DEFINITION OF TERMS: The ‘Company’ signifies The Mini Skip Company and/ or persons acting on their behalf. The customer ‘Hirer’ signifies any person/ persons, firm, company, business, and/ or persons acting on behalf who are doing business with the Company. Inert waste signifies: soil; clay; stone; bricks; concrete or rubble, and mixed waste signifies: non-hazardous- domestic, trade, commercial, builders, or industrial waste material.
YOU MUST READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The Hirer must read these hire terms and conditions upon receipt of any delivered skip/ skips or materials supplied, as the pre-booking of, the acceptance of instruction of, the delivery of, indicates a complete and binding acceptance of these terms and conditions. The Company may without any prior notice collect the skip at any time should the hire terms or conditions be breached in any way or if any skip is deemed by the Company to be full as stated in the safe loading of skips criteria laid out in these terms and conditions.
PROOF OF DELIVERY: As the hirer may not be present upon the delivery of any skip/ skips or materials, a customer’s signature is not required upon any documentation as proof of delivery or collection of skips or goods, however, all hire terms and conditions still apply.
WHAT CAN BE DISPOSED OF IN THE SKIP: Any form of non-hazardous domestic, trade and commercial, builders or industrial waste, inert waste or mixed waste as previously agreed when ordering a skip. Weight limits apply.
PRICE: The prices quoted when ordering a skip are based on the information the Hirer supplies, the Company reserve the right to change the price if the information supplied is incorrect.
HIRE PERIODS: Unless otherwise agreed with the Company the hire period is for no more than 1 week. The delivery day counts as day one of the hire period. All hire terms and conditions apply until the skip has been paid for and collected.
ADDITIONAL CHARGES: The Hirer agrees to pay the Company any charges or fees incurred for excess weight or incorrect waste, any overdue fees, any cancellation fees, or any damage to the skip.
DELIVERY AND PICK-UP: The Company will always try to deliver and collect skips on the times and dates agreed but the Company will not be liable for: late delivery, late delivery does not entitle the Hirer to cancel any order or part order, nor does it entitle the Hirer to claim any form of compensation whatsoever. Late pick-up does not entitle the Hirer to any form of compensation from the Company for any reason whatsoever.
USE OF SKIPS: While the skip/ skips are in the Hirer’s possession the Hirer will not light fires in the skip, move the skip from where the driver has positioned the skip. The Hirer will NOT place or allow to be placed in the skip: any toxic, corrosive material or liquids that are hazardous to health; any liquids of any kind contained in cans, drums; any other containers of any kind unless they are empty. The Hirer will NOT place in the skip: any medical waste; animal carcasses of any kind or quantity including human; Any animal or human waste of any kind or quantity (this includes dirty nappies and dog foul); wheelie bin/ food waste; or any other form of material not listed but considered unsuitable for recycling or disposing of in an environmentally safe way including but not limited to asbestos, any form of fibre cement board that has the same appearance as asbestos, paint, tyres, gas bottles, fridge/ freezers, televisions, computer monitors, fibrolite liquids and solvents.
SAFE LOADING: The skip must not be loaded above the height of the sides of the skip, the Hirer will not load the skip so that the materials contained in the skip are at risk of falling out whilst the skip is either stationary or in transit.
RISK: The Hirer will be liable to the Company for any damage to the skip which occurs whilst it’s in the Hirer’s possession.
ACCESS: The Hirer will be responsible for providing free access to and from the delivery site.
GROUND: No responsibility will be accepted by the Company for damage to any surface the skip is placed upon at the request of the Hirer and any surface that is necessary for the vehicle delivering the skip to drive upon.
THIRD PARTY LIABILITY: You the ‘Hirer’ shall fully and completely indemnify the Company in respect of all claims by any person whatsoever for injury to person or loss or damage to property howsoever caused including all cost and charges in connection therewith and arising from or in connection with the use of the skip.
INSURANCE AND NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS: The Hirer shall be responsible for obtaining all prudent insurance cover, including third party liability and cover against loss or damage to the skip. If the skip is involved in any accident resulting in injury to persons or damage to property, the Company must be notified immediately.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The liability of the Company for any claim, damages, loss, or expense related to the supply of services is limited to the cost paid by you for those services except where the statute expressly requires otherwise. To the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company will not be liable in any event whether in tort (including negligence), contract or otherwise for any loss of profits or any consequential, indirect or special damage, loss or injury of any kind suffered by the Hirer or any other person(s).
CHANGES TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The Company may alter these terms and conditions at any time. You as the ‘Hirer’ agree to be bound by amended terms and conditions.
ACT OF GOD: The Company will not be liable for any failure or delay in complying with any obligations imposed by these terms if the failure or delay arises directly from any circumstance beyond the Company’s control, including without limitation fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, war, insurrection sabotage, industrial disputes, transportation, and embargo, changes in law, delays or disruption by government or government agencies, traffic jams, illness’s or death of the Company ‘s directors or employees.
WAIVER: If at any time the Company does not enforce any of these terms, the Company will not be construed as having waived that terms or its rights to later enforce that or any other term.
SEVERABILITY: If any portion of these terms is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable the remaining terms and conditions still apply.