It’s no secret that the cost of rubbish removal has been steadily increasing over the years. From general waste to hazardous materials, the costs for disposal can quickly add up. But why is this? It may be tempting to simply assume it’s another way businesses can make a quick buck off unsuspecting homeowners and tradespeople, but there are in fact numerous factors driving up costs in this industry. In this blog post we will discuss why removing rubbish has actually become so expensive and what you as a DIYer or homeowner can do about it!
Back in the day you could hire a skip for £50 now the minimum price here in the UK is around £150 and that's for the smallest skip size, hire a large 14 yard builders skip and you won't get much change from £300. Are the skip hire companies being greedy or is it something else?
It's a lot more expensive these days for the Skip Hire companies to dispose of your waste especially if its going into landfill. Landfill tax has had a direct impact on all skip companies’ bottom lines forcing them to put up prices to cover their own costs
An environmental tax is payable by all companies needing to dispose of waste in landfill, it is intended to encourage alternative means of waste disposal, such as recycling but all is does is hit the pockets for the waste disposal companies and the customers forcing many waste management companies to weigh up their overheads, land off staff, forego vehicle maintenance an cut corners
Landfill tax rates are the same across the UK, so this doesn’t explain why the costs of skips vary so much between regions, this is something else. Regional factors effecting the cost of skip hire in Urmston and waste disposal include the number of nearby competitors and the availability of nearby waste facilities and weigh stations which means that the further a skip company has to go to get to landfill, the higher their costs and the more expensive this skip is likely to be to the customer. Also if you consider the wage differences from north to south its easy to see why skips are a lot more expensive in London compared to Manchester or Liverpool
Why is fly tipping on the increase?
Illegally dumping waste or fly tipping as its more commonly known as has a massive environmental, social and economic cost. Presently fly-tipping is increasing at alarming rates in London and since 2013, fly tipping incidents have increased by almost 60% in the capital, compared to 40% in England as a whole.
Many people say that the increase in fly tipping has direct correlation to the increase in legal waste disposal costs and is yet another problem cause by the green agenda nonsense. If hiring a skip to get rid of some old wardrobes, an old sofa or old mattress was not so expensive you wouldn't find these items scattered across quite country lanes.
In recent years a number of companies have been set-up to decrease the costs of waste collection and disposal by reducing overheads like using cheaper to run and maintain vehicles such as large vans rather than heavy duty, expensive to run and maintain skip lorries. These waste collection companies do still need to be licensed and pay the same land fill taxes but are typically a good 30% cheaper due to this reduction in overheads. However, should you hire a rubbish collection company that turns up in a van to collect your old wardrobes, sofas or mattresses you had better make sure that they ARE in fact licensed an legitimates otherwise your could find your waste fly-tipped.
Avoid random cards in shop windows, bus stops, lampposts or personal posts on social media. A legitimate compare WILL have a website and business pages and contact details, if they don't then its a dead giveaway, and don't think that once they leave it's no longer your problem, it is, and they have been many cause where local council have identify the owners of the fly tipped waste ands# fined them.
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