Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd

STANDARD CONDITIONS OF HIRE

Safety Warning!

  • Do not overfill higher than the skip top.  Contents must be loaded sensibly so the load can be transported safely.  Overloaded/overweight skips will not be lifted and you will be charged for a wasted journey.

  • It is the customer’s responsibility to declare any waste that could be construed as hazardous.

  • Do not place asbestos, gas bottles, batteries, tyres, solvents, paints, chemicals, (or electrical goods without prior agreement) in skip.  Electrical appliances will incur an additional charge per item.  Forbidden items found in a container will be reported to SEPA and charged for accordingly for proper disposal.

  • Do not use ‘greedy boards’ – you will be breaking the law.

  • It is the customer’s responsibility to advise if a permit is required, and to provide cones and lights.  HWR can organise East Lothian and Midlothian Council and Edinburgh Council permits on your behalf.

  • Skips can be placed in driveways, if requested by the hirer, but HWR will not be held responsible for any damage caused to driveways, fences, gates or gateposts when delivering or uplifting skips in driveways.

 

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY FIRES BE LIT IN THE CONTAINER AS THIS WILL CAUSE DAMAGE AND THE HIRER WILL BE CHARGED FOR THIS UNDER CLAUSE 3.

Conditions of Hire

  1. The hirer undertakes to direct at his sole discretion the driver (whose name appears overleaf) where to deposit the container, the said driver being for the purpose of such deposit the agent of the hirer.

  2. If the hirer directs a vehicle delivering or collecting the container to leave the public highway he shall fully indemnify us in respect of any loss, costs, claims, damages or expenses we may thereby sustain whether as a result of personal injury or as a result of damage to the vehicle itself or to the property of the hirer or third parties.

  3. During the continuance of the contract the hirer shall make good to the owner all loss or damage to the containers whilst on hire to them from whatever cause the same may arise, fair wear and tear excepted, and shall also fully and completely indemnify the owner in respect of all claims by any person whatsoever for injury to person or property caused by or in connection with or arising out of the use of containers and in respect of all damages, claims, charges and demands in connection therewith however the same may arise.

  4. The hirer shall provide three marker cones by day, and three marker cones and six red lights during the hours of darkness, on the container as required by the Highway Act 1971 if the same is left on the public highway or wherever else it is likely to cause damage to property or injury to third parties during the hours of darkness and he shall also ensure the safe loading of the material into the container. Level loads only are permitted.

  5. The hirer undertakes that he has lawfully obtained every necessary authority or licence from the Local Authority which may be required in connection with the use of the container supplied under this contract.  It is the hirer’s responsibility to obtain Police permission to park containers on the Public Highway when applicable.

  6. The hirer undertakes to fill the skip within the period of the licence and to inform the owner in good time of its readiness for collection.

  7. When one of the owner’s lorries calls on a hirer to deliver a container or to collect a container load of rubbish ten minutes from the time of arrival of the lorry will be allowed for unloading or loading after which demurrage will be charged at the daywork rate of the vehicle kept waiting.

  8. The owner can accept no responsibility for failure to supply or for delay in supplying containers which may be due directly or indirectly to any cause or circumstances beyond his control or any unforeseen or abnormal condition.

  9. The hirer shall not move the container from the site to which it is delivered unless prior consent be obtained from the owner.

  10. Unless otherwise agreed by the owner in writing these terms and conditions shall apply to all orders placed with us.  Any stipulations or conditions contained in the hirer’s order form which would conflict with any of these terms and conditions or in any way qualify or negative the same shall be deemed to be inapplicable to any order placed with us.

  11. That the waste material is of such nature that the regulations issued by the Secretary of State under the deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972 (hereinafter called “The Act”) in force on the date of the removal of each loaded container exempt the waste material being removed from the provisions of the Act.