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A rubbish skip (usually called merely a skip or skip bin) is a large open-topped container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry. Differing from dumpster, instead of being emptied into a waste vehicle onsite, a skip bin is replaced by an empty bin (or no bin at all) and then tipped at a tip or dumpsite.
Skips are commonly used to hold open topped loads of construction and demolition waste or other waste types. The construction debris originates from a building site where something is being built or renovated or demolished. Skips are also used for various cleaning-out jobs that need much material to be taken away. The material in the skip may be taken to a landfill, recycled or disposed/recovered of in some other way.
One end of the skip sometimes has a large door that hinges down to allow manual unloading, or manual loading. Skip Bins are usually durable and tough to withstand rough use by tradesman and laborers. A skip bin can from 4.5 cubic meters to 18 cubic meters, and can hold up to 10 tonnes worth of waste[1].
Skips are picked up and carried and deposited by a special skip carrying lorry. When being carried, the skip should be covered. Also, the skip can be lifted by a crane.
Building supplies can be delivered to site in a skip, which is later used to carry the site's waste away.
It has been known for an empty skip to be lifted high by a crane and used as an emergency platform for rescue workers to work from.
Images
 A skip on skip-carrier lorry |
 A full skip |
 A skip in Belo Horizonte |
Other meanings
The word "skip" is used for various large open-topped containers, including the load-carrying part of a dumper.
National Share-A-Skip Week
National Share-A-Skip Week is a national awareness week created in the UK to invoke community spirit by the act of sharing a skip. [2] In 2008 it fell on 10th - 17th November.
References
- ^ "Skip Bin Sizes". 2009. http://www.smartskip.com/domestic-skips.html.
- ^ www.NationalShareASkipWeek.co.uk
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