Skip Hire

Where Can You Put a Skip? The simplest place for a skip is on your own property. A skip on your driveway or front garden does not need a council permit, and you can keep it for as long as your hire allows. If it has to go on the road, you will need a […]

Skips on the Public Road: Lighting, Markings and Your Legal Duties Putting a skip on the road is routine for most builders. It still comes with legal duties, and the council can fine you or remove the skip if they are not met. Most of the rules exist for one reason: a skip is a

Lockable and Enclosed Skips: When They Are Worth Paying For An open skip is fine for a weekend clear out. Leave one on a street or an unattended site for a couple of weeks and things change. Neighbours add their old mattress. Passers by throw in fast food bags. Rain turns the plasterboard into sludge.

How Much Can You Put in a Skip? Most people choose a skip by how much space they think they need. That works for household junk, garden waste and old furniture. It does not work for soil, rubble, bricks or concrete. With heavy waste the skip reaches its weight limit long before it looks full.

An old oil tank has to be decommissioned properly when you switch from oil to a heat pump, replace a tired tank or clear a commercial site. Even a tank that looks empty holds oil, sludge and flammable vapour. Cutting into it without cleaning and gas freeing it first can cause an explosion. This guide

Old tyres are a common fly-tipping problem, and they’re tightly regulated. Tyres can’t go to landfill and they can’t go in a skip. If you’re a garage, fleet operator or farm, you’re responsible for making sure your old tyres end up somewhere legal, even after you’ve paid someone to take them away. Why tyres can’t

Plasterboard is on almost every renovation, extension and fit-out, and it’s one of the most common reasons skips get surcharged. You can’t throw it in a mixed skip with everything else. It isn’t hazardous, but it does have to be kept apart from other waste, and many skip companies will charge extra or refuse a

Waste crime isn’t only about fly-tippers dumping rubbish in lay-bys. Businesses are prosecuted every year for handing waste to the wrong people, storing it without the right permit, or failing to keep the paperwork. The fines can be large, and legal costs often add as much again. This guide covers what the law expects, what

Most businesses build up hazardous waste between collections: a few drums of waste oil, a cage of fluorescent tubes, tins of old paint, used spill kit absorbents. There are rules on how long you can keep it and how it must be stored. Get them wrong and you could need an environmental permit you don’t