18 skip hire firms are based within about 15 miles of Scunthorpe. 3 are on the Environment Agency waste carrier register, 3 say they arrange the council permit and 4 offer same- or next-day delivery.
Skip sizes, prices and services are as each firm describes them on its own website. Waste carrier status is matched against the Environment Agency register on the date shown; claims marked "stated" have not yet been checked; how we check. Listings last refreshed 6 Oct 2026.
4.9★★★★★(25 Google reviews)·Based in DN16 (under 2 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Same-day delivery
Skip Hire Scunthorpe offers skip sizes from 2 yard to 20+ yard with same-day and next-day delivery for residential and commercial customers across Scunthorpe and the wider Lincolnshire area.
Mini skips (2-3 yd)
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Roll-on roll-off
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in DN14 (about 24 km away)
Verified: Registered waste carrier
Runs its own lorries
Robograb Ltd is a family-run grab hire and aggregate delivery business based in Goole, East Yorkshire, operating an 8-wheeler 17-tonne grab lorry. It provides waste removal and aggregate deliveries across the East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Humber including Hull, serving both trade and public customers.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in DN17 (about 3 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
SPB Aggregates Ltd is a Scunthorpe-based aggregates supplier offering grab hire, muck away and tipper hire services to the trade and public across Scunthorpe and Lincolnshire.
Grab hire
Aggregates & muck-away
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in DN15 (about 4 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £120 (4 yard) · Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Circle Skip Hire (Skip Hire Scunthorpe) offers 4, 6 and 8 cubic yard skips to homeowners, trades, landlords and commercial customers in Scunthorpe, Bottesford, Ashby, Winterton, Brigg and Epworth.
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in DN14 (about 24 km away)
Stated on their website: CHAS / SafeContractor
Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Wold Skip Hire Ltd is a skip hire and waste recycling company based in Newport, Brough, East Yorkshire, offering skips from 4 to 40 cubic yards including roll-on-roll-off containers. The company operates its own fleet of vehicles and a transfer station for waste recycling, serving customers across East Yorkshire.
Midi skips (4-5 yd)
Builders skips (6-8 yd)
Maxi skips (10+ yd)
Roll-on roll-off
Works for: Homeowners, Builders & trades, Businesses
5.0★★★★★(8 Google reviews)·Based in DN9 (about 18 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £100 · Arranges the council permit
Skips Direct is a family-run skip hire company based in Doncaster, offering skip sizes from a 1-tonne skip bag up to a 16-yard skip for domestic and trade customers.
2.9★★★☆☆(49 Google reviews)·Based in DN15 (about 4 km away)
Stated on their website: Environmental permit (waste site)
Runs its own lorries
Ellgia provides skip hire, commercial waste collection and roll-on container services to businesses and homes across East Anglia, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and South Yorkshire.
Works for: Businesses, Homeowners, Builders & trades, Farms
Not enough reviews to show a rating·Based in DN19 (about 23 km away)
No third-party certification stated
Runs its own lorries
First Hire Ltd is a plant and grab hire company based in Goxhill, North Lincolnshire, offering an 8-wheeler grab lorry service that takes away rubble, soil and green waste, plus aggregates and tool and machine hire across Lincolnshire.
4.1★★★★☆(18 Google reviews)·Based in DN7 (about 24 km away)
No third-party certification stated
From £140 · Same-day delivery · Runs its own lorries
Diamond Skip Hire, trading as Diamond of Doncaster, is a family-run company offering skip hire, grab hire, aggregates, 8-wheeler tipper and plant hire across Doncaster and the surrounding areas.
SkipCheck lists 18 skip and grab hire firms covering Scunthorpe and the surrounding area. Most say they offer mini, midi, builders and maxi skips, and several also say they provide grab hire or a wait-and-load service. Three of the 18 publish a starting price, running from £100 to £140. Four say they can deliver on the same day or the next, and three say they will arrange the council skip permit for you. Nine say they run their own lorries, and none are booking agents.
If a skip has to stand on the road, North Lincolnshire Council issues the permit: £32 for up to 7 days or a renewal, £43 for up to 14 days or a renewal, and £81 for up to 28 days. Skip firms usually apply for you, using the council's online form or phone line, and the council says to allow at least five working days for it to come through. Separately, if you pay anyone to take your waste, you must check they are entitled to carry it, or your council can fine you between £150 and £600.
Common questions
Do I need a permit for a skip in Scunthorpe?
Only if the skip stands on a road or pavement. Section 139 of the Highways Act 1980 says a builder's skip needs the highway authority's permission first. In Scunthorpe that's North Lincolnshire Council, which charges £32 for up to 7 days or a renewal, £43 for up to 14 days or a renewal, and £81 for up to 28 days. Skip firms usually apply for you, and the council says to allow at least five working days for the permit to be issued.
How do I check a skip hire firm in Scunthorpe is a registered waste carrier?
A skip firm carries other people's waste, so it needs upper-tier registration on the Environment Agency's public register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers, which you can search online. Three of the 18 firms SkipCheck lists for Scunthorpe are on the Environment Agency waste carrier register, checked on 6 October 2026. If you pay someone to take your waste without checking, your council can fine you between £150 and £600, so it's worth searching the register before you book.
Hazardous waste such as asbestos needs special disposal, and anything containing ozone-depleting substances, like old fridges, counts as hazardous and shouldn't go in a general skip. Plasterboard and other gypsum waste must not go to landfill mixed with biodegradable waste, and whole or shredded tyres are banned from landfill too, so skip firms usually ask for these to be kept separate or left out altogether. Check with your chosen firm before loading the skip, as the rules affect what they can legally take away.
Of the 18 firms SkipCheck lists for Scunthorpe, three publish a starting price on their own websites, and those published figures range from £100 to £140. The other firms don't publish a price, so you'd need to ask them directly for a quote. On top of the skip hire cost, if the skip needs to go on the road you may also need to pay North Lincolnshire Council's permit fee, which it says starts at £32 for up to 7 days.