Category: Skip Hire

Christmas is a time to prepare your home or office for new things and dispose of the old. It is crucial that there is space for new presents or items that may come your way.

You might need to clear out your house, as that’s where your COVID-19 Christmas support bubble is gathering, or maybe your work office needs a good clear out ready for the new year. Whatever the situation, now is a great time to hire a skip.

Instead of “finding space” for clutter, you can hire a skip to safely and effectively get rid of your waste in one go.

Throughout this article, we will cover why Christmas is the ideal time to hire a skip, how to effectively de-clutter an area and the importance of disposing of waste effectively.

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If someone fly-tips on your land, it can be frustrating, and unfortunately, the responsibility falls to the owner of the land. Fly-tipping is illegal, and people can be fined and prosecuted for committing the offence. There are certain things you must do if someone has fly-tipped on your land, so let’s take a look below.

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There’s never a bad time to hire a skip, but some times are better than others. All too often, householders leave it to the end of a DIY project to hire a skip and throw away all the rubbish.

But to get even better value out of your skip, hire it at the start of your work. This allows you to clear out your workspace so there are fewer obstacles, making it easier and safer for you to move around.

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Winter doesn’t officially begin until the shortest day of the year on December 22nd, but for many of us that feels like the middle of winter, not the start.

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When you hire a skip you’re often looking for that ‘out of sight, out of mind’ feeling you get from having a big container for all of your waste materials and other rubbish to go in.

Continue reading A Guide to Skip Hire Duty of Care

Waste Transfer Duty of Care Notes are a way to track business waste when it transfers from one individual or organisation to another.

They are an important part of making sure commercial waste disposal is carried out in an environmentally friendly way, and to prevent problems like illegal dumping and fly tipping.

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Summer is officially here and that means we can expect to see more and more of our skip hire customers filling their skips with garden waste.

After a rather soggy spring, many households will have some catching up to do when it comes to getting outside spaces into order – so why is a skip the best solution for garden waste?

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If you want skip hire on the roadside in Leeds, you’ll need a permit, as regular readers of the Forge Skip Hire blog will know.

This typically costs around £30 and is one way you can get cheap skip hire in Leeds, simply by placing your skip on private property instead of by the roadside.

But it’s not the only licence or permit you need in Leeds when undertaking building work, so here’s our rundown of some of the others you might need to get before you begin.

Regular readers of our skip hire blog will notice that we often talk about either domestic skip hire – i.e. skip hire for DIY and home renovations – or commercial skip hire in terms of construction sites, rental property refurbs and so on.

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Skip hire is a great way to get rid of large amounts of mixed waste and items you can’t put in a domestic wheelie bin.

It saves you a trip (or many trips) to the tip, especially if you don’t have a suitable vehicle to transport your rubbish there by yourself.

Continue reading What you can and can’t put in a skip