Terms & Conditions

Last updated September 2025

Nick Brookes Recycling requires at least 24 hours’ notice for next day service. If the official instruction is received before 10am then next day service is achievable subject to Nick Brookes Recycling not encountering any logistical problems or problems out of its control (am or pm can be requested).  However, we will always endeavour to meet individual requirements.  If requested before 3pm we will attempt to meet next day delivery, however if the instruction is requested after 3pm then it is likely to be within 48 hours.

Nick Brookes Recycling advises that 24/48 hours’ notice is recommended for the Service of chain lift skips and the service of roll on roll off skips but we aim to provide same day delivery where possible.

Nick Brookes Recycling will endeavour to the best of its ability to meet any special requirements that our customer requires.

The hirer shall ensure that the skip is not overloaded by weight or by volume at the point of collection. Skips should be loaded so that it is filled no higher than the top of the sides (Fill Level); overloaded skips also risk violating the 1986 Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations on vehicle weight limits and safe transportation practices. The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) requires employers, including skip hire companies, to ensure the health and safety of their employees and the public. Overloaded skips pose significant health and safety risks, potentially leading to legal action if an incident occurs

The 12-yard enclosed and 16-yard are only to be used for light waste or loaded no more than the maximum legal road limit (7 tonnes). 40-yard roll on roll off are only to be used for light waste or loaded no more than the maximum legal road limit (16 tonnes).  Nick Brookes Recycling reserves the right to refuse to collect overloaded skips and any costs incurred due to unsafe loads/overloading (including wasted journeys) will be passed onto the hirer.  Additional charges may be levied.

The customer will endeavour to ensure that there is free access into the site and that the access to the skip is clear to enable the skip delivery/exchange/collection to be carried out safely. Charges will apply if our driver and truck are held up after a service is requested.

General

1. Nick Brookes Recycling cannot and will not be held responsible or liable for any damage caused whatsoever if the hirer requests the company driver to take his vehicle off the Public Highway to deliver/position the skip in a location requested by the hirer or their representatives.
2. Nick Brookes Recycling will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by failure to supply, or any delay in supply.

Skip Hire

• Skips can only be placed on the public highway by prior arrangement with Nick Brookes Recycling. A permit to site a skip on the public highway, including footpaths, is required from the relevant local authority.  Nick Brookes Recycling can arrange the relevant permits to deposit a skip on the highway with the relevant local authority and a charge will be made.  Charges vary with different local authorities.  It is the hirers responsibility to make sure that all cones and lights are in place in line with the Highways Act 1980.
• The lighting of fires in or near skips is strictly prohibited. The hirer will be liable for any loss or damage to the skip container (excluding fair wear and tear) during the term of the skip hire period and will be charged the current purchase price of the skip should it be lost or stolen whilst on the customer’s site.  Once a skip has been placed, it shall not be repositioned without prior consent from Nick Brookes Recycling.  Moving skips on site could result in the inability to collect skip or damage to the skip.
• The responsibility for the skip remains with the hirer until collected by a Nick Brookes Recycling vehicle. Any skips which are removed, lost or stolen whilst in the control of the hirer will be charged at full and new replacement value
• You must separate plasterboard and other gypsum products from your general waste. Back In 2009 the Environmental Agency passed legislation that gypsum-based materials must be separated from general waste due to the sulphur levels.
• Placing any of these items in a mixed general waste skip will incur additional charges: Mattresses; Plasterboard; Fridges; Freezers; TVs; Monitors; Gas Cylinders; Fire Extinguishers; Tyres; Car Batteries; Large Tree Stumps & Roots; large amounts of Carpet, Carpet Tiles, Vinyl Flooring or Insulation; Food Waste, Rubber
  Asbestos or any asbestos containing materials, Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating (Sofa/Armchair/kitchen dining chairs/Cushions/Foot Stools (WUDS Materials); Solvent Paint Cans; empty Silicone Tubes; Adhesive Packaging; empty Glue Packaging; Hilti Gun Cartridges; Hazardous or Toxic Material; Aerosols; Fluorescent Tubes; Clinical or Medical Waste; Solvents; Liquids; Oil
• All prices are subject to VAT.
• Payment must be made before any “Cash Sale” services take place, In the event payment is not made, any waste collected may be returned to the producer

 

Tipping/Waste Disposal

• • Nick Brookes Recycling is registered with the Environmental Agency as a waste carrier.
  • Customers using Nick Brookes Recycling as a tipping facility do so entirely at their own risk and must follow our site rules. Nick Brookes Recycling accepts no responsibility for damage or injury of any nature that may occur to persons or vehicles whilst using our site.
  • Vehicles may only use such portions of the sites as are allocated to them.
  • Only waste permitted under the waste permit/licence or exemptions may be deposited on the sites.
  • Nick Brookes Recycling reserves the right to refuse any materials which it considers to be objectionable or unsuitable for deposit on the company’s sites.
  • Material for deposit on our sites will only be accepted from registered waste carriers and must be accompanied by a controlled waste transfer note stating a description of the waste (with EWC Code), the source of the waste and the details of the waste carrier, including carrier registration number. Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991.

 

Sale of Materials

• • All materials are sold on the basis that the weight or quantity is as stated on the conveyance note. Nick Brookes Recycling will not accept any responsibility once the load has been discharged and accepted by the onsite signatory.
  • Unless expressly agreed in writing Nick Brookes Recycling prices are for materials as stated on the quotation. Where the customer requires an alteration in the grade or type of material, or where it becomes necessary to supply from another source, an extra charge may be made for any additional costs which may be incurred by Nick Brookes Recycling.
  • Price reviews can take place at any time within the agreement period if issues outside the control of Nick Brookes Recycling come into play. However, Nick Brookes Recycling will demonstrate through substantiation the rate of any price review.
  • Risk in the goods shall pass to the customer on delivery.