Bridlington Council is requesting that smaller businesses are able to dispose of their waste for free.
In a statement a local councilor said “It’s costing the council more to go round and pick all this rubbish than what it would be to let them go free.”
It’s estimated that around £100,000 in this council alone is spent on cleaning up tippers waste per year meaning tax payers money is going directly toward keeping our streets clean.

Fly-tipping (also known as ‘fly dumping’, and sometimes shortened to ‘tipping’) is a British term for dumping waste illegally instead of at an authorised rubbish dump. It is the illegal deposit of any waste onto land, i.e. waste dumped or tipped on to a site which has no official skip licence to accept waste.

The term is derived from the verb ‘tip’, meaning ‘to throw out of a vehicle’ and on the ‘fly’, meaning “on the wing” which is to throw away carelessly or casually

What are the best options for skip hire in Halifax?

One group of volunteers in the town might be well placed to answer, after a clean-up job was arranged to rectify problems caused by fly tippers.

Those who rolled up their sleeves were able to fill a large skip and two vanloads with waste, according to the Halifax Courier.

To cap it all off, participants planted bluebell and daffodil bulbs where once – probably – there had been rusting shopping trolleys and soiled nappies.

A job well done.

Someone needed skip hire in Manchester yesterday but made a grave error – they told us that the skip was going on private land. We arrived there this morning, there was no private land. This means one thing and one thing only – problems with the council. All councils across the UK demand that if a skip goes on a road – it needs a skip permit. So unfortunately we had to charge the customer extra – we had to pass the charge on to the customer.

Hire a skip for Breast Cancer.

When Hertsmere council delivered a load of pinks skips to their community, they demanded the public fill it with one thing and one thing only: Bras.

In the end they collected a massive 17,193 bras that weighed over a tonne. Why the bra fetish? Well, the plan is to ship them over to under developed countries and give them out to the women who need them.They are also raising money for breast cancer.

Councillor Jean Heywood said, ”By recycling your bras not only will less waste be sent to landfill but women in poorer countries will benefit and you will be helping to fund research into breast cancer.”

Good on you guys. We may look a bit weird throwing a bagful of bras in to a skip, but if it’s for such a great cause, then we’ll have a rummage around our underwear drawers tonight!

Ever think that skip hire was just muck and old tat? Take a look at the guy above, he’s managed to furnish his entire house with furniture and fixtures he’s found in skips. Pretty impressive, eh? The practice, known as Skip Diving is being employed more and more by eco and money conscious individuals. Furniture your life on a shoestring, with a list of dos and don’ts for Skip Diving:

Dress for the mess – A pair of thick gloves is a must. Avoid evening wear and tennis whites

Move fast – Don’t leave a skip until next day – if it’s not gone, anything useful inside it will be

Stay off private property – If you have to jump a fence to get at it, you’re on dangerous territory. CCTV is everywhere these days

If you can’t use it, pass it on – check out places like Freecycle

Scout the best spots – Building-site skips contain rubble, mostly, but some will have usable timber. House clearances are usually the best source of skipped treasure

Read up – The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving , by John Hoffman, an American who’s made a career out of skip-diving

Good luck!

We don’t do things by halves at Topskips.com, skip hire, roro hire, site waste management plans…health and safety is also a big priority. That’s why Matt in the office takes it upon himself to make sure he’s well covered if a stray lever arch file falls on his head, or a leaky biro bursts on his clothes…

Anyway, here’s Matt saying hello during his mid afternoon tea break. It’s a look that could catch on…maybe.

You might not know we’re part of the Toptriangle group who supply everything from toilet hire to digger hire, as well as good old skip hire.

We’ve just sent our latest wallplanner out to our clients and we thought you might like to check it out.

If you take a closer look, you’ll see that it foes from Feb to Feb… any idea why?

(Answers on an email to info@toptriangle.com if you know!)

So, if you need skip hire, pump hire, digger hire, toilet hire, container hire and of course, fence hire…and the 101 other things you need for your site or event, ring 08445 60 77 10  and we’ll get you sorted!

I might be a bit biased as I’m a northerner through and through, but one thing we excel at is skip hire north.
We make sure all our customers are well looked after, and the north is often the busiest area of the UK (of course, we’re not ignoring those crazy busy London skip hirers out there!).

Manchester, Sheffield, York, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh … need we go on. The best cities choose the best skip hire company. Call the skip hire team on 08445 60 77 10.

There are so many skip hire UK stories that are sent to us every week, tales of finding bizarre objects and so on, you do wonder at the time when what some people consider rubbish, another person considers a gem.

Take for example the two Star Wars helmets rescued from a film studio skip that were sold for nearly £20,000 each at a Christie’s auction of film memorabilia in London. The Imperial Stormtrooper helmets featured in the desert sequence of Star Wars: A New Hope, which was filmed in Tunisia.

All 12 used during the shoot were thrown away, but two were later recovered from a skip at Elstree studios.

They were in slightly different conditions and one sold for £19,200 with another fetching £18,000.

Next time you walk past a skip, might be worth your while to have a quick peek in – you don’t know what you’ll find!

Next on our celebrity role call is a Mr Nice himself, Howard Marks who was after mini skip hire in his hometown in Wales.

He booked and paid for his skip online, and then emailed saying he needed another skip. I rang him and we organised an exchange over the phone. He was very nice and charming (and I have to admit I swooned a little at his voice – deep and Welsh…mmm…).

All in all, a top chap. Any time, you need a skip, Mr Marks, ring us on 08445 607710!