Skip (container)

Skips are usually durable and tough, made to withstand rough use by tradespeople and labourers.

Skips are also used for various cleaning-out jobs that need much material to be taken away, and at factories producing large quantities of scrap metal.

There are wide range of uses of skip bins including construction building, home renovations, handyman maintenance or repair projects, garden or green clean up.

This is a safety requirement, enforced by the DVSA,

However it is better to take white goods to a dedicated recycling facility, as they take up significant room in a skip bin.

The origins of calling a rubbish cart a skip (most often found in Australia, New Zealand and the UK) come from the word skep, used to refer to a basket.