Last month, the Conservative politician and leadership contender Michael Gove (in his current role as Environment Secretary) announced that plastic drinking straws, plastic drinks stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds would be banned from sale in England in 2020....

With a little imagination, some waste products that were otherwise destined for disposal can be turned into something useful, even something beautiful. We took used motor vehicle tyres and turned them into planters that will display flowers outside a local school and...

The image above was painted by the talented local artist, Mik Richardson on the side of one of our skips. The original artwork was commissioned to coincide with the GoGoHares sculpture trail in Norwich last year, but when we were looking for a photograph for this...

The residents of the fine city of Norwich are frequently ahead of the curve when it comes to implementing environmental practices. The opening of a zero-waste general store and café on Timber Hill is the latest example of forward thinking in matters ecological....

This month, we renewed our Waste Carriers Licence for another three years. There are a number of licences required to dispose of waste legally. They are not just pieces of paper. Each one reflects a skill set, an acknowledgement by the authorities that we do things...

The city council of Swansea in South Wales has become the first in the UK to issue fines for failure to recycle. Residents who are caught out putting recyclable materials such as paper, glass or plastic in their regular bin face fines of up to £100.Strict Recycling...

There are many projects that will generate more waste than a regular bin can contain, but not so much that it is worth hiring a whole skip. This is a gap in the market that we hope to plug by introducing a new waste disposal bag collection service. Here’s how it...

We have added a new tarpaulin purchase option that you can select when you are hiring one of our skips. Tarps are a convenient way to keep the contents of a skip covered. As you are buying your tarpaulin, you can keep it and put it to any number of uses after we have...

Local authorities are required to document in minute detail incidents of fly tipping, the actions that have been taken to clear them up and identify perpetrators and the fines that have been issued. Last year, we took a look at the statistics for Norwich and Great...

Short answer: no. We will always protect your driveway from any damage that a skip might cause. We take great care when loading and unloading skips from our lorries. Nevertheless, some driveway surfaces are more sensitive than others. If you are concerned about your...