Virtual vs Real Skip Bin Hire in Australia - Know What You Are Choosing

What to Look For When Choosing a Skip Hire Company

Unless you personally know the Skip Hire company, have been referred to them, have used them before or checked their facebook page for reviews, you really can’t tell. Anyone can start a skip company, advertise and you could be enticed to call. Unless you compare companies it could be a gamble in terms of prices and service but more importantly what actually happens to your waste – recycled or land filled?

Virtual Skip Bin Hire Companies vs Physical Bin Hire Companies 

It has been an increasing trend in Australia in particular of more and more virtual skip bin hire companies or more likely websites, which offer customers almost like a comparison  platform to find their bin.  Some of these virtual companies are very good, with their own dedicated customer service centre, emails and phone numbers, while others will be very generic websites, which simply pull data from a database and will identify the skip bin at the geographic area where consumer is looking for.
If you are only hiring a bin once in your life and might not need any customer service or follow up or build a relationship with your bin supplier then perhaps generic or virtual bin hire website will work for you.  However, if you are interested in building a relationship with your Skip Bin Hire Supplier, so that they will look after your waste management needs, speak to you on a phone, carefully note down all your requirements as to the time of the bin delivery, placement instructions, site contact details, any variations to your bin hire order or any other issues such as bin change over - then you can't beat dealing with the real physical bin hire company that will provide a full service.

What Happens to Your Waste?

Skip companies are not actually regulated to a great extent but the best ones such as Need A Skip Now operate their own waste transfer stations ensuring proper recycling processes.  Hence when dealing with the physical Skip Bin Hire Company, one of the fundamental questions to ask is: 

"what happens to my waste after its picked up from my home / building site / commercial site?"

You can only ask questions about your waste treatment from a physical skip bin hire company.  If you book via generic price comparison website - these questions will not be answered, nor will you likely have any information about your potential bin provider or his reliability therefore. 

Council Permits for Bins on a Road

One of the tell tales between good and qustionable companies is how they treat the issue of Council Permits.  Professional Skip Bin Hire Companies will ALWAYS apply for a permit if the bin is going on a road or a nature strip and this issue will not even be up for a discussion.  Some questionable operators out there might either: not get a permit at all or charge customer for a permit but actually never apply for it.
Council Permits for Bins on a Road are absolutely critical for compliance with Local Laws in Australia, in addition - should anything untoward happen like someone colliding with your bin overnight or any other issues - if you don't have a permit - the fines and penalties will significantly outweigh the cost of the permit.

We recommend to always pay a Due Diligence when selecting your Skip Bin Hire Supplier and we hope that you find our tips above very useful.  Should you wish to add anything to the above - we welcome your comments below this article. 

Skip Hire and How To Do It Cheaper

Skip Bin Hire is one of the common services in Melbourne, Australia, used both by residential and commercial customers.  However since nobody wants to spend a lot of money on getting rid of their rubbish, one of the most frequently asked questions is how to make skip hire cheaper?
There is unfortunately no short cuts here and rubbish does take a lot to get rid of, as someone needs to deliver you a bin, pick this bin up, take it either to the tip to dispose of the waste or take it to waste transfer station, where waste is separated and recycled first and then will be taken further to recycling centres or the tip.
When the skip hire seems unusually cheap - look out and question the skip hire supplier about his procedures related to rubbish disposal as when the bin hire is too cheap - there could be a possibility of illegal dumping by a supplier, in which case if discovered or reported to EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in Victoria, then the onus is not only on the operator but on a consumer who hired the bin originally.

There are however legitimate ways of saving cost on skip bin hire, one of the most common ones is by separating the waste on your project and finding a bin supplier, who actually rewards you for hiring a bin for a single type of waste.
While many skip hire suppliers won't be able to offer this option, a Melbourne based company - Need A Skip Now is one such supplier, who offers consumers not only skip bin prices for Mixed Waste and General Waste, but also deeply discount prices for the following waste types:

• 100% Bricks only skip bin - suitable for bin sizes from 2 cubic meters to 12 cubic meters
• 100% Soil only skip bin - suitable for bin sizes from 2 cubic meters to 12 cubic meters
• 100% Concrete only skip bin - suitable for bin sizes from 2 cubic meters to 12 cubic meters
• 100% Metal Only Skip Bin - suitable for bins from 8 cubic meters to 31 cubic meters
• Concrete / Bricks / Soil and Metal Bins - suitable for bin sizes from 2 cubic meters to 12 cubic meters

Need A Skip Now operates its own waste transfer station, where bins are taken and all the waste is properly separated, recycled and processed, which allows this bin supplier to offer discounted prices on Bricks bins, Soil Bins, Concrete Bins and Metal Bins.  For an immediate skip bin hire quote either jump on their website or call their friendly customer service team on 1300 605 624 to get access to bin hire specials in Melbourne.
If you are a builder and have various types of waste and have space on your building site to have a couple of bins for various waste types then definitely going for single waste type bin will save you skip hire cost.  If you are working on a project, which doesn't allow space for multiple bins, you might consider a single bin at a time but concentrating on one waste type.  For instance - it is best to hire a separate bin for soil and not mix soil with anything else, as it then becomes what EPA calls a contaminated soil, which might then attract extra cost.
We hope that you find this article helpful and it will assist you in your quest to reduce your skip hire and waste disposal costs. Please don't hesitate to contact us for further questions or recommendations.

Construction and Demolition Waste Disposal

If you are a builder, a renovator, construction site manager an owner builder or a demolisher - one of the important questions in your project is how to manage and dispose of Construction and Demolition Waste.
Some Examples of Construction and Demolition (C & D) Waste are:

• excavated material such as rock and soil
• waste asphalt, bricks, concrete, plasterboard, timber and vegetation
• asbestos and contaminated soil
  

Each Building or Construction Site, particularly in Melbourne, Vic, Australia must have their Waste Management Plan, which will stipulate how the C &D waste will be managed and legally disposed of.
Due to some creativity or desparate measures due to cashflow issues, some operators have succumbed to the lure of getting rid of waste for free or nearly for free via engaging some dubious waste transporters or making illegal agreements with some rural land owners or farmers.
The EPA has stepped up its illegal dumping force and consequent fines, which range from $7500, or up to $777,300 (5000 penalty units) if prosecuted. EPA can require the waste generator, transporter and receiver to clean up and pay for waste to be taken to a lawful place.
To ensure that your building or construction site is compliant with the local Waste Disposal Laws - it is critical to be associated with a reputable Waste Management Company or a Skip Bin Hire Company,  which will be licensed to transport your waste and then deal with it accordingly to separate and either further recycle or take it to other recycling or material processing facilities.
When dealing with Soil in Particular - it is very important to obtain a soil report first, to determine whether soil is contaminated and to what extent, which will allow you then to select the appropriate Soil Transporter, who will need an appropriate EPA license to transport contaminated soil.
In addition to having Waste Management plans on your Building or Construction Site, the following are the suggestions from the EPA of what information you might be requested from the EPA, should they decide to visit your building site:

Supplying information about waste

At any time, you can be asked to supply information about your waste. Ensure all relevant information is disclosed, such as:

• waste assessment and categorisation reports, including sampling methodologies and laboratory analysis for potentially harmful materials such as contaminated soil
• written procedures and plans for managing waste, including handling and storage procedures, and incident response plans
• development applications, including waste management plans
• site assessments including contaminated site assessments, and environmental and geotechnical studies.

The maximum penalty for supplying false or misleading information about waste to EPA is $373,104.
 For more guidance on how to manage waste and properly dispose of Construction and Demolition Waste from your site, please contact Need A Skip Now - Melbourne's Experienced Skip Bin Supplier, who also runs its own Waste Transfer Station and will ensure complete compliance with the local laws.

Australian Recycling Crisis and What Is Your Skip Bin Supplier Doing About It

As most Australian residents would be aware by now that Australia has been shaken up by the decision of China earlier this year to put a Ban on many types of waste materials exported from Australia.
This "Chinese Ban" on Rubbish Exports has been termed in Australia as "Recycling Industry Crisis".  What's important here - is what is your Skip Bin Supplier is doing about it?  When hiring your next Skip Bin - it would be a great idea to ask your Skip Provider - where are you taking the rubbish from my site and what happens to that rubbish afterwords?

Here's a perfect example of how a Skip Bin Hire Company - Need A Skip Now, who also operates it's own Waste Transfer Station handles this process and assists in Australia's recovery from the Recycling Industry Crisis - one step at a time!

The Team behind the Need A Skip Now Brand

 Have You Ever Wondered - Who Are The People Behind The Need A Skip Now Brand?

In this short video - we would like to share with you a little bit about our team and how many different professions it requires behind the scenes in order to deliver the bins, pickup the bins and properly recycle the waste and consequently dispose of it.

Your first point of contact would be with our Customer Service Team, where you would have called on 1300 605 624 and greeted by one of our friendly staff.  The Customer Service team is there to help you choose the right size bin for your waste, advise on the correct waste type, provide you with quotes and process your bin order.  They would also be the ones you would be calling for an estimated time of arrival for your bin and the same team would be confirming the pickup date with you and any other questions you might have during the bin hire period.

The next interaction you would have is with our Drivers Team, who will be delivering and picking up your bin.  Our drivers are hand picked and trained in all aspects of placing bins and can also advise on the best way to position your bin, to ensure compliance with the council laws and a best outcome for your property as well.
 
The Team behind the Need A Skip Now

Once the bin is picked up - it will be taken back to our Waste Transfer Station, where a team of recycling professionals will be sorting the waste from your bin.  All waste types will be sorted by categories, i.e. green waste, timber, paper, metal, plastics and so on.  In a case of soil - it will first be sorted away from all other materials and consequently then shaken and processed again to achieve a clean soil product, which will be further taken to a soil recycling plant.

In addition to experienced Drivers - we also have experienced and multi-skilled machinery operators, who operate a wide variety of earth moving machinery, which also enables Need A Skip Now to offer Demolition and Excavation Services to our customers.

For our building and trade customers with multiple building and work sites - we also offer the services of our Business Development Manager, who will visit your site and discuss all your waste management needs and offer solutions and recommendations.

We are looking forward to our next interaction with you and are always thriving to deliver the best bin hire experience in Melbourne, Australia.

S is for September, Skip Bin Hire and Sustainability

Since we find ourselves in the month of September - we would like to talk about Skip Bin Hire and Sustainability.

If you are managing a Factory, a warehouse, a shopping centre or any other commercial premises, including schools, religious institutions  or offices - chances are - you are due for regular clean outs of the premises.  It might mean different things for different industries:

• for Warehouses - might be a disposal of old pallets, outdated equipment, packaging
• for schools it might be getting rid of old, broken or unsafe furniture, replacement with a new, disposal of packing and old equipment
• for factories it might mean disposal of the prescribed waste, machinery, outdated equipment 
• for business with an end of lease it might mean all sorts of waste, inclusive but not limited to: fixtures and fittings, furniture, equipment, e-waste, recyclables and the like.

Big Clean Ups are usually associated with hiring a Skip Bin or a Dumpster as our brothers in USA like to call it :-).  For a lot of larger corporations, especially with Quality Certifications, even clean-up events are regulated and waste should be disposed of responsibly in accordance with the Sustainability principles.

Hence - seeking association with the Skip Bin Hire Companies, which are committed to the Sustainability Practices, inclusive but not limited to:

• being able to provide bins or find other solutions for various streams of waste, such as:
• General Waste
• Recyclable Waste
• Green Waste
• Paper
• Metal
• Asbestos and other prescribed waste  
• being able to divert 85+% of waste away from Landfill, which usually implies that they need to have their own Waste Transfer Station, where all the rubbish will be separated into various categories and then each waste stream is taken furthe to processing to specialized recycling centres.

 Sustainability during clean ups can be adhered to in many ways, one of the simplest things to consider is what cleaning materials and / or chemicals are being used during a clean up?  Companies, which are committed to the environmental preservation and sustainablity principles are opting to use products, which are are environmentally friendly, reduce the wastage of water and energy and limit chemicals discharged into the environment.

Further, when planning your big clean up event, it is recommended to source biodegradable, sustainable, and environmentally preferable products as well as implementing strategies that ensure there are no chemical waste, reduced energy consumption and paperless communications, as a starting point.  An example of the environmentally friendly cleaning products choice is Green chemicals, which include but not limited to: Bio + Green Crystals and Solucare, which are waste free, not harmful to humans or the environment.

For companies and organisations which are required to maintain clean environment on a daily basis, such as hospitals and food manufacturers, not to mention electronics manufacturing - choosing the right, environmentally friendly chemicals with minimum odors and minimum use of harsh ingredients is paramount.

Schools Australia wide are very serious about sustainability, which is woven across it's many disciplines from educating students about carbon emissions, to using correct bins for various types of waste, to teaching them about green living, gardening, sustainable foods and of cause environmentally friendly clean ups.  A couple of suggestions for Schools here:

• involve your students in planning environmentally freindly events and clean ups
• think of reducing waste in the first instance, by using products, which are biodegrable and recyclable
• think of only two waste streams when planning an event, such as: landfill and recyclable.  
• Label your bins accordingly, even put pictures of various waste examples, which are go to into each bin
• think of collecting plastic separately and finding a local government or commercial company, which can collect your school plastic for FREE or otherwise provide a local drop off point
• if space on the school grounds permits - have a constant "on site" skip bin or a few there, for a various waste type, so that they can be emptied on a regular basis and you don't have to double handle the waste

In Summary - let's make the month of September a Sustainable One, backed up by Sustainable Practices in your Business or Work Place and in case of a major clean up, selecting a Sustainable Skip Bin Hire company to align with your values and goals!

Waste Recycling by Need A Skip Now - Melbourne

Have you ever wondered what happens with the waste - picked up in a skip bin from your home or office or your building site? 

Is it being illegally dumped?  Is it being taken straight to the landfill?  Or is it being taken to the transfer station to properly separate and divert as much as possible from the landfill?

In line with the Victorian (Australia) government policy "Towards Zero Waste" - Melbourne's prominent Skip Bin Hire Company - Need A Skip Now - is leading the way with the latest in the recycling technologies, to divert 85%+ of waste from the landfill and aiming Towards Zero Waste in the near future.

Need A Skip Now has heavily invested into recycling equipment, the training of its team and is never dormant  - in view of an ever developing technology.  It has recently modified and improved it's recycling trommel technology - by increasing the length of a belt - to accommodate more team members to sort the rubbish from the belt and to provide more jobs to Australians.

In addition - for the comfort of its' team - the recycling trommel was upgraded with an all -weather protection from sun, rain and wind, equipped with rubbish shoots to ensure proper separation of waste into various categories.

If you care where your rubbish is taken - after your bin has been picked up - look no further: Need A Skip Now - will not only deliver and pickup your bin with care and a smile but will also deal with your rubbish - ethically and environmentally responsibly, diverting as much as possible away from Landfill and ensuring proper separation, recycling and re-purposing for a greater future of Melbourne and Victoria!

The Secrets Behind What Happens to Your Waste

The Secrets Behind "What Happens to my Waste" are finally revealed... Read the insider Story below...

https://www.needaskipnow.com.au/news/skip-bin-hire-moving-towards-zero-waste/

Skip Bin Hire Melbourne is Moving Towards Zero Waste

In a day and age, when a lot of Melbourne, Australia's community is more and more aware of the environmental impacts and is more conscious of their consumer choices, choosing Skip Bin Hire company is no different.

If in the past, the choice of one Skip Bin Provider over another one would be based predominantly on price, today there are more factors to consider.

One of the important factors, when choosing a Skip Bin Supplier, especially for Green Living Accredited Builders - is how this Bin Supplier is dealing with the Waste Collected.

While in the past, some Bin Hire companies could take a bin from customer's site - straight to the tip - the times have certainly changed...

In line with the Victorian Government Policy "Towards Zero Waste" - more progressive Skip Bin Hire Companies are taking the waste to their own Transfer Station or a Recycling Facility, where waste is separated, sorted and processed in some cases, for further recycling and re-purposing.

Need A Skip Now - Melbourne's more progressive Skip Bin Hire and Demolition Company, operates it's own Waste Transfer Station, where all the bins from customer sites are taken for a detailed sorting and separating.  This leading Melbourne's Bin Supplier understands the importance of diverting the waste away from landfill and thus is constantly investing in its' Transfer Station's infrastructure, thus moving Towards Zero Waste goal.

When selecting your Skip Bin Hire Supplier for your next project, you might like to ask: how are you dealing with the Waste Collected and are you focused on moving Towards Zero Waste vision?