About

Who runs this

Contact: hello@skipclerk.com.

The site exists because hiring a skip is a weekday problem with a few repeatable questions – size, permit, what can go in – and most answers sit on hire-company blogs next to a booking form. We would rather write the answer first and keep the sales pitch, if any, labelled.

There is no invented biography, no editorial board, and no claim that we have tested every skip in Britain. Pages are written from official rules (Highways Act 1980, GOV.UK skip licence guidance, the waste duty of care) and from what UK operators consistently say when they agree. Where they do not agree, the page says so.

One new useful page is intended each night: a skip size, a job type, a prohibited-waste note, a council permit, or a town. Old pages get a date at the top so you can see when they were last checked.

If something is wrong, email the address above.

Photo credits

Photos show open-top builders' skips on streets and drives. We prefer bright, well-composed shots. UK Geograph where the frame is clean; otherwise Northern European open-top street scenes of the same skip type. No trailers, enclosed industrial bins, or lifestyle stock.

• uk-skip-street-cones.jpg – Yellow builders' skip on a UK residential street with traffic cones. Photo: Jaggery via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
• uk-skip-street-yellow.jpg – Yellow open-top skip on a UK street. Photo: Jaggery via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
• uk-skip-diy-close.jpg – Close-up of a yellow UK skip filled with DIY waste. Photo: David Smith via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
• uk-skip-town-full.jpg – Full open-top skip on a UK town street. Photo: Jaggery via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
• uk-skip-omagh-bright.jpg – Yellow builders' skip on a UK street. Photo: Kenneth Allen via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).
• eu-skip-cone.jpg – Yellow-white open-top skip with traffic cone on a residential pavement. Photo: Haberdoedas II via Unsplash (Unsplash).
• eu-skip-blue-reno.jpg – Blue open-top skip overflowing with renovation waste on a residential street. Photo: Haberdoedas II via Unsplash (Unsplash).
• eu-skip-brick-street.jpg – Open-top builders' skip on a brick residential street. Photo: Haberdoedas via Unsplash (Unsplash).
• eu-skip-works.jpg – Open-top skip with renovation waste beside street works barriers. Photo: Ruben Mavarez via Unsplash (Unsplash).
• eu-skip-yellow-full.jpg – Yellow open-top skip overflowing with bags on a pavement. Photo: Sebastián Agarrayúa via Unsplash (Unsplash).