Letchworth Skip Hire | Letchworth Waste Recycling | Letchworth Licensed Waste Carriers

Stevenage Skip Hire have been taking good care of our customers for many years now. Whatever your waste requirements may be, Stevenage Skip Hire have the perfect size skip to match the job in hand. Don't forget, we supply skips for commercial or domestic clients, recycle waste, sort out the skip permits and are Environment Agency approved. Stevenage Skip Hire operate a same day skip drop off and collection service throughout Letchworth. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

Skip hire in Letchworth Garden City

Not many people call Letchworth a garden city. Although it clearly is, it is rarely referred to as such. In fact, Letchworth was the world's first garden city.

Letchworth was an ancient parish, appearing in the Domesday Book of 1086. It remained a small rural village until the start of the twentieth century. The development of the modern town began in 1903, when much of the land in Letchworth and the neighbouring parishes of Willian and Norton was purchased by a company called First Garden City Limited, founded by Ebenezer Howard and his supporters with the aim of building the first "garden city", following the principles Howard had set out in his 1898 book, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. Their aim was to create a new type of settlement which provided jobs, services, and good housing for residents, whilst retaining the environmental quality of the countryside, in contrast to most industrial cities of the time. A little further south is Howard's second development known as Welwyn Garden City, which is nearly always referred to by its full name. Anyone calling it Welwyn is quickly put straight, as the nearby village of Welwyn is not part of the garden city development.

Skip hire to keep your Letchworth home looking great

Hiring a skip when you carry out a spring clean, or some soft or hard landscaping at your Letchworth Garden City home is a must. There is nothing worse than having to live with piles of rubbish left stacked around your home, and it's not much fun for the neighbours either. Freedom of information requests from various councils have shown that the accumulation of rubbish around the house and garden give rise to roughly the same number of complaints from neighbours as boundary disputes. Don't risk falling out with your neighbours over piled up rubbish at your Letchworth Garden City home, hire a skip.

Rubbish is a problem, even in Letchworth Garden City

Every year, households in the United Kingdom throw out more than 25 million tonnes of rubbish, less than half of which gets recycled. The other 55 per cent either ends up in landfill or, increasingly, it is burned in incinerators to generate energy. A very worrying thought is that in 2019, nearer to 12m tonnes of waste were incinerated, with only about 11m being sent for recycling. Skip Hire Letchworth Garden City aim to recycle the vast majority of the waste materials that are deposited in our hired skips. This is good for the environment and you can rest assured that your waste will not end up dumped in a quiet country lane, like some unscrupulous individuals do, after charging you for waste collection and removal. Skip Hire Letchworth Garden City are fully regulated and licensed to carry waste and recycle and dispose of what can't be recycled in a legal and responsible manner.

Skip hire Letchworth Garden City versus the fly tippers

Even in a lovely place like Letchworth Garden City, the fly tippers are making an unwelcome and negative impact on the local community.

Fortunately, the government has promised that it will be stepping up its fight against rogue 'man-with-a-van' waste carriers who fly-tip.

Remember, it's your job to check credentials

Householders in Letchworth Garden City have been reminded in a recent advertisement campaign that it is they who have a legal 'duty of care' to ensure they only give their waste to a licensed waste carrier. New financial penalties of up to £400 for householders who fail to properly exercise this responsibility, and whose waste is found fly-tipped, have moved a step closer as legislation is laid in Parliament.

Potential fly-tipping by rogue operators, and the risk of a penalty, can be avoided by using certified waste carriers such as Skip Hire Letchworth Garden City, which can be checked easily by visiting the Environment Agency's website, where you can enter the business name or registration number to immediately confirm their status as an approved company.

The government has also issued guidance to ensure councils use these new powers proportionately and make clear fines should not be used as a means of raising revenue. To strike the right balance householders should not be fined for minor breaches and the guidance also stresses that consideration should be given if the individual is a vulnerable person due to age related ill-health or a mental or physical disability.

In 2016-17 alone, clearing up fly-tipping incidents cost councils in England £57.7 million, with around two thirds of all fly-tipped waste containing household waste.

Latest figures show that the recent government actions to crack down on fly-tippers do appear to be having some effect, with no increase in the number of incidents for the first time in five years.

Keep Letchworth Garden City beautiful by hiring a skip

Not only does fly-tipping spoil the look of Letchworth Garden City, it may even put the resident's lives at risk. If hazardous waste materials such as asbestos be dumped illegally, the danger to members of the public becomes considerable. Although asbestos has been banned for quite some time in the United Kingdom, it is still present in lots of buildings and removing it safely and having it disposed of legally can be quite an expensive process. Sadly, this gives rise to illegal dumping in the lanes and open spaces of Letchworth Garden City. Do the right thing for yourself, your family and the environment, hire a skip to dispose of all your waste materials. Skip Hire Letchworth Garden City can tell you exactly what they can and can't accept in one of their hired skips.

Keeping your skip safe in Letchworth Garden City

When you've got loads of rubbish to get rid of, there's no better way to deal with it than with Skip Hire Letchworth Garden City. Sadly, some people have the opinion that they can deposit their rubbish in the skip you've paid for.

Probably, the easiest way to prevent some cheeky individual from trying to use your skip is to keep it on your driveway or somewhere else on your property.

Generally, people are less likely to trespass on your property to use your skip, because of the risk of getting caught.

Not only does keeping your hired skip on your property stop the ne'er-do-wells, there's the added bonus of not having to apply for a skip hire permit from the local authorities if you're not using the public highway, saving you considerable time and money.

Get a video door bell or CCTV camera to protect your hired skip

A video door bell or some other type of CCTV camera at your Letchworth Garden City address will also help to discourage people from dumping their rubbish in the skip you've paid for.

A camera that is clearly seen can deter everything from a clandestine dumping of rubbish in your skip to unwanted cold-callers at your Letchworth Garden City home, making them well worth the small investment.

So, if you live in or around the Letchworth Garden City area and need to hire a skip for a spring clean or any other reason, just give us a call to arrange one. You'll be glad you did!

Five Benefits of Using Letchworth Skip Hire

Stevenage Skip Hire sends all waste from Letchworth back to our primary recycling plant in Stevenage.

Whether you're working on that DIY project you have been putting off for months, having a general household clear out, or clearing your garage of old pots of paint that have been collecting dust since the last owners lived there, you are going to end up with a pile of items for disposal. One way of dealing with rubbish removal is to load it all into your car, taking care not to destroy the interior of your pride and joy, another is to use Letchworth Skip Hire. There are a number of good reasons to choose a service like ours:

1. A skip is very accessible. Putting a load of waste into your car is unpleasant and can damage the interior, failing that, a trailer may be an option. Should you not have a trailer, or a vehicle that can pull a trailer, a hired skip is an ideal solution for rubbish removal. In addition, it will save you traveling miles to the nearest dump or recycling centre.
2. A skip is affordable. Letchworth Skip Hire have very competitive prices that will help cut the cost of getting rid of your waste materials. The delivery and collection of our hired skip will save you from the costs of using your own vehicle. You can pre-arrange with us how long you'll need to keep the hired skip, and you can get a skip size that is correct for the amount of waste material you wish to dispose of.
3. Our hired skips help to protect the environment. Letchworth Skip Hire have easy access to recycling centres, and hire out skips for the loading of materials that can be reclaimed. We feel that it makes little sense to allow useful and recyclable materials to end up in landfill. Items of waste such as scrap metal, timber, paper, plastic, glass, vehicle tires, and mattresses are things that can be sent off in a hired skip for recycling.
4. Our hired skips can even bring communities together. This may sound like a rather wild claim to make, but think about it! A group of neighbours can get together to hire one of our skips. This means that the hired skip is certain to be used to its full potential, and that there are not unsightly piles of waste material left laying around the neighbourhood awaiting removal. Garden waste from a number of households can be put into one hired skip. This is a great way to prevent illegal dumping, also known as fly-tipping in your neighbourhood. The best part is that everyone shares the cost of hiring the skip, making it very affordable indeed.
5. Using a skip from Letchworth Skip Hire is safer and healthier. Our fully trained, professional staff are trained in the correct process of rubbish removal. They know how and when to use the correct equipment as well as where to dispose of waste. After all, we are Environment Agency approved.

For safe, convenient rubbish removal of bulky and heavy loads, it is well worth contacting us at Letchworth Skip Hire for some advice and a quote.

So if you live in or around the Letchworth area of Hertfordshire and want to take the worry and hassle out of disposing of your domestic or commercial waste, why not give us a call at Letchworth Skip Hire. Don't forget, pooling your resources with your neighbours is a great way to save money and can bring a community closer together. Letchworth Skip Hire deal with all manner of domestic and commercial waste and dispose of it in an environmentally responsible way. Simply phone us and we can advise you as to the best size of skip for your needs.

Land fill, plastic and its disposal in Letchworth

When we clear out the loft, the garage or the garden shed, we tend to take it for granted that we can just put it all in the car and take it to the local tip, or hire a skip from Letchworth Skip Hire and have us take it away for you.

Very few people are likely to really think about what happens to their waste materials once it has left their Letchworth property, but there are changes affot that will have a major impact on consumers, property and business owners, the waste industry and the country as a whole.

In 2018, the Chinese government announced that it was banning the import of twenty four types of waste materials from other countries. Up until then, The United Kindom, Europe, Japan and the United States of America had imported much of their waste materials to China.

This ban has forced the developed world to sit up and take notice of the serious nature of waste and plastics in particular as they can no longer just send it overseas, it has to be dealt with on home ground. In other words, waste materials generated in Letchworth will probably have to be dealt with or disposed of in Letchworth or at least at a land fill site nearby.

The United Kingdom has been looking toward Southeast Asia to export its waste materials since the Chinese ban. It has been noted that several Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand reported spikes in waste imports. This is thought to be a clear indication that waste from other countries was diverted there. Many experts have stated that the Southeast Asian countries can fill all of the void left by the Chinese ban on waste imports.

Another reason why Southeast Asia is reluctant to replace China as the worlds dumping ground is that it has already faced problems from air pollution due to forest burning, so the very last thing it wants is to add to the problems by importing waste from outside the country.

Essentially, in the long term, the problem of waste management has to be solved at a local level. The world at large must take a clear and conscious effort to reduce its waste products, rather than simply looking for the next country that is willing to take its waste. Countries that are as advanced as the United Kingdom should take the responsibility of cutting down on waste generation through sustainable practices and not adopting an out of sight, out of mind attitude to waste disposal and management.

Just a few reasons to use Letchworth Skip Hire

• Same day drop off and collection throughout Hertfordshire
• Very competitive prices
• Permits arranged for you
• Trade accounts are welcome
• Domestic and commercial
• EA approved licensed recycling centre
• Licensed waste carriers

At Letchworth Skip Hire 95% of waste is recycled

At Letchworth Skip Hire, we are committed to disposing your waste in an environmentally-friendly way. At least 95% of waste is recycled. At our recycling centre in Stevenage, we segregate all waste before processing all products.

• Soft and hard plastics, paper, cardboard, UPVC are bailed
• Hardcore is crushed
• Wood and Green Waste are chipped
• Muck Soil is sent to a washing plant
• Metals are segregated to grade respectively

Some of the services Stevenage Skip Hire provide in, and around, Letchworth:

• Skip Hire
• Waste Recycling
• Waste Management
• Envirowaste Recycling Centre
• Waste Disposal
• Domestic and Commercial Skip Hire
• Licensed Waste Carriers
• Environment Agency Approved
• Skip Permits Arranged
• Same Day Drop Off and Collection
• Aggregates For Sale

Further Information

If you would like to know more or are interested in a quote we would be happy to help. Phone us on 0203 780 2277, email us at info@stevenageskiphire.co.uk or fill in our contact form and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

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