1. What Size Skip Bin Do I Need?

• Capacity Questions: Customers often ask for help matching their waste volume to a bin size (usually ranging from 2m³ to 15m³).
• Small Projects: 2-4 cubic meter bins are typically requested for household cleanouts.
• Large Projects: 6+ cubic meter bins are requested for renovations or construction waste. 

2. What Can and Cannot Go in a Skip Bin?

• Prohibited Items: Hazardous materials are top concerns, including asbestos, gas bottles, paint, chemicals, liquids, batteries, and car tyres.
• Accepted Waste: General household waste, green waste, soil/dirt, and concrete/bricks are the most common items.
• Weight Restrictions: Customers often ask if there are weight limits for specific materials like concrete or soil, as these can trigger extra charges. 

3. How Much Does it Cost and How Long Can I Keep It?

• Pricing: Costs depend on waste type, bin size, and location. to find out what you will be charged for our services head to skips.com.au/booking
• Rental Period: Standard hire periods are usually 3 to 7 days, though this is often flexible depending on availability.
• Overdue Fees: Inquiries about daily rates for extending the hire period are common. 

4. What If I Overfill the Bin (most contentious skip bin hire FAQs)?

• Safety Limits: Bins must not be filled above the top of the bin rim. Overloaded skip bins are a danger to other road users and drivers risk fines. When skip bins are overloaded, the driver will often refuse to transport them due to safety risks and legal issues with transporting unsecured waste.
• Overweight Fees: Questions often arise regarding the cost of waste disposal and weight limits associated with waste types. We offer light waste skip bins to save you money on unnecessary disposal costs, and all you have to do is limit the heavy materials placed in the skip bin. 

5. Where Can the Skip Bin Be Placed?

• Driveway Placement: Many customers ask if the bin can be placed on a driveway (yes, but it may cause minor damage).
• Road/Nature Strip: Placing skip bins on Council property, like the road and nature strip needs a permit. Most Councils make the skip bin supplier (like ourselves) responsible for organising their permits (so they can leverage their relationship with SKIPS and ensure permit conditions are complied with. The Victorian Government also issue guidelines about the placement of skip bins on roadsides, which can be found here.
• Access Requirements: Questions about how much room the truck needs (typically 3m width and 4m overhead clearance). 

6. What is the Delivery and Pickup Process?

SKIPS delivers and picks up skip bins throughout the day from 7:00 am in the morning, until late in the afternoon. Ask us about what would suit you, and we will do our best to help.

• Lead Time: How much notice is needed for delivery (often within 24 hours, but earlier is better).
• Specific Times: Customers often ask if they can choose a specific delivery/pickup time. We are happy for you to make requests, and we will do our best, bearing in mind that we have to contend with other traffic on the roads and also the impact of disposal times at the disposal facilities. This means we will rarely guarantee specific times, and we allocate activities to morning and afternoon runs to structure the day.
• Attendance: Do I need to be home? (Usually, no, provided access is clear).