Ancient forms of skips have been used in the mining industry for a long time, how the first skip-like container removed by a lorry for rubbish disposal, was in 1922. Edwin Walker, who worked for a lorry manufacturer, realised the problems of the growing distances between homes and disposal points.
The resolution was finding a horse drawn skip that held the capacity of 100 bin bags, and this was hauled using a Pagefield lorry and transported to the tipping site.
Since this time, the process has changed, such as drivers used to wait on site for the waste to be tipped into their trucks and then dispose of at the tipping Carter. However, this was proved to be time consuming and not cost effective.
The skip was then introduced as a method to collect the waste and save labour, these could then stay on building sites and arrange a collection when they were full, much like the processes we have today.
Fun fact – as a rule, skips had to be yellow in order to be seen in the dark, this rule was introduced in 1970 and has relaxed overtime.
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