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What Can I Put in My Recycling Bin?

Recycling has become an important part of our day to day lives, with many of us encouraged to take the time to sort our cardboard and plastic bottles from our food and general waste. It was therefore disappointing to read an article in The Express last week reporting...

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Adverse Weather: Our Policy

We may have only had a touch of bad weather so far during these wintery months but we can never be sure what's exactly round the corner. Like most companies we have our own policies too and one of the policies we like to promote this time of year is our bad...

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Landfill Tax Increase: Its Impact on Skip Hire Companies

April 1st is slowly creeping up on us, which means it's nearly time for the increase in landfill tax. Because of this tradition, every skip company owner will be thinking about the direct impact landfill tax has on our skip prices, as any residual waste that we...

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Our Skip Sizes Explained

If you have never hired a skip before then you might not know that skips come in different sizes and volumes. Depending on what you need it for depends on how big of a skip you will need to hire. At WT Skip Hire we are able to provide our customers with a number of...

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How To Recycle Your Textiles

For many years there has been confusion and a lack of advice as to where and how textiles can be recycled. On average a UK household owns around £4,000 worth of clothes which 30% haven't been worn within the last year. We also bin 350,000 tonnes of used clothing...

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Waste Week 2015: Youngsters Raising Awareness

Raising awareness about the importance of reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill is paramount. We generate around 177 million tonnes of waste every year in England alone; this is due to poor use of resources and costs businesses and household's money....

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Ella's Kitchen Launches Recycling Scheme

If you have small children you will understand the importance of them eating the right foods and receiving the nutrients they need to grow up big and strong. With 'Ella's Kitchen' food brand, children can get all of that yummy goodness and be good to the...

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Become a Master Composter with Norfolk County Council

For those of you who have green fingers and love the benefits of recycling then the Norfolk Master Composters might be the scheme for you. Norfolk County Council have teamed up with Garden Organic and have announced new training dates for people who are interested in...

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There's A Story Behind Every Skip

There's A Story Behind Every Skip

We have our very own director, Gary Thurtle, writing this week's blog post about a recent story he would like to share with our readers and customers alike. Although on the face of it skip hire is quite mundane, the stories behind the bookings are often quite...

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