Terms of Skip Hire / Waste Removal

Stevenage Skip Hire Ltd — Envirowaste Recycling Centre, Jacks Hill, Graveley, Herts, SG4 7EQ — Tel: 0203 780 2277

1. Stevenage Skip Hire Ltd shall be referred to as the Company for the purpose of these terms & conditions. Customer is defined as Customer on waste transfer note or any person or producer of waste using our skips or services.
2. The hiring of the skip will commence on the date of delivery of the skip to the address specified.
3. The hiring charge will continue to be chargeable until the customer has complied with all terms of hire.
4. Payment shall be due on or before delivery for non-account customers and 30 days from invoice for all account customers unless previously arranged.
5. The Company warrants that where the skip is to be positioned on private property all such permissions as are necessary for access to the site and the depositing of the skip at the site have been obtained and will continue at all times throughout the hiring. Providing we act with reasonable care and skill and are not negligent we will not accept liability for loss or damage suffered by the Customer.
6. Access to where the skip is to be delivered/collected must be free from obstruction, I.e. trees, low wires etc. In the event that the Customer orders the vehicle to enter the property they do so entirely at their own risk against the advice of Stevenage Skip Hire representative. Providing we act with reasonable care and skill and are not negligent we will not accept liability for loss or damage suffered by the Customer.
7. Pavements, driveways and manhole covers etc, may not be constructed to carry the weight of a heavy vehicle. In the event the Customer ordering the vehicle off the public highway against our advice they accept full responsibility for any damage which may be caused. Providing we act with reasonable care and skill and are not negligent we will not accept liability for loss or damage suffered by the Customer.
8. The Customer must: (a) Not light fires in the skip; (b) Not overload the skip beyond the sides of the skip. (Overloaded skips will not be moved.); (c) Not board up the skip; (d) Not re-site the skip unless required to do so by a Constable of the Highways Authority; (e) Notify the Company as soon as the skip is filled; (f) Not remove or interfere with any identification mark on the skip; (g) Immediately notify the Company of any accident or damage to or involving the skip.
9. Where the skip has been placed on the Highway, the Company will provide equipment to allow Customer to; (a) Guard the skip at all times with four traffic cones, placed in an oblique line; (b) Place light and maintain the lamps attached to the skip and the cones, from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise; (c) Ensure that the Highway is left clean, tidy and free from debris.
10. The Customer shall ensure that the skip is loaded so that; (a) The contents shall not fall on the Highway, at rest or in transit; (b) Dust will not escape while loading or travelling; (c) No inflammable, explosive, noxious, corrosive or dangerous material or anything which is, or becomes, a nuisance is loaded.
11. On collection from the Customer the waste becomes the property of the Company. This does not absolve the Customer of their legal responsibilities for their waste. The Company cannot be held responsible for any incorrect or non-waste material that is placed in the skip or in close proximity to the skip.
12. The Customer warrants to the Company that the information given by the Customer is complete and accurate, and the Customer indemnifies the Company against all fines, penalties and liabilities imposed on the Company or arising in respect of any non-compliance or contravention of any law or regulation relating to the skip and its contents together with the costs and expenses relating hereto incurred by the Company. The Customer will not be held liable, however, for these costs or expenses if incurred as a result of negligence of the Company, his employees or agents.
13. The Customer shall be solely responsible for, and hold the Company fully indemnified against all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, proceedings, costs and expenses which may be brought against or incurred by the Company as a result of any accident involving the skip and its contents (other than damage, death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Company, his employees, or agents).
14. Missing or stolen skips, cones and lamps shall be notified to the Company and will be charged at replacement cost.
15. Damage to skips, cones and lamps will be charged at cost of repair.
16. All skip sizes are approximate. Yardages quoted are nominal industry categorisations rather than exact measurements: actual internal volume and external dimensions may vary depending on the manufacturer, model and vintage of the skip supplied. Photographs, dimensions, capacities and "bag-equivalents" shown on the website are illustrative and provided as a general guide to help the Customer choose a suitable size. The Customer is responsible for choosing a size that comfortably accommodates the volume of waste they intend to dispose of.

Waste Restrictions

Level Safe Loads ONLY.

Providing we act with reasonable care and skill and are not negligent, we will not accept liability for loss or damage suffered by the Customer.

Company Registration No. 05656492. Registered Name: Stevenage Skip Hire Ltd.