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Coronavirus Impact Like all businesses, the impact of the global pandemic was significant. We implemented a number of new safety measures and controls to ensure the safety of our staff, customers and neighbours. Our operations closed fully for 5 weeks from the end of...

To celebrate the successful competion of our ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 audits, we thought we would post a friendly Christmas Skip Hire Image. Hopefully you'll recognise the Family Guy-esque theme. I was entrusted with a £0 budget and a strict time limit of 15 minutes...

Autumn has arrived! Find out below what we have been up to since our last update:   October Skip Hire Competition Our October Skip Hire competition has nearly finished - the winner will be announced on our Facebook page shortly. We have had a great response on...

We have had a very busy Summer so far here at Buchanan Skip Hire. As well as all of the skips we have been delivering, we have been making improvements accross the board. Have a look below to see what else we have been up to! Weighbridge Our...

Spring has well and truly begun here at Buchanan Skip Hire, and is traditionally the busiest time of the year for ourselves. However, in addition to all the skips we have been delivering, we have also had quite a few other things going on. Have a look below to see...

Buchanan Skip Hire is delighted to announce the latest addition to our fleet – A new Volvo FMX 8x4 Hooklift. This new vehicle joins four other Volvo skip loaders which we have recently added to our fleet as part of our continuous improvement policy. We believe that...

Our main Waste Recycling centre is based in Livingston, West Lothian and has a full SEPA Waste Management Licence. Additionally, our Waste Carriers Licence to allow our vehicles to transport the waste for recycling. Our processes are relatively simple. We deliver the...

No more heavy lifting! We are delighted to be able to offer our customers our own dedicated grab hire service. We’ve drawn on our decades of experience in the waste industry to offer our customers our same speedy waste collection service via our grab hire lorry. (Also...

Despite the misleading name of skip “hire” the real basis for the price of hiring a skip is based upon the size of the skip and the type of waste to be collected and recycled in our skips.   Skip Sizes: We have steadily built up the complete range of skips we...