drivers.
The partner is the party required to hold the state septage credential for the state where the unit stands — in Tennessee the annual permit the Department of Environment and Conservation issues for removing and disposing of domestic septage, including from portable toilets — together with whatever other permits and registrations its own work calls for, and the insurance it carries for its own operations. Neither this website nor Memphis Porta Potty Rental holds any such licence, permit, registration or insurance, and none is asserted for either. Nothing on this page should be read as a verification, audit or endorsement of any company’s standing.
Any customer may request the partner’s permit or licence number at any time, by telephone on the line above or from the partner when it makes contact. The number is not published here, out of respect for the privacy of a small private business, and anything you are told can be checked with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, or with the relevant state health department for work in Arkansas or Mississippi. Event permissions and site conditions are decided by the city, county or property owner concerned, not by this line.
Call and ask who pumps the unit, and under whose permit (888) 351-0294
More about how visits work is on our About page.
Prices are estimates
Price ranges are typical estimates for our service area in 2026. They are not quotes or offers. Your price is confirmed in person before any work starts.
Safety and sanitation
A portable restroom holds human waste and a deodorising chemical, and both should be treated as hazardous. Do not open, drain, tip or move a unit yourself, and do not put anything into it but what it is there for — rubbish, solvents, paint and hot ashes all cause problems that the next person to service it has to deal with. Keep children from playing in or around units, do not smoke inside one, and wash or sanitise your hands afterwards; that is what the hand-wash station beside the unit is for.
Placement is a safety matter too. A unit must stand on firm, level ground, clear of vehicle routes, doorways, fire exits, hydrants and overhead lines, and it must not block a footway or an accessible route. On soft ground, slopes, roof decks or in exposed wind it has to be anchored or ballasted, because an empty unit is light enough to go over. Tell us about slopes, soft ground, overhead cables, weight limits and gate widths before delivery rather than after.
In hot weather units need servicing more often; in freezing weather they need a winter additive and clear access for the service vehicle. If a unit is damaged, has been tipped over, or is overflowing, do not use it and do not try to right it — call us and we will deal with it.
Licensing, permits and waste disposal
Portable sanitation is not a licensed trade the way plumbing or electrical work is, and Tennessee issues no portable-restroom contractor licence. We do not claim one, and nothing on this Site should be read as a claim to hold a licence, certification or approval we do not have.
What is regulated is the waste and where it ends up. Sanitary waste taken out of a unit may only be discharged at a facility permitted to receive it — a wastewater treatment works or a permitted septage disposal site — and in most states the vehicles and operators that haul it are registered or permitted by the state environmental or public-health agency and have to keep records of what was collected and where it was discharged. The exact requirement differs by state, county and city; the one that applies to your job is the one in force where the unit stands. Ask us how your waste is handled and where it goes.
Where units are needed is set by other rules again. On construction sites, OSHA's sanitation standard (29 CFR 1926.51) sets how many toilets are required for the number of workers and requires them to be kept clean and serviced. Events open to the public come under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which is why wheelchair-accessible units are not an optional extra. A temporary event usually needs sign-off from the local health department, and a unit standing on a pavement, verge or street normally needs the landowner's permission and sometimes a right-of-way permit. We will tell you what we know about the requirements in your area, but confirming them for your site or event is the organiser's or the site manager's responsibility, and nothing here is legal or regulatory advice.
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