Skip (container)

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A skip is a large open-topped container modified for loading onto a truck. Skips are commonly used to hold open topped loads of construction and demolition waste or other waste types.

The construction debris, originates from a building site where something is being built or renovated or demolished. Skips are also used for various cleaning-out jobs that need much material to be taken away. The material in the skip may be taken to landfill, or recycled, or disposed/recovered of in some other way.

One end of the skip sometimes has hinges to allow manual unloading, or manual loading.

Skips are picked up and carried and deposited by a special skip-carrying lorry. When being carried, the skip should be covered. Also, the skip can be lifted by a crane.

Building supplies can be delivered to site in a skip, which is later used to carry the site's waste away.