If you're renovating your home or garden, there's likely to be a lot of rubbish. You can make trips back and forth to a dump, using the time that could be spent getting the renovation done, or you can hire a skip bin. You get a skip delivered to your home, fill it with rubbish, and somebody comes to remove it. They recycle what they can from your skip, and you get the good feeling that comes from being environmentally conscious. So, what do you need to know about bin hire? Read this guide before your skip bin arrives.
Don't Get a Fine
If you need to situate a skip on a public road, you should check with your local council before contacting a skip hire company. Most councils will expect you to apply for a permit -- not having one could result in a hefty fine.
Health and Safety
You need to ensure that your skip is not going to pose a danger to the public. If possible, position it on your drive, so it's not in the way of pedestrians or traffic. If that's not possible, think carefully about where you'll place it. If it's not likely to be seen well at night, attach some hazard lights to the side to make people aware of its presence.
It's tempting to stack your skip as high as you can, but overfilling can be dangerous. Unsecured objects can fall out of the skip when it's hoisted back onto a lorry at the end of your rental period.
Sensible Stacking
Choose the right size skip for the job and think about how you are going to stack it. Take a more strategic approach; sort your rubbish and fill by layering. This will allow you to fill your skip to full capacity without overfilling it. Place a heavy layer at the bottom of the skip -- this helps to keep it stable when it's removed. Follow the heavy layer with any softer items, then lay any heavier items on top of that. Filling a skip like this allows the heavy layers to compact the soft ones making a little more room. Breaking down large items like furniture will make it easier to fit more into your skip. If you're getting rid of rubble and soil, spread it around to fill all the gaps and air pockets lower down the bin. Dispose of regular refuse in the usual way so that it doesn't take up space in your skip. If you have a green waste recycling collection, fill the recycling bin with as much of your garden waste as possible before putting what's left in the skip.
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