What Can I Put Into skip

When hiring a skip company, it’s important to know what you can put in it. The most common items that people throw into skips are restricted for safety reasons and can’t be thrown out with the rubbish. Your local council will collect them and dispose or recycle them responsibly.

What can`t you put in a skip

Here are some things you can’t put in a skip: vehicle batteries, tyres, TVs and toasters, solvents like paint and glue, plasterboard, paint tins unless they’re completely empty and other chemicals like processing fluids, bleach and detergent. You can’t put oils like cooking oil or engine oil in the skip either; fridges and microwaves; fluorescent tubes; explosives; electrical equipment like electric cookers and electric fans; computer screens; computer towers; compressed gas cylinders (empty or full).