Skip Bin Hire Hacks: Save Money and Time on Your Next Clean-up

*This is a collaborative post on skip bin hire hacks

Cleaning sucks. We know! Hiring a skip bin can save you time AND get you out of doing the dirty work. For any large clean up a plan is necessary. If you have spent any large amount of time dumpster diving you know that disposing of waste properly is important. Making mistakes with waste can lead to all sorts of problems.

Maybe it’s an injury from a rusty nail? Or perhaps, it’s not following city mandates for proper waste management, and killing a species of endangered moth?! With a skip bin hire, no more worries.

We’ve brainstormed up a quick list of hacks to save you money, time, and effort, when it comes time for hiring a skip bin.

Measure the rubbish

One of the most important things to do when hiring a skip bin is determining how much rubbish you need to throw away.

Here are some tricks to measuring rubbish:

• Come up with an estimate in the rooms in your house you want to throw rubbish away from. If you’re throwing away furniture or appliances, they are typically larger in size, so this will also impact the amount of rubbish that will go into a skip bin.
• Once you have an estimate, do a simple volume calculation like: (length x width x height) to determine the cubic meters of the rubbish you will be throwing away.

Compare prices for skip bins

Don’t settle on the first bin hire company you find. Make sure you shop around and call multiple companies to ensure you get the best deal.

• There are also online sites you can visit to check prices on bin hire companies and the services they offer.
• Ask if there are any extra costs you should know about, like if there is a charge for over-filling the bin, throwing away forbidden materials
• Look for reviews to see how other customers rate the trustworthiness and customer service of the companies you are comparing.

Advance booking

If you want a discount and will guarantee the availability of a bin, this is the way to go! This is especially true during the spring and holiday seasons.

• Many bin hire companies offer discounts to individuals who reserve their bin in advance.
• Bins can be as hot as pancakes during spring cleaning. Reserving in advance guarantees the bin you want, in the size you want it, when you need it

Understand the different waste types

Knowing what items can be put into a normal skip bin will save you from hidden charges. A general guide to items includes:

• General Waste: Furniture, clothing, and household materials.
• Commercial Waste: Rubbish produced from demolition, construction, and reconstruction.
• Specialized Bins: For the building & construction waste, green & garden waste, hazardous waste and the like, make sure you are hiring the right bin type

Pack skip bins with a strategy

Since you are a responsible citizen, you know how important it is to save space. Because when you are done filling in the rubbish you want to get back all the storage space that was being used. So, be space-smart while packing your bin.

• Dismantle the furniture items etc. to save the space
• Flatten the boxes, and the cardboards to be more space-aware
• All the waste has to go into the bin, so that means you need to put the things in a way that no space gets blocked. Say, put the flat piece of anything at the bottom and cover it up with the smaller un-flattened items etc.

For more tips on how to make the most out of your cleanup, read more here on how to load your skip bin correctly.

Ask about Council Permits (PLEASE!)

Yes, you need the council permit to place the bin on the council property. It’s a crime to put anything on public property without council’s approval. Please call the council, please. They are human too, sometimes.

Look for the Deals

There is always 20% off from somewhere. You just need to find and avail it.

• Summer? You may go for the early booking discount.
• Need more than 2 bins? Ask for the duo deal.
• Some companies offer the green discounts, some offer the wet and dry reward discounts.

Hiring the skip bin for your clean-up project will save a lot of time and energy, only if you do it in the right way. Don’t forget to see how to load your skip bin properly for more tips on how to optimize the most of the skip bin for you. Have a happy cleanup!