Types of Waste
What Can Go in Your Mobile Skip Bin
Not sure which skip bin suits your clean-up? Here’s a simple guide to what’s allowed in our mobile skips for home, business, trade and demolition projects. Scroll down below to see exactly what you can put in.
Household Junk & Business Waste
The following items are classed as Household Junk.
Furniture, packaging waste, toys, clothes, general items, appliances, electrical, green waste (no soil), mattresses (extra charge item), rugs, household items, magazines, stationary, etc.
The following items are classed as Business Waste.
Furniture, packaging waste, computer chairs, filing cabinets, e-waste, displays, pallets, computers, stationary, etc.
For the items listed above a residential household junk skip bin is ideal for these clean-ups.
- Spring cleans
- Deceased estates
- Hoarders
- Relocation leftovers
- End of lease
- Household clean-ups
- Office and business clean-ups
- Garage clean-ups
- Apartment garage clean-ups
- Rubbish and junk removal
Trade Waste & Construction Waste
The following items are classed as Trade Waste.
Plasterboard (Gyprock), timber, framing, metal, construction and building waste, light demolition waste, carpet, flooring, doors, pallets, etc.
The following items are classed as Heavy Demolition Waste.
Builders rubble, bricks, concrete, tiles, render, sand, cement, soil, masonry, pavers etc
Mixed heavy demolition waste should be limited to 10 wheelbarrow loads or 1000 kilograms per trailer skip bin at a maximum.
We have estimated 100 kilograms per wheelbarrow.
For the items listed above a Trade and Construction Waste Skip Bin is ideal for these clean-ups.
- Renovations
- Fit out sites
- Commercial refurbishments
- New builds
Bathroom Demolition Waste
The following items are classed as Bathroom Demolition Waste.
Heavy Demolition Mix
Demolition rubble, render, tiles, sand cement bedding, concrete, screed, bricks, and all types of masonry.
Light Demolition Mix
Vanity, joinery, shower screens, fittings, bathtubs, plasterboard, Villaboard (non-asbestos), timber framing, cornice, insulation etc.
We recommend a 4 cubic metre mobile skip bin for a bathroom demolition project.
A limit of one bathroom can be disposed of in any size mobile skip bin, we estimate an average bathroom demolition project to weigh 1500 – 1800 kilograms.
Kitchen Demolition Waste
The following items are classed as Kitchen Demolition Waste.
All types of engineered timber, joinery, cabinets, splashbacks, stone bench tops, timber bench tops, all types of appliances, hardwood timbers, floor tiles, glass, etc.
We recommend a 4 or 5 cubic metre mobile skip bin for a kitchen demolition project.
Unacceptable Waste
Liquid Waste: Includes all types of paints, solvents, oils, fuels, chemicals (cleaning liquids), food and beverages, bathroom, kitchen, laundry products.
Flammable Liquid: Fuel, diesel, petrol and oil.
Asbestos: If located in bin reload fees will apply. Please read more below.
Food Waste: All types of food and beverages are not permitted in the skip bin, being new unopened or discarded food. No animal parts or whole.
Dangerous Items: Includes fire extinguishers, gas bottles, compressed gas canisters, all types of batteries and fuel containers.
The Right Way To Load
- Keep heavy items, such as builders rubble, over the centre of the wheels and spread out evenly.
- Do not load rubbish above the rim. If the trailer skip bin is fitted with a lid, then it must be able to close and lock.
- Fill smaller items down low and larger items to the top.
- Do not overload the trailer skip bins with excessive amounts of heavy building material.
- Go to our Rates and Pricing page for more information on trailer bin dimensions and load limits.
- Check our ‘Terms of Use‘ page for additional guidelines on skip bin loading and safety.
