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A '''rubbish skip''' is usually called merely a '''skip''' or waste bin. A skip is a large open-topped container designed for loading onto a special type of [[lorry]]. Differing from [[Dumpster (term)|dumpster]], instead of being emptied into a waste vehicle onsite, a skip is replaced by an empty skip (or no skip at all) and then tipped at a landfill site or transfer station. In the UK [[Richard Biffa]] is widely credited{{By whom|date=July 2011}} with the introduction of the skip in the 1960's. [[Biffa]] Waste Services is now one of the largest waste management companies in the UK, and is involved in re-cycling, and waste collection. |
A '''rubbish skip''' is usually called merely a '''skip''' or waste bin. ''''''For the cheapest skip go''' to [http://www.firstskiphire.co.uk''' .A skip is a large open-topped container designed for loading onto a special type of [[lorry]]. Differing from [[Dumpster (term)|dumpster]], instead of being emptied into a waste vehicle onsite, a skip is replaced by an empty skip (or no skip at all) and then tipped at a landfill site or transfer station. In the UK [[Richard Biffa]] is widely credited{{By whom|date=July 2011}} with the introduction of the skip in the 1960's. [[Biffa]] Waste Services is now one of the largest waste management companies in the UK, and is involved in re-cycling, and waste collection. |
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==Uses== |
==Uses== |
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A rubbish skip' is usually called merely a skip or waste bin. 'For the cheapest skip go to [http://www.firstskiphire.co.uk .A skip is a large open-topped container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry. Differing from dumpster, instead of being emptied into a waste vehicle onsite, a skip is replaced by an empty skip (or no skip at all) and then tipped at a landfill site or transfer station. In the UK Richard Biffa is widely credited[by whom?] with the introduction of the skip in the 1960's. Biffa Waste Services is now one of the largest waste management companies in the UK, and is involved in re-cycling, and waste collection.
Uses
Skips are commonly used to hold open topped loads of construction and demolition waste or other waste types. The construction debris originates from a building site where something is being built, renovated or demolished. 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. The material in the skip may be taken to a landfill, recycled or recovered/disposed of in some other way.
One end of the skip sometimes has a large door that hinges down to allow manual unloading, or manual loading. Skip bins are usually durable and tough, made to withstand rough use by tradesman and laborers. The size of a skip bin can vary from 4.5 cubic meters to 18 cubic meters, and can hold up to 10 tonnes' worth of waste.
Skips are picked up, carried and deposited by a special skip carrying lorry or crane.
Building supplies can be delivered to a site in a skip, which is later used to carry the site's waste away.
A typical small skip, when empty, weighs about 250 kilograms (550lbs).
In parts of the developing world, where health and safety laws are quite lax, an empty skip hoisted up high by a crane is used as an emergency platform for rescue workers to work from.[citation needed]
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