Before you hire a skip, you need to think about where you want to put it.

What you need to do will depend on whether you want the skip on the roadside, or in your garden or driveway.

Keeping a skip on the roadside

To keep a skip on the roadside you need to hire it from a Royal Borough of Greenwich approved skip company.

The company will apply for a skip licence on your behalf and agree on the safest place to put the skip with us.

Each skip must be smaller than three metres by two metres.

Keeping a skip in a council estate or communal area

To have a skip on council housing land, you must apply for a licence through your local estate office. The licence covers skips of up to six yards in length.

It will be valid for 28 days once issued.

Keep a skip in your garden or driveway

You do not need a skip licence and you do not have to use one of the skip companies on our list.

If you want to put a skip on the roadside then you'll need to use one of the companies listed below.

Our approved list makes sure that the company has:

  • satisfactory waste regulation registration
  • a satisfactory health and safety policy
  • adequate public liability

Using any of the listed companies is not a guarantee of satisfactory service.

Local approved skip companies

AJ Pain
Anyjunk Ltd
Biffa Waste Services
Bostall Skips
BSP (Knockholt)
BTS Skips Ltd
Bywaters (Leyton) Ltd
Copia Metals and Waste
DBS Skips Bexley
Dudley Waste Management
Easyload Ltd
Erith Waste Management Ltd
GB Macks Skips
GBN Services Ltd
IOD Skip Hire
J and H Haulage Ltd
J O'Doherty Haulage Ltd
Kilnbridge Waste Management
KwikSweep
Lathams of London Ltd
Lawrence Grab and Skip Hire
LITTA
LMD Skips and Grab Hire Ltd
MSK Group
O'Donovan Waste Disposal Ltd
Peter Norris Haulage Ltd
PF Ahern Ltd
Pin Bins
Powerday PLC
RMS Skips
RTS Waste Management Ltd
Toulouse Plant Hire Ltd
Westminster Waste Ltd
Windsor Waste Management Ltd

Learn how to apply to become an approved skip company

Contact Business Support – Transportation

Communities, Environment and Central
The Woolwich Centre,
35 Wellington Street,
Woolwich,
London SE18 6HQ

Telephone: 020 8921 6600

Email: transportation-admin@royalgreenwich.gov.uk