CHESHIRE WASTE SKIP HIRE LIMITED TERMS & CONDITIONS

The owner enters into agreements for the hire of skips and disposal of contents upon the following conditions:

1. By ordering/accepting delivery of our skips you agree to our terms and conditions

2. ​No agent or employee of the owner is permitted to alter or vary these conditions in any way or to give consent thereunder unless authorised in writing by the owner to do so

3. Any agent ordering skips on behalf of someone else accepts responsibility for informing the user of all terms and conditions and ensuring they are followed

4. The owner will use their best endeavours to comply with the hirer’s requirements but can accept no responsibility for failure to supply or for any delay in supplying skips which may be caused directly or indirectly by any circumstances beyond the owner’s control or for any unforeseen or abnormal conditions or by any act on the part of the hirer

5. The hirer shall keep the owner indemnified against any claim, demand or penalty arising out of the presence of the skip on the site and which could not have been made or inflicted had the skip not been placed on this site.

6. The hirer shall direct the driver to deposit or pick up the skip

7. Where the driver is directed to deposit or pick up the skip on or from a site which is off a highway the owner shall be under no liability whatsoever to the hirer for any damage howsoever caused whilst this vehicle is off the highway, and to keep the owned indemnified against any claim or demand which could not have been made had the driver not been so directed. The hirer will compensate the owner for any damage to the vehicle or the skip which would not have occurred had the driver not been so directed.

8. The time allowed for depositing or picking up a skip is ten minutes. If the vehicle is kept waiting longer, then the hirer shall be liable for reasonable time demurrage.

9. If access to the delivery/collection site requires someone to be present to let the vehicle in then the hirer must ensure someone is present to allow entry. Failure to do this may result in a wasted journey fee being applied

10. The hirer shall ensure that all permissions required before skips can lawfully be deposited on the site, including the permissions required under the Highways Act 1971 have been or will be obtained before he directs the driver to deposit the skip.

11. The hirer shall not move the skip from the site without consent of the owner.

12. The hirer shall ensure that no waste to which section 3 (1) of the deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972 and the Control of Pollution Act 1974applies will be placed in the skip without the written consent of the owner.

13. The hirer shall ensure that from the time the skip is deposited until it is picked up again by the owner: -

      a. It is properly sited in accordance with the permission given

      b. It is properly lighted during the hours of darkness

      c. No fires are lit in it

      d. It is filled no higher than the top of its sides

      e. It suffers no damage except fair wear and tear

      f. It remains the property of the owner and the hirer shall not sublet it, part with it, or make alterations to it

      g. The owner is in no way responsible for any property, or any personal effects deposited

      h. The skip is not moved onto the highway without prior notification to the owner

14. Except as specifically otherwise agreed in writing the hirer shall fill the skip within the period of hire as stated on front of the ticket. After the stated period the owner then has the right to pick up and remove the skip. The collection of the skip is at the customer’s request unless it is past due it's rental agreement

15. Except as specifically otherwise agreed in writing the owner agrees to dispose of the contents of the skip.

16. Cheshire waste skip hire has the right to return all waste to the site unless full payment is received

17. If Asbestos, or suspected Asbestos, is contained in a skip sorting and admin fee will be charged and a report will be sent to the environment agency. The asbestos will be returned to customers site for correct disposal. By agreeing to our terms and conditions you agree to pay said costs

18. Skips must not contain: Rechargeable batteries or devices | asbestos | fluorescent tubes | gas cylinders | pressurised containers | oils | liquids

19. Any rechargeable batteries or devices found in skips will be returned back to you at cost. By agreeing to our terms and conditions you agree to pay said costs

20. Skips should not contain any of the following and additional disposal charges will be applied per item: fridges/freezers (£45) | tyres (£10) | items containing pops incl. Sofas, armchairs, sofa beds, bean bags, futons, cushions (£35) by agreeing to our terms and conditions you agree to pay said costs

21. No loads can be contaminated with plasterboard. All plasterboard must either go in a skip specifically for plasterboard, or, if in a in a mixed waste skip, it MUST be isolated using plastic bags/waste sacks. Failure to separate plasterboard from other items deems the whole load un-recyclable and will either, a) not be collected or b) the load being returned with no refund issued

22. The owner will be out to collect this as soon as possible once collection has been requested, or, it falls past it's rental period. During busy periods this may take longer than expected

23. Once the rental period has passed the hirer acknowledges the skip may be collected at any time and agrees to not block in our delay/prevent the owner in collecting the skip, failure to allow us to collect said skip will result in extended rental charges, by agreeing to our terms and conditions you agree to pay said costs

24. If the hirer requires the skip to be collected by a certain date, they acknowledge they must provide ample notice 

25. All charges are subject to vat