What can go into a skip bin? Dos and Don’ts
Allowed Waste Types
Mixed Household Waste
Most general household waste, cardboard, clothes, toys, plastic, metal, light timber.
Mixed Building Waste
Waste from household or industrial renovations including mixed concrete (dry), bricks, tiles, timber, gyprock, plastic, general building waste.
Household Appliances
Including white goods (fridges, washing machines, dryers, etc.) and kitchen goods.
Furniture
Including household furniture, tables, chairs, bed bases, sofas and more.
Green Waste
Organic waste including grass and tree clippings, branches, woodchips, bark and untreated light timber. Tree branches and trunks (up to 300mm in diameter).
Carpet and underlay
Waste Types Incurring Additional Costs
Mattresses
Tyres
Pianos or Pool Tables
Gas Bottles
Ceramic Floor and Wall Tiles
Artificial Lawn, Sports- or Playground Surfaces
Tree Stumps / Palm Trunks (Clean)
Over 300mm in diameter
Ceramic Floor and Wall Tiles
Artificial Lawn, Sports- or Playground Surfaces
Prohibited Waste Types
Heavy charges may apply if any of the following items are discovered in your skip bin. L&D Brown Skip Bin Hire reserves the right to refuse pickup.
Oil heaters
Silica dust
Food & liquids
Asbestos Waste
Unless in a special asbestos waste bin
Fibro (compressed or not)
Including fibro cement sheeting
Liquids, chemicals, resin
Including paint and spray cans
Medical Waste
Including needles, syringes, soiled dressings, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices or radioactive materials
Batteries of any kind
Including car, lithium, electric tool, toy or any other batteries
Fire extinguishers
Including paint and spray cans