The hiring of a skip bin can be a cost-effective way to remove bulk volumes of household waste material. Photo: Region Media.
The responsible removal of bulk waste from your home or office can be challenging. You’ll need to consider many factors when choosing how to dispose of unwanted material that isn’t allowed for regular waste collection. This includes legal, regulatory, environmental and financial factors.
If you’re clearing your backyard or garage, moving house or renovating, you’ll understand the value of hiring a skip bin hire or rubbish removal company. This includes for general household waste, building materials or green matter. It can also include hazardous substances such as asbestos, oils or chemicals which need to be disposed of in line with environmental regulations.
In this article, we’ll outline the qualities to consider when choosing a skip bin hire or rubbish removal company, and share where to find the best in Canberra.
What makes a great skip bin or rubbish removal company?
Choosing the right skip bin hire or rubbish removal company can make disposing waste quick, easy, safe and cost-effective.
It can be helpful to keep the following in mind when choosing a skip bin hire or rubbish removal company.
- Wide range of skips. You’ll want to choose a company that has a range of skip bins. You may only need a small one for household material. Or you might need a large one for building or renovation waste, or landscaping waste. Choosing a company with a range of size options, at different price points, means you’ll only pay for what you need.
- Competitive pricing. Checking price plans on skip bin or rubbish removal company websites. Comparing costs will help you find a price that suits your budget.
- Availability, delivery and pickup. Choose a company with a skip bin ready to be delivered when you need it. Bear in mind that skips are in hot demand and you may need to wait a few days. You’ll also want peace of mind by choosing a company that will collect your rubbish on time. This can be important if you’re moving house or renovating against a tight schedule.
- Hidden costs. Make sure you know what you can dispose of and how much so you don’t get dinged with extra costs. Some skip bin hire or rubbish removal companies charge extra for materials such as concrete, toxic substances and car tyres. Others have strict weight allowances. If you exceed these, you may have to pay extra.
- Responsible practices. It’s important to choose a skip bin hire or rubbish removal company that disposes of waste responsibly. This is one that adheres to laws and regulations for removing and treating waste. Selecting an ethical local business that is environmentally responsible is the way to go.
The best skip bin hire and rubbish removal companies in Canberra
RiotACT’s editorial team has combed through 20 years of on-site comments to compile a list of the most recommended businesses according to you.
To be listed in our Best of Canberra series, each business needs to have consistently received positive feedback on RiotACT and Facebook as well as maintaining a minimum average of 4/5 stars on Google.
ACT Rubbish Removals
ACT Rubbish Removals has been servicing Canberra and surrounds for more than 10 years. The company helps with domestic or household rubbish, office or commercial rubbish, and nursing home-related jobs. It also helps with garden or green waste and construction and renovation waste.
On Google, Sonya Mac wrote, “I highly recommend Act Rubbish Removals. I cannot fault their service. They were on time, courteous and extremely helpful. They removed a very heavy treadmill down 13 stairs with no problem.”
Brindabella Waste
Locally owned, Brindabella Waste provides household, commercial, body corporate and event waste and recycling solutions. They specialise in trash paks, bins and rubbish removal with a strong recycling and environmentally friendly focus. They handle general household waste, whitegoods, e-waste, furniture, mattresses and green waste. Other services including gardening, tree surgery and gutter cleaning.
Bernadette Van Graan wrote on Facebook, “I’ve been a customer for nearly 10 years and plan to be for many years to come.”
Budget Bins
An environmentally friendly company, Budget Bins handles residential, commercial and industrial waste sustainably and professionally. No rubbish removal job is too big or small. Budget Bins has 200 skip bins in sizes ranging from 2.5 to 10 cubic metres. They offer same-day drop-off and collection service.
France Meyer wrote on Google, “Just got a skip from this company and the service was excellent. Friendly advice, immediate delivery (on a Saturday!) … the skip was removed as soon as it was full.”
ACT Skip Hire
ACT Skip Hire is one of the longest running services of its kind in Canberra. The business guarantees great prices and quality service, to help clients during a spring clean, house move, house clearance, home renovation or garden makeover. Waste is recovered or recycled. Open top bins up to 10 cubic meters are available. Some bins have opening ends.
Melanie Glover wrote on Google, “A great local business. Friendly drivers and office staff. Prompt delivery and pick up, prices very good.”
Cut Price Skips
Locally owned and operated, Cut Price Skips is one of the leading skip bin hire companies serving Canberra and Queanbeyan. With 14 years’ of waste removal experience, they offer top service, expertise and very competitive pricing. In addition to their skips that range between 2-9 cubic metres, they offer trash paks for residential and commercial customers regularly wishing to dispose of green waste and other light materials. A trash pak can be set up on your property and the Cut Price team will service it every four weeks.
Troy wrote on Google, “I am very happy with the service of skips provided by the Cut Price Skips team. Always recommended. Keep up the good job. Will hire them again when required.”
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Your experience with skip bin hire and rubbish removal companies in Canberra
Thanks to our commenters who have provided insightful feedback. If you believe we have got it wrong, please let us know.
Have you had any experience with any of the skip bin hire or rubbish removal companies listed above? If so, share your experience in the comments section below.
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Some of these poor guys totally broke lost everything and no compensation
I used one of their 6cu.m. skips for removal of renovation materials. My two week hire charge was more than doubled once they weighed it.
This skip has weight allowance of only 900kg. Completely ludicrous for a skip of that size. Even if I’d filled it with dry light pine, it would be almost triple that! Add some rubble and you’re looking at an arm and a leg.
I understand now how they can charge so little up front.
Yes. It is in the contract fine print, but I’m not an experienced builder. I’m just an average DIYer who expected the allowances would be fair, in relation to the skip sizes.
I spoke to the owner/operator of Betta Bins this morning to try and book in a skip bin hire for early next week and he was rude and beyond unhelpful. Offered no alternate options, just said ‘can’t help ya sorry’ and hung up. Not sure why they ended up on the list of best skip bin companies to use in Canberra. Disgraceful customer service and will tell everyone we know not to use this company ever.
Try https://www.cutpricegroup.com.au/cutpriceskips.html . Dont have to go anywhere.
Give a try to https://www.cutpricegroup.com.au/cutpriceskips.html
I always use them and am very happy with their superb service and affordable prices, They are very careful and always on time.
What is the cheapest and best hire for a month?
Chelle Belle... Did you find the cheapest Skip? I need one.
Brindabella Waste Company - I have a trash pack from them and it's in my top ten best ideas ever. They will come to collect and if it's not even half full, they will leave it and send an email saying no collection, no charge as it wasn't full. One off fee for this size trash pack. Happy, happy and happy.
For any Skip bin hire service in Canberra location or ACT, Cut Price Skips is the best one. Always go for it without thinking twice.
Cut Price skips all the way
Cut price skips
Stupid question time, when they say $190 for three days hire is that just for the bin and they charge you extra for what you put into the bin? Also can you put mixed waste into the one bin i.e greenery and house building materials left over from a renno? TIA.
Ken Owers No that's all included. Each bin come with a weight limit though. You'll pay extra if you go over that weight. If you have mixed waste companies like cut price skips will advise you split them up. For example instead of a 4m skip, get 2x2m skips - one for Reno material the other for green waste.
Gareth Rowlands Cheers Gareth
Budget bins
Cut Price Skips, delivery and service was great and I didn’t have to worry about hidden costs
Cut price skips are the best hands down, my family run various maintenance businesses and we use them on a regular basis. The team are friendly and accommodating to changes is circumstances and don’t require much notice for extensions
It would be useful if you could hire a skip bin for a month at a reduced rate. We are doing a mega clean out during iso, but it’s obviously taking more than a week to get through almost 20 yers of accumulated stuff. We’ve just had a skip (from Cut Price Skips), and it would have been handy to have it for another 2 weeks (but at $100 extra on top of the almost $300 for the initial hire) it wasn’t affordable. The skip got picked up only about 2/3 full.
Belinda Napier you could keep doing the declutter, put all the stuff in an area then order the skip. Probably a pan to double handle things...let alone the temptation of reclaiming something 🥴
Sher Young that was what caused this initial build up haha... and then a second pile here.. third one there.. a whole home office full! Plus it has taken a while to jump start the huspain into action and he only has the weekends to work through the garage full of his junk.
Belinda Napier you can buy pink skip bags from Bunnings, take as long as you like to fill them, then call the company to come pick them up.
They are fantastic.
I’d luv to know of anyone who sends out green waste bins. I live n an apartment so I don’t get the ACT waste bin Services.
Sher Young Tom's trashpacks used to take green waste I think.
Sher Brindabella Waste - locally owned too!
Jenni Zimoch thank you
Elisa Thompson thank you
A1 bins for me
Cut price skips
Another vote for cut price skips
Cut price are great. Always use them when needed. Hassle free and always on time
Just used BettaBins and the bin got delivered the day after booking it and no hidden costs - it was a fixed cost (very reasonable) and much better than other companies we have used in the past which cost a fortune.
http://www.bettabins.com.au/
That guy with a Ute such a professional service!! Was able to fit me in last minute and did the job so quickly!! I have absolutely no hesitations in calling Jesse again!! 10/10 🙂