5 Tips to Stop Neighbours Using Your Skip

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5 Tips to Stop Neighbours Using Your Skip

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Skip hire services make it easy to quickly clear out garbage from your home, but sometimes your neighbours decide to use your skip to dispose of their own unwanted stuff. This not only leaves less space available for you to use but also increases the weight of your skip and can make it more expensive to dispose of. Here are some tips to help you keep your skip to yourself.

1. Communicate With Neighbours

Before you move onto trying other strategies, the first step is always to speak to your neighbours. As a courtesy, let them know when the skip will arrive and how long it will be present on the street. Explain that you need the skip because you are clearing out or remodelling a part of your home.

If you plan to use all the space in the skip yourself, ask your neighbours not to add to the junk. If you think you might have some capacity left over, tell your neighbours when you are happy for them to fill up the leftover space themselves. If your neighbours have a lot of junk to dispose of, they might even offer to give you some money towards hiring a larger skip for everyone to use.

2. Schedule the Skip Hire Carefully

The easiest way to stop your neighbours from throwing their junk into your skip is to make sure you fill it up yourself before they get a chance. Arrange for the bin to be delivered when you are sure you will be ready to start filling it. If you allow it to sit empty outside your home for a few days, it is likely that you will start to see other people’s rubbish appearing inside it.

3. Keep the Skip on Your Drive

If you have the space to spare, keep your skip on your own property instead of on the public street. This will discourage people from coming up to the skip and throwing their junk into it. Consider parking your car on the street so you can keep the skip on your drive until the skip hire company comes to collect it.

If you do not have much stuff to dispose of, consider hiring a mini skip instead of a larger one. Mini skips are often small enough to keep in your garage.

4. Use Security Lights

Even if you locate your skip on your drive or in your garden, some rude people will still try to sneak junk into it so they do not have to pay for disposal themselves. Discourage this kind of anti-social behaviour by using a security light. Motion-sensitive lights let you know when someone approaches your skip so you can catch them in the act.

5. Cover the Skip

Covering your skip is an easy way to let your neighbours know that it is not for general use. This will discourage people passing by from tossing their waste into the bin as well as keeps leaves, rain, and other debris out of it.

You can simply use a tarpaulin or plastic sheet to cover the skip and discourage other people from using it.

Hiring a skip is an easy way to get rid of all your unwanted stuff during spring-cleaning or a home remodelling project. By using these tips, you can ensure that you get to use all the skip space you paid for.

To find out more about skip hire, get in touch with Green Bins today. We offer skip bin hire and waste collection services, throughout the suburbs of Adelaide.

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