Skip hire in Aberdeen, made simple
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01224-510031Skip hire in Aberdeen & across Aberdeenshire
We’ve delivered skips across Aberdeen for over 30 years — for homeowners clearing out, tradespeople on site, and businesses managing regular waste. Fast delivery throughout the AB postcode area, with a local team you can actually get on the phone.
Skip sizes available in Aberdeen
Do I need a permit?
A skip on your driveway or private land needs no permit. For a public road in Aberdeen, a permit is required from Aberdeen City Council — we arrange it for you as part of the booking.
Areas we cover near Aberdeen
Aberdeen household waste recycling centres
Prefer to drop off smaller amounts yourself? These are the council tips serving Aberdeen:
- Hazlehead Recycling Centre — Hazlehead Avenue, Aberdeen, AB15 8BE. Open Mon–Sun 10am–4pm (winter), 9am–4.45pm (summer)
- Bridge of Don Recycling Centre — Open Mon–Fri 10am–4.45pm, Sat–Sun 9am–4.45pm
- Tullos Recycling Centre — Open Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10am–4.45pm, Sat–Sun 9am–4.45pm (closed Wednesdays)
Aberdeen residents must bring proof of address. No booking required for cars. Trade and commercial waste is not accepted.
Why choose Select A Skip in Aberdeen?
- 30+ years’ skip & waste experience
- 1,100+ licensed, vetted suppliers
- Domestic, trade & commercial welcome
- Next-day delivery in most AB postcodes
- Council permits handled for you
- Transparent pricing, no hidden charges
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Aberdeen and within a 30 mile radius.
It’s not just a case of how much waste you have! You also need to consider how much room you have on your site and will then need to think about the type of waste you will be disposing of. For example if the waste is heavy (e.g. soil/brick/rubble) then you will be restricted as to how large a skip you can have.
When only a single skip is expected, we strongly believe that it’s better to hire a skip that you may not quite fill, as opposed to ordering a skip which ends up being too small meaning a second skip is then required as a result. In other words it’s better to overestimate than underestimate!
When filling a skip it can only be loaded up to the level of the actual skip itself.
It is important that your site foreman and operatives are aware of this as it is actually against the law for drivers to carry over loaded skips on the highways. Likewise, using boards around the skip in an attempt to increase it’s capacity (known in the trade as ‘greedy boards’) is illegal.
If a driver arrives on site to find an overloaded skip they are likely to turn away and leave without the skip, thus potentially incurring additional transport charges.
Though we try to be as flexible with hire periods as possible, as a general rule the maximum hire period is 7 days.
Of course should your site be an ongoing one where numerous skips are required and exchanged on a regular basis then there is nothing to worry about. If however, you require a skip that is likely to be needed for more than 7 days without exchanges, we request you inform us at the time of ordering as a rental charge may be applicable.
Yes. Though any skip that needs to be sited on a public highway, pavement or council owned verge, first requires permission from the local authority responsible.
Though the charges involved and the length of time it takes an application to be processed varies from council to council, in the vast majority of cases we can arrange the required permit on your behalf. Depending on the local authority in question, application periods can be anything from ‘same day’ to 4 weeks, so when you know that a permit is likely to be required on an upcoming site it is vital that you give us as much notice as possible to avoid any unnecessary delays.
Please also note that as the hirer, the lighting and coning of the skip whilst it is placed on public land is your responsibility, though we are usually able to arrange for the hire of these items on your behalf too.
A standard skip or roll-on-off vehicle usually requires a minimum of 10ft (3.3m) width and approximately 13ft (4m) headroom to safely gain access to a site. If your site access falls a little below these requirements we are able to (in most areas) arrange for smaller skips (depending on waste type) to be delivered on smaller lorries.
If you are in any doubt about the access to your sites, we are here to help, so just ask!
There are certain types of waste that cannot be placed in general waste skips under any circumstances.
Examples of such waste types include (but are not limited to): asbestos, fridges, freezers, batteries, tyres, gas cannisters, paint tins, food waste, fluorescent tubes, liquids, TV sets, computer monitors, plasterboard, electrical items (WEEE), mattresses, tree stumps, tree roots, carpet, vinyl, astroturf, rubber matting & roof felt.
It is vital that you always inform us of exactly what your are intending to dispose of at the time of ordering!
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Local area guide
Skip hire in Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third largest city, sitting on the North Sea coast between the Rivers Dee and Don, with a population of around 200,000. It is known as the Granite City for the local stone that gives almost every building its distinctive silver-grey sparkle, quarried at Rubislaw — once one of the largest man-made holes in Europe. Aberdeen was a significant fishing, shipbuilding and papermaking port for centuries, and became the oil capital of Europe from the 1970s when North Sea reserves came onstream, a role that still shapes its economy, harbour and workforce today.
The city centre is built around Union Street, a mile-long granite thoroughfare cut through the medieval town in the early nineteenth century and carried over the Denburn valley on Union Bridge. Landmarks include Marischal College, the second largest granite building in the world, the fifteenth-century St Machar's Cathedral in Old Aberdeen, and King's College with its distinctive crown tower, part of the University of Aberdeen founded in 1495. The city has extensive parks and floral displays, with Duthie Park and its Winter Gardens, Hazlehead Park and a two-mile stretch of sandy beach running north from the harbour.
Aberdeen is well connected for its position, with Aberdeen station offering services to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness and a direct route to London, and Aberdeen International Airport at Dyce serving both scheduled routes and the world's busiest commercial heliport for offshore operations. The A90 links the city south to Dundee and north to Peterhead, and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route has eased traffic around the city. Its neighbourhoods include Rosemount, Ferryhill, Mannofield, Cults, Bieldside and Milltimber to the west, Old Aberdeen, Bridge of Don and Dyce to the north, and Torry, Kincorth, Northfield and Mastrick further out.
Housing across Aberdeen is overwhelmingly granite, from Victorian tenements and terraces in Rosemount, Ferryhill and Torry to substantial granite villas in Mannofield, Cults and Bieldside, interwar housing in Hilton and Woodside, and large post-war estates at Mastrick, Northfield and Kincorth. Granite is durable but the housing stock is old, so re-roofs, stonework repairs, rewires, window replacements and full internal refurbishments are routine. The city's transient offshore workforce also supports a very large rental market with frequent refits between tenancies.
That mix of period refurbishment, rental turnover and ongoing development keeps skip hire in Aberdeen in steady demand, whether it's a full flat renovation in Rosemount, a granite villa refurbishment in Mannofield, a garden clearance in Cults, a rental refit in Torry or a unit strip-out on one of the industrial estates at Altens, Tullos or Dyce. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large building project, and because the tenement and terraced streets closer to the centre have no off-road parking and sit within controlled parking zones, a permit from Aberdeen City Council will often be needed where the skip has to go on the road. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for any permit to be arranged.
Choose your skip size in Aberdeen
Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Aberdeen.