Skips - The rules

[Ali Chappussy]

Do you need some kind of approval/license to place a skip on a public road outside my house?

[Pixel Pusher]

Yes....unless the skip company will do it for you.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-skip-permit

[FailHere]

I thought it was going to be a series of etiquette questions, such as; How close to your house does someone else's skip have to be before you can put your rubbish in it? Is it impolite to remove someone else's discarded item from a skip because you have a use for it? Do you have to wear rigger boots to climb in and rummage for metal? If the sofa in there is better than yours can you swap them?

[rxtx]

FailHere said:

I thought it was going to be a series of etiquette questions, such as; How close to your house does someone else's skip have to be before you can put your rubbish in it? Is it impolite to remove someone else's discarded item from a skip because you have a use for it? Do you have to wear rigger boots to climb in and rummage for metal? If the sofa in there is better than yours can you swap them?

You aren't the only one. Do you call them Mr, Mrs, Miss Skip? I just don't know.

[R8VXF]

I once had to explain to a policeman why I was wheeling a swivel chair down the road away from the uni campus. He seemed to accept skip salvage rules as being allowable

[But 2jz]

Beware though, feral toddlers might eat them as they are so irresistible and melty.

[Impasse]

[8-P]

I dont believe it!

Yes I was expecting "is it ok to put cans of paint, mattresses, oil etc in the skip"

[037]

No dog eggs 👍💩