How many times have you passed a skip bin and have come across an
overfilled bin?
Customer will overfill these bins knowing very well that these
bins should be filled to the lip and not overflowing. The general rule is if
the bin was filled with water you could not overfill it.
Melbourne’s waste services are strictly regulated by the
Victorian Government. Therefore it’s not the skip driver being unreasonable
when they refuses to pick up the bin or asks the customer to remove some of
the load – it’s the law! Road safety laws stipulate that bins cannot be filled
higher than the top lip.
Drivers and skip companies are legally
bound to not carry unsafe loads and unfortunately many people order smaller
skips than they need in order to save a few dollars. Order a larger skip than
you think you need because you will always fill it – just don’t go over the lip
line! You might end up spending more money on another skip bin. There are clear
limit lines on most bins but if not it is no excuse to load 8m3 of waste into a
6m3 bin. Who pays for the extra waste?
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