Tips On How To Avoid Skip Bin Fires

Tips on How to Avoid Skip Bin Fires

Skip bin hire services can help you out if you have a lot of rubbish to dispose of. Skip bins are made specifically to store all kinds of garbage and rubbish. These bins come in different sizes and correct size of the bin should be procured based on the amount of garbage that will be produced. Inform the skip bin hire services the height of the skip bin you need when you plan to hire skip bin. These skip bins have doors to allow easy access and safety in loading.

Ramps facilitate smooth loading of garbage. They have tarps over them too so that the garbage is not blown out when it is being transported away.

What not to do!

There are certain dos and don’ts attached to skip bins. Find out from the company about what type of garbage is allowed to be loaded in the skip bin and what is not. Electronics and electrical equipment are prone to fire hazards so they should be completely avoided. The same rule applies to petrol, chemicals and solvents.

For the safety of all concerned and to be environmentally conscious, it is necessary that any gas bottles, oil, paint, thinners, liquid waste, tires, explosives, or flammable materials are not put into the bin as they can cause fires as well. Let’s have a look at some other tips to prevent fires in skip bins when you opt for skip bin hire services:

1.    Keep skips at a minimum distance of 10 meters away from the building.

2.    Full skip should be transported away as soon as possible.

3.    Full skips should not be left during the holidays or even weekends.

4.    Fire exits should not be blocked.

5.    The skips should only be placed in designated areas.

6.    Skip bins should not be near smoking areas.

7.    Bins that are not being used should be locked.

8.    Never store the wheelie bins near doors or windows because in case there is a fire in the bin, it will easily spread due to the wood.

9.    Never overfill the wheelie or else inflammable loose rubbish can easily catch fire.

10.    Hot items should not be placed in the skip bin hire, including charcoal from barbeques, fireplace ash, ashtray contents, etc. These items need to be cooled and only then can it be disposed of in the skip bin.

11.    Use a bin with a lid in bushfire season.

12.    Never put acids, grease, noxious materials, pesticides, herbicides, batteries, mattresses, gas cylinders and gas bottles in the bins.

13.    Also in green bins tree branches, twigs, timber, sleepers, lumber, copper logs and stumps more than 100 mm in diameter are not allowed.  

Special thanks to George from home skip bins and Jeff from South East Melbourne Skip Bin Hire