When you’ve got enough rubbish to need a skip bin, you’re likely not looking for any other hassles. These are typically project based hires and you need to get your work done, load the skip and be done with it. But, if you look at online reviews for companies in our business, there are a lot of ways that things can go sideways into skip hiring hell. Here’s what you need to know before you pay for your hired skip.
We’d love to service every skip bin hire across the globe, but that’s impractical. When looking for a skip bin company, ask for personal recommendations. Then, check online reviews and complaints. When you call, ask questions about payment, placement, and contact. Hiring the wrong company can bring you nothing but grief.
Skips are not one size fits all, and unscrupulous operators may try to sell you on a larger skip to make more money. Take the time to go over your project and determine what you need. Your skip hiring company will be able to help you with this.
Nothing is worse than paying for something you can’t use. Schedule a specific date with your skip hire company before you hang up the phone and call back to confirm with them a day or two out. If your skip shows up early, you’re paying for days you can’t use and if it’s late, work may have to halt until it gets there.
Skips are large and cannot be easily moved. A wrongly placed skip can cause traffic problems, block access to property and make the job of loading your rubbish into it a lot harder. Make sure you describe your ideal placement before the driver shows up and ask them to write it down. Make sure you, or someone who understands what you need is there to meet the driver on delivery, or it may get dropped in the easiest location.
Make sure you write down all of the details of who you hired the skip bin from, delivery and pickup dates, and where the skip bin is to be placed. Also get receipts on all payments and confirm details with the skip hire company and the driver at every opportunity. Having a paper trail is your best defence of any issues that may arise in the future.
Moving house can be a stressful and difficult ordeal, but it is one we will all go through at some point in our lives. Whether you’re moving out of home for the first time, buying a new place, or moving to your 5th or 6th rental, while you’re packing you will no doubt find you’ve been hoarding things you don’t really need to take along for the move.
You don’t want to waste precious space in a pricey mover’s truck for things that belong in the bin – but then what are you going to do with all that leftover junk? You won’t be able to stuff it all in your outdoor bin.
The easy solution: save yourself some stress during the move by hiring out a skip bin from Bonza Bins. Here are a few tips on how to make your move easier and maximise the use of your skip bin:
Get Prepped
Being well prepared and organised can help reduce the chaos of moving house. That’s why it’s a good idea to get started on the clean-out several weeks before it’s time to go. Choose one of Bonza Bin’s sturdy skip bins and get the ball rolling nice and early. Go through your items and divide them into categories such as: “Keeping”, “Selling”, “Donating” and “Chucking”. Everything in the “Chucking” pile can be disposed into the skip bin (as long as it complies with the permitted items for that particular bin).
You don’t even need to worry about splitting the waste into “recyclable” and “non-recyclable”: we take all the waste we receive to recycling stations or transfer stations where the waste is sorted and recycled where possible.
Hassle-Free Disposal
Once your hire period is up, our friendly staff will come to collect the bin and dispose of the waste – and just like that the mess is gone! One massive task for the move is taken care of and you can focus on getting the important things sent over to the new place then relax and enjoy your new home.
If you’re about to make a big move of your own, get in contact with us today via our website or calling on 08 9331 7271.
Need to hire a skip bin? Whether you’re expecting a lot of waste from a house party, home renovations or a major garden makeover, a skip bin hire is an easy and affordable way to dispose of large quantities of waste.
If this is your first experience hiring a skip bin, you may be wondering how to get the most out of your hire. To make sure you get the best bang for your buck, we’ve put together some tips for getting the most out of your skip bin.
There’s no need to hire the largest bin if you won’t produce enough waste to fill it. Not sure how much waste will fit a certain sized bin? To give you an estimate, our smallest bin (3m³) holds approximately 3 to 4 standard trailer loads of rubbish. A 4m³ bin would hold 4-5 trailer loads of rubbish and a 6m³ bin would hold 8-9 trailer loads.
When you use a skip bin, it should only be filled to the top edge of the bin with no loose bits sticking out. When filling, getting the most out of your space is a bit like Tetris – try to fit as much in as you can. Little things count – break down cardboard boxes and lay them flat, push the air out of plastic bags, and take a minute to think about how you’ll load it before starting (you won’t want to dig in and do that after it’s full! Overfilled bins are a safety hazard, so if you’ve overloaded, we cannot collect the bin. We may need to contact you and ask you to remove the excess waste. Save yourself the hassle by only filling it to the top edge to begin with.
Bonza Bins accepts most types of waste, but we do have a few no-go items. For safety reasons, you cannot put the following items into the bin: truck tyres, hazardous waste, liquid waste (chemicals, oil, paint, etc.), car batteries and asbestos. If you’re unsure whether something, like a piece of fencing, contains asbestos, you can ask the driver to look at it during delivery time. It pays to make sure, because if a driver notices asbestos while tipping the bin, there are extra costs associated with an asbestos contaminated bin.
When you hire a bin with Bonza Bins, we want you to enjoy the full benefits, so give us a call today.
Skip Bins for Garden Waste Removal
Does your garden need some work? Do you have some overgrown shrubs that need trimming or lawns that need mowing or a tree that keeps dropping leaves in your driveway and really needs a few branches sawn off?
We can all find ourselves guilty of putting off gardening duties: it’s time consuming and worst of all – it makes a big mess! Even if we find the time to get out the mower, pruners or saw, we dread carrying all those twigs and branches out to the verge where they will remain an eyesore until a collection date.
Hiring a skip bin can be a great way to manage the mess after giving your garden a much needed makeover. Not only are skip bins convenient, they’re also economical and when you book through Bonza Bins you can be assured they will be as environmentally friendly as possible too. So what kind of skip bin should you get for your next gardening job?
Green Waste Skip Bins
The skip bin you’ll need for your garden waste is a Green Waste skip bin. This bin is the most appropriate for light waste such as lawn clippings, shrubs, small branches, leaves, palm fronds and tree trunks and stumps smaller than 50cm in length and 30cm in diameter. Bonza Bins offers several different sized bins, depending on the size of the job at hand, and how much waste you expect will be produced.
Save Yourself a Hassle
Hiring a skip bin is a great way to take the hassle out of green waste removal during a big gardening job. Getting a skip bin from Bonza Bins not only gives you an appropriately sized vessel to hold all of that green waste while you’re pruning and trimming, but our team will even dispose of it for you. This means you won’t have to be staring at a mess of twigs and leaves on your front verge waiting for a pick-up, it will be taken away as soon as you’re done.
When you hire a skip bin, you can say goodbye to several trips to the tip and using a heap of plastic bags to keep all the waste together: a skip bin gives you one central location for all the mess so it can be easily disposed of. All of our bins come fitted with drop down ramps so you can easily walk the waste in with a wheelbarrow. This saves a lot more time than collecting everything by hand or in bags and trying to stuff it into your regular bins.
A Green Solution for your Green Waste
At Bonza Bins, we are committed to working towards a greener future. That’s why our skip bins are covered and your waste will be brought back to recycling centres or transfer stations where it can be sorted and recycled where possible. We aim to recycle as much as we possibly can, and green waste can be easily recycled to lessen the burden on landfills. Most facilities will mulch the waste, and that mulch can then be used back in the community in local parks and beautification projects.
The Extra Perks of a Bonza Bins Green Waste Skip
When you choose a Bonza Bin skip for your green waste, you’re choosing a company with nearly 15 years’ experience. We price competitively to keep more money in your back pocket, and provide quick delivery.
Our skip bins are strong and sturdy to keep all your trash in. We also believe in providing exceptional customer service and support with a personal touch.
So don’t put off those garden jobs any longer – book a bin with Bonza Bins today.
Check out our Youtube video to see what we’re about. Bonza Bins has a wide selection of bin sizes to suit your residential or commercial needs.
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A question that we get asked all the time by our customers is what size skip bin they will need for their waste. Here is a handy guide to answer all your project questions.
Estimating is not easy. All our bins are measured in cubic metres (mᶟ). One cubic metre is approximately one standard trailer load. If you are unsure of what size bin that you need, we recommend going one size larger. People often underestimate the amount of rubbish they have. It is cheaper to get a bigger bin than having the cost of a second bin delivered.
As a guide:
Small bathroom renovation – approximately 3 to 4mᶟ
Small household cleanup – about 4mᶟ
Large household cleanup (including furniture) – recommend a 6mᶟ or above
Kitchen renovation – dependent on size but approximately a 4 to 6mᶟ
Please refer to Bin sizes for photos and dimensions of bins.
At Bonza Bins we endeavour to recycle as much waste as possible.
When you about hiring a skip bin, you will often be asked what type of waste is going into the bin. This allows us to make a judgement on what would be the best place to take the filled skip bin to, so as much as possible is recycled.
Waste such as sand, bricks, pavers, concrete and roof tiles are easy to recycle. Filled skip bins are taken to a recycling facility which specialises in this type of waste. These can be crushed and be made into road base, for drainage and more.
Greens are another easily recyclable type of waste. Most waste facilities have mulchers which mulch the green waste. Council tips will use this mulch within the local community eg. parks, verges and beautification projects. Private waste facilities will either sell mulch to other business to make their own type of mulch, landscapers and homeowners. Often if there is a glut they will be happy for you to bring a trailer and take it away!!
Mattress have up til recently been a major problem, with all of them going straight to landfill as there was no way of recycling them. Recently a company called Garbologie has opened in the suburb of O’Connor. They receive bed mattress and then break them down into their various components. Metal springs are sold to scrap metal dealers and later smelted to make new steel. Polyurethane foam which is found in some mattresses is in high demand. It is bundled together and sold to companies who the re-use it. Unfortunately some components do not have a ready mark and have to go to landfill.
When a mixed waste bin is taken to a waste transfer station, it is usually sorted. The items that are recyclable are taken out by a variety of means. This can be by people on a “picking belt”, sifter which remove sand and more.
Back in May 2014, we were approached by award winning building company – D.A. Burke builders to assist in the renovation/modification of a home to assist a family in Batemen affected by Rett Syndrome.
This project has now started and we are proud to be to help by providing a skip bin for the duration of the project at little cost.
What is Rett Syndrome?
Addison suffer from Rett Syndrome which is a development disorder found mainly in girls. A child with Rett Syndrome will usually be born healthy and then a 6-18 months there is a stagnation in skills and development. The most severe aspect of Rett Syndrome is the inability of the body to perform movement.
The current bathroom in Addison’s house is completely unsuitable for someone with a disability and a renovation is one step in making life easier for her family. The entire bathroom renovation has been made possible by generous donations of time, goods and services.
The type of modification which will assist Addison and her family includes:
All the waste from the bathroom renovation will be placed into one of our skip bins and taken away once the project is finished.
If you would like to be involved with this project please call us on 93317271 or D.A. Burke builders on 9582 9977.
We wish Addison and her family all the best for the future.
The WA State Government as part of the 2014-2015 state budget announced an increase in the Landfill Levy from 2015. The levy increase brings WA rates into line with South Australia and Victoria, while still being half of that of NSW. The rate will also continue to increase in WA to at least 2019.
The Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act (WARR Levy Act) was initially introduced in 2007. This is the first increase in the levy since 2010. The landfill levy is applied to all waste received at metropolitan landfills and metropolitan waste received at landfills outside the metropolitan area.
The key purpose of the Landfill Levy is to set the price of landfill so that alternatives such as recycling are more cost competitive. Environment Minister Albert Jacob recently stated that WA had one of the worst recycling rates in Australia and making it more expensive to dump was vital to reversing this. The second objective is to generate funds for a range of environmental purposes. A quarter of the forecasted $202 miilion revenue in the next 4 years will be used to fund recycling programs.
The increase in the landfill levy has had a number of critics. One of WA’s biggest builders, Dale Alcock has stated that it would add between $1000 and $1500 onto the cost of a new house.
Although Mr Alcock agreed WA’s recycling rates needed to lift, he said the Government’s handling of the changes had been clumsy and there were “smarter” ways to reduce landfill.
“It purely is a revenue grab,” he said. “You can argue this is about changing industry and industry has to get on board and put less waste to landfill”.
“Maybe try working with industry rather than just whacking it over the head.”
The other problem that we believe will occur is an increase in illegal dumping of waste. As the prices increase to hire a skip bin or to get rid of waste, it will not be affordable for large number of people. There are already a large number of areas in the Perth region which has illegal dumped waste and this will increase. It will be left up to the local councils and shires to clean up this illegal dumping of waste.
