Skip (container)
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The word skip is used for various large open-topped containers, including the load-carrying container part of a dumper. In American English, the trademark Dumpster is widely used generically, although it is not an exact synonym.
The word skip often means a particular type of large open-topped receptacle for rubbish (see dumpster). It is often used for construction debris, such as when a building is being built or renovated or demolished. They 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 of in some other way: see refuse disposal.
Sometimes or always, one end of the skip hinges down to lie flat on the ground, to allow manual unloading, or manual loading when the objects must be put in carefully.
Skips are picked up and carried and deposited by a special skip-carrying lorry: see the image. When being carried, the skip should be covered. Also, the skip can be lifted by a crane.
Sometimes building supplies are delivered to site in a skip, which is later used to carry the building site waste away.
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