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An overfilled skip Flyover of 3D modeled satellite photos of a skip hire, Porthmadog, Wales A cantilever skip truck loads a skip. A skip (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English and New Zealand English) (or skip bin) is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry called a skip truck Typically skip bins have a distinctive shape: the ...
Dumpster awaiting pick-up. A dumpster is a movable waste container designed to be brought and taken away by a special collection vehicle, or to a bin that a specially designed garbage truck lifts, empties into its hopper, and lowers, on the spot.
When the bins we use came over from Germany in the early sixties, the shape of them resembled the coal skips so it was a logical step to name them thus. There is a magazine totally dedicated to skips called originally The Skip. For all skip related news and stories, visit the website. Katy Attwood 11:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)Katy Attwood
Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.
Skip Ricter, a character in the movie Cars; the title character of the autobiography My Dog Skip by Willie Morris and the film adaptation of the same name; Skip, a minor character from the TV series Angel; Skip, a character from the British children's show Bob the Builder; Skips, a character on the American animated series Regular Show
A prefab concrete bin that has been replaced by a plastic one. Grit bins were originally made of concrete, wood or even stone, though these are now increasingly being replaced by models constructed from plastic partly from safety concerns: vehicles/people hitting a plastic grit bin will suffer less damage. However, the lower weight of plastic ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro isn't sweet on PETA's plan to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a 'weather reveal' dessert on Groundhog Day.
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).