Why skip hire helps construction projects run smoothly for Merseyside businesses

If you have decided to renovate or refurbish your commercial building, skip hire will help you avoid safety issues and unnecessary costs, and maybe even fines.

While homeowners can take their waste to the tip, it’s not so simple for businesses.

Can businesses take their waste to a tip in Merseyside?

Generally no, but this is something you would need to check with your local council. Most councils don’t allow commercial waste at tips because they specifically provide household waste facilities for local residents.

As well as daily business waste, any construction, demolition, industry or agriculture waste is considered commercial waste. If a business takes any waste to a tip that only accepts domestic waste, the business can be fined depending on local regulations.

Businesses are expected to dispose of their waste responsibly. One way to do this is through commercial skip hire.

1st Choice Concrete & Skip Hire supplies skips of various sizes to Merseyside businesses. A skip is an ideal choice for removing waste from commercial sites, particularly when generating more waste than usual, such as during construction projects.

Skip hire offers many benefits to businesses undergoing renovations or refurbishments.

Benefits of commercial skip hire for business construction projects

The right sized skip for the job

Commercial construction projects generate varying volumes of waste. Choosing the most appropriately sized skip for your needs will keep costs manageable. At 1st Choice we supply a range of skips from the small, domestic 4 yard skip with an approximate capacity of 4 tonnes, through to 40 yard RORO (roll on/roll off) bins that can hold approximately 10 tonnes.

Keeping your commercial site safe

A commercial site is usually a busy place with workers and visitors circulating with purpose, so it is essential that all areas are clear to be compliant with health and safety standards. Hazards such as construction waste will contravene health and safety regulations and put your workers, construction contractors and visitors at risk.

Using a skip allows you to continuously dispose of waste in one place as the construction project goes on. It avoids waste accumulating in different areas by providing a clear disposal point that can be kept away from daily business activities.

Environmental best practices

The use of a skip aligns with environmental best practices when it comes to waste management. At 1st Choice we take out any recyclable waste returned to us in our skips and send the remaining construction waste – less than 1% – to an authorised landfill.

Recycling waste is hugely beneficial to the environment, and when the remaining construction waste is also responsibly disposed of, air, soil and water pollution are significantly reduced.

Businesses rarely have the resources to filter through their waste and dispose of it responsibly themselves, so using a skip hire company provides them with peace of mind that their waste is causing as little harm as possible to the environment.

Hiring on-site skips for general business waste

Skips are not only beneficial to businesses when construction is ongoing. Many businesses have a dedicated skip continuously on site for general business waste.

Having a skip on site maintains workplace safety. Rather than having to wait until there is enough rubbish to arrange for its collection from a waste clearance company, having a skip provides a safe, enclosed repository into which rubbish can be discarded at any time of the day.

Again, you don’t need to worry about recycling as 1st Choice will sort that out for you, and as soon as the skip is full you just call us to replace it.

Join other Merseyside businesses in selecting 1st Choice as your local skip hire company

Whether you have a construction project on the horizon, or you want a dedicated skip on site, contact 1st Choice Concrete & Skip Hire for more information or go online to book your skip.