Skip Hire Conditions

Please read the following conditions before ordering or accepting delivery of your Skip Trans skip.

Delivery & Collection

• We will endeavour to deliver your skip at the time requested. Exact delivery times are never guaranteed.
• We will always do our best to meet requested delivery and collection dates. During especially busy periods, there may occasionally be delays.
• Orders placed after 1:00 pm cannot be booked for next-day delivery. Please select the following available day when ordering to avoid disappointment.
• We cannot deliver skips over walls, gates or fences. Please ensure there is a safe and accessible area for delivery on your private property.
• The final decision on whether a skip can be safely delivered or collected rests with the driver.

Placing a Skip on Your Property

Customers requesting that a skip delivery vehicle leaves the public highway and enters private property do so at their own risk.

Please ensure there is sufficient safe access for the delivery vehicle and make the driver aware of any potential hazards including walls, gates, pillars, manholes, overhead cables, trees or unsuitable ground surfaces.

Skip Trans cannot accept responsibility for damage to driveways, paving, surfaces, manholes or other property resulting from the weight or operation of the delivery vehicle or skip where delivery has been requested onto private property.

Loading Your Skip

Please ensure your skip is packed neatly and safely for transportation.

Do not overload your skip. Waste must not exceed a maximum height of approximately 1 foot above the rim of the skip.

An overloaded or unsafe skip may not be collected. The driver will make the final decision as to whether a loaded skip is safe to transport.

Customers must not burn waste or permit waste to be burned inside a Skip Trans skip.

What Cannot Go in a Skip?

Please remember: no batteries, gas canisters, aerosols or paint tins.

Hazardous, liquid and other prohibited wastes must not be placed in a general skip.

Examples of prohibited materials include:

• Batteries, including household, e-scooter, vape, mobile phone and laptop batteries
• Gas cylinders and gas canisters
• Aerosols and other pressurised containers
• Paint, paint tins and paint thinners
• Asbestos
• Oils, petrol, diesel and other liquid waste
• Fluorescent lights and tubes
• Electrical goods
• Tyres
• Chemical waste
• Contaminated soil

If you are unsure whether a particular item can go in your skip, please check our Skip Hire FAQs or contact us before placing the material in your skip.

Customer Responsibility

The customer is responsible for the skip and its contents while it is on hire.

The customer must ensure that the skip and its contents do not create a hazard or give rise to litter. This responsibility remains with the customer until the skip has been collected.

The customer is responsible for any loss of or damage to the skip while it is on hire, excluding reasonable wear and tear.

Skips on Public Roads

If a skip is to be placed on a public road or other public area, the customer is responsible for ensuring that any required permission or permit is obtained and that all relevant local authority requirements are followed.

The customer is also responsible for ensuring that the skip is appropriately visible during hours of darkness and complies with applicable local requirements.

Book Your Skip

By ordering and accepting delivery of a Skip Trans skip, the customer agrees to comply with these conditions of hire.

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