Eastern Skip HireSkip bin hire across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs
Mini skips to 10 m³ for clean-outs, renovations, garden jobs and soil, delivered to driveways from Box Hill to Lilydale and up into the hills.
- The price confirmed before delivery
- Council permit rules for your street
- Mini skips for tight driveways
Get a skip quote
- Skips from 2 to 10 m³, with a size finder and weight limits
- Published eastern prices, each one sourced and dated
- Council permit rules for a skip on your street
- What can’t go in, before the truck arrives
Skip bins for homes, renovations and trade jobs across Melbourne’s east
Eastern Skip Hire delivers skip bins to homes, renovators and tradies across Melbourne’s eastern and outer-eastern suburbs: Ringwood, Croydon, Box Hill, Doncaster, Glen Waverley, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Rowville, Bayswater, Lilydale and Mooroolbark, and up into the Dandenong Ranges. We drop off mini skips for a bathroom or a shed, medium skips for a garage or house clean-out, bigger skips for renovations, and small heavy-duty skips for soil, concrete and bricks.
Choose the size and the waste type, tell us where it’s going and for how long, and send the request. The things that change a skip’s price are the size, what goes in it, its weight and how long you keep it, and whether it sits on your driveway or on the street, where most councils in the east want a permit first.
Which skip do you need?
Pick your job to see the size we’d usually suggest, how big it really is, and what can go in it.
Garage or shed clean‑out: 4 m³ small skip
Usual range for this job: 4 to 6 m³.
- Holds about
- 16 wheelie bins
- Size at the top
- 3.2 x 1.6 x 1.0 m
- Light-load limit
- 1.0 t
Goes in a general waste skip: furniture, boxes, old carpet, toys and household junk.
Furniture takes more room than you expect.
Keep out of the skip: asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, batteries and e-waste. Mattresses and tyres usually cost extra. What can’t go in
Bathroom strip‑out: 3 m³ large mini skip
Usual range for this job: 2 or 3 m³.
- Holds about
- 12 wheelie bins
- Size at the top
- 2.5 x 1.6 x 0.9 m
- Heavy-load limit
- 1.0 t
Goes in a builders and renovation skip: plasterboard, timber offcuts, old cabinets, tiles, packaging and the general mess of a building job.
Tiles and render are heavy: tell us if the walls are tiled.
Keep out of the skip: asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, batteries and e-waste. Mattresses and tyres usually cost extra. What can’t go in
Kitchen renovation: 6 m³ medium skip
Usual range for this job: 4 to 6 m³.
- Holds about
- 25 wheelie bins
- Size at the top
- 3.6 x 1.6 x 1.2 m
- Light-load limit
- 1.2 t
Goes in a builders and renovation skip: plasterboard, timber offcuts, old cabinets, tiles, packaging and the general mess of a building job.
Cabinets are bulky; break them down flat to save space.
Keep out of the skip: asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, batteries and e-waste. Mattresses and tyres usually cost extra. What can’t go in
Whole‑house clear‑out: 8 m³ large skip
Usual range for this job: 8 m³ or more.
- Holds about
- 33 wheelie bins
- Size at the top
- 4.2 x 1.6 x 1.5 m
- Light-load limit
- 1.5 t
Goes in a general waste skip: furniture, boxes, old carpet, toys and household junk.
Consider hard rubbish for some bulky items, or two skips.
Keep out of the skip: asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, batteries and e-waste. Mattresses and tyres usually cost extra. What can’t go in
Garden clean‑up: 4 m³ small skip
Usual range for this job: 3 to 6 m³.
- Holds about
- 16 wheelie bins
- Size at the top
- 3.2 x 1.6 x 1.0 m
- Light-load limit
- 1.0 t
Goes in a green waste skip: prunings, hedge trimmings, ivy, leaves and lawn clippings, with no soil or rubbish mixed in.
Keep it to garden material for a lower price.
Keep out of the skip: asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, batteries and e-waste. Mattresses and tyres usually cost extra. What can’t go in
Soil, concrete or bricks: 2 m³ mini skip
Usual range for this job: 2 to 3 m³.
- Holds about
- 8 wheelie bins
- Size at the top
- 1.6 x 1.6 x 0.9 m
- Heavy-load limit
- 0.9 t
Goes in a soil and concrete skip: clean soil, broken concrete, bricks and rubble.
Heavy waste: fill level with the top edge, no higher.
Keep out of the skip: asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, batteries and e-waste. Mattresses and tyres usually cost extra. What can’t go in
The suggested sizes are our rule of thumb. Dimensions and light- and heavy-load weight limits are as Yarra Valley Skip Bins publishes them; wheelie-bin counts are our arithmetic, the volume divided by a 240-litre bin. Checked 1 October 2026.
From “we need a skip” to an empty driveway
Choose a size and the waste
Pick a size, or Not sure, and tell us what’s going in and which suburb. It takes about a minute.
Find your sizeDriveway or street
Tell us where it goes and for how long. A skip on the road usually needs your council’s permit first.
Council permit rulesFill it, then it’s collected
Load it level with the top edge, keep out the items that can’t go in, and it’s picked up on the agreed day.
What can’t go in
How much does skip bin hire cost in Melbourne’s east?
Your price comes once we know the size, the waste and where the skip is going. As a guide, here’s what three skip companies in the east publish. Each column names who publishes it, and none of them is our price.
Published skip prices in the east: mixed loads
| Skip size | Light mixed load (weight limit), Yarra Valley Skip Bins | General waste, ASAP Bin Hire | ”From” price, Boss Bin Hire |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m³ | $425 (0.6 t) | $290 | $340 (2.5 m³) |
| 3 m³ | $495 (0.8 t) | $390 | $395 |
| 4 m³ | $595 (1.0 t) | $470 | $495 |
| 6 m³ | $765 (1.2 t) | $620 | $625 |
| 8 m³ | $925 (1.5 t) | $790 | $740 |
| 10 m³ | $1,085 (1.6 t) | $980 | $850 |
| 12 m³ | $1,425 (1.7 t) | $1,050 | $995 |
Each column is one company’s published price, not ours, and they aren’t directly comparable: Yarra Valley Skip Bins (Dixons Creek) prices “light” mixed loads with the weight limit shown and a standard 3-day hire; ASAP Bin Hire (Kilsyth) prices “general waste” from the main table on its Bayswater page (the same page shows a second, slightly higher price guide); Boss Bin Hire (Manningham) publishes “from” prices without a waste type or weight limit, and its smallest skip is 2.5 m³. None of the three states whether GST is included. Council permits are extra. Checked 1 October 2026.
Published prices: soil, concrete and bricks
| Skip size | 100% concrete, dry dirt, brick or green, Yarra Valley Skip Bins | Clean fill (100% soil, bricks or concrete), ASAP Bin Hire |
|---|---|---|
| 2 m³ | $415 | $280 |
| 3 m³ | $465 | $370 |
| 4 m³ | $495 | $450 |
| 6 m³ | $625 | $600 |
| 8 m³ | $735 | $750 |
Single-material skips: one material only, filled level with the top edge. Yarra Valley Skip Bins’ price applies to 100% concrete, 100% dry dirt, 100% brick or rubble, or 100% green waste or timber, and it doesn’t offer these loads in 10 m³ or larger skips; mixed heavy loads cost more and carry a weight limit (its “heavy” price for 4 m³ is $725, up to 1.3 t). ASAP Bin Hire’s clean fill means 100% clean soil, 100% bricks or 100% concrete, with no 10 m³ or larger option published. GST not stated by either. Checked 1 October 2026.
Driveway or street? Each council has its own rules
A skip that fits wholly on your driveway needs no permit anywhere in the east. On the road or nature strip, every council wants a permit, the skip company applies for it, and the rules and fees differ from one council to the next. When your skip has to go on the street, we arrange the permit.
- Road or nature strip: permit
Maroondah
A permit is needed for a skip on council land, including the nature strip and road. The bin hire company applies, and must be accredited with council.
Fee: $118 for 1 to 3 days, $188.50 for 4 to 8 days, $253 for 9 to 14 days, per bin (2026–27)
- Skip company applies, not you
Knox
Knox says residents and property owners do not need to apply: only the skip provider can. A placed skip can be at most 7.5 m long, 2.5 m wide and 1.5 m high.
Fee: $196 per placement for a one-off permit (up to 7 days, at least 14 days’ notice), or $58 per placement for accredited providers on a $563 annual permit
- Never on the nature strip
Whitehorse
Whitehorse says a skip must not be placed on the nature strip or grass reserve. The skip contractor applies, at least 48 business hours ahead.
Fee: $125.00 for 5 days, plus $51 per bay per day in a metered bay
- No skips on arterial roads
Manningham
Only the skip supplier can apply. Skips aren’t allowed on arterial roads, and a skip on the nature strip or footpath needs prior approval and an asset protection permit.
Fee: $160 for a temporary permit (up to 7 days), or $935 for an annual permit
- Highest fee in the east
Monash
An accredited supplier applies at least 2 days ahead. Skips aren’t allowed on arterial roads.
Fee: $327.60 on local roads (1 week max.), or $331.80 at activity and shopping centres (2 hours, 7am to 9am) (2026–27)
- Driveway first, if it’s safe
Yarra Ranges
Council will not approve a road permit where the skip can be placed safely on private property. A registered skip company applies.
Fee: $74.00 residential (up to 7 days), $150.00 building site (up to 3 months), $500.00 commercial (3 to 12 months), including GST
Steep driveways, narrow roads and the Dandenongs
Yarra Ranges Council describes its own area as having “unmade roads and steep areas that can be difficult for trucks to access”. By our calculation from the state’s planning maps, about 98% of the shire is a designated bushfire prone area. A skip delivery in Belgrave, Upwey or Mount Evelyn needs more planning than one in Box Hill, so tell us about the driveway.
- Slope and surface. Say if the driveway is steep, gravel or unsealed, or gets slippery after rain.
- Width and height. Yarra Valley Skip Bins, for one, asks for a driveway 3 metres wide with 3.5 metres of overhead clearance.
- Overhanging branches and wires. They decide where the truck can lift the skip off.
- Mini skips. Where a full-size truck can’t reach, a mini skip often can.
Skip bin hire across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs
We deliver skips across six council areas, from the established streets of Whitehorse and Monash out to the valley towns and hills of the Yarra Ranges.
Maroondah
Ringwood, Croydon, Heathmont, Ringwood East, Ringwood North, Warranwood, Croydon North, Croydon Hills, Bayswater North
Knox
Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Rowville, Bayswater, Wantirna, Wantirna South, Scoresby, Knoxfield, The Basin
Whitehorse
Box Hill, Mitcham, Blackburn, Nunawading, Vermont, Vermont South, Forest Hill, Burwood East
Manningham
Doncaster, Doncaster East, Templestowe, Donvale, Warrandyte
Monash
Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Wheelers Hill, Clayton, Oakleigh, Mulgrave
Yarra Ranges
Lilydale, Mooroolbark, Kilsyth, Montrose, Mount Evelyn, Chirnside Park, Upwey, Belgrave, Coldstream, Healesville
How to book a skip without surprises
The same six things, whether it’s a mini skip for a bathroom or a big one for a whole-house clear-out.
Size by weight, too
Heavy waste goes in a smaller skip. See the size guide and its weight limits.
The whole price first
Ask what the hire period covers, the weight limit and the charge for going over it, before delivery.
Driveway or permit
On the driveway, no permit. On the street, the skip company applies; check your council’s rules.
Keep out what can’t go in
Asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, batteries and e-waste. See the full list.
Protect the driveway
Ask for timber boards under the skip if you’re worried about the concrete or pavers.
Ask where it goes
EPA Victoria says to make sure your skip company can give you a docket showing a lawful place took the waste.
Common questions about skip hire
How much does a skip bin cost in Melbourne’s east?
It depends on the size, what goes in it, its weight and how long you keep it. As a guide, Yarra Valley Skip Bins publishes $595 for a 4 m³ skip with a light mixed load up to 1.0 tonne, and ASAP Bin Hire publishes $470 for a 4 m³ skip of general waste. Skips of only soil, concrete or bricks are priced separately, and a council permit is extra if the skip goes on the road. See skip bin prices.
What size skip do I need?
Go by the job and the weight, not just the volume. A bathroom strip-out usually fits a 2 or 3 m³ mini skip, a garage or shed clean-out a 4 to 6 m³ skip, and a whole-house clear-out 8 m³ or more. Soil, concrete and bricks need a smaller skip, because they hit the weight limit long before the skip is full. Compare them on the skip sizes page, or choose Not sure in the form.
Do I need a council permit for a skip?
Not if it sits wholly on your driveway or property. Every council in the east needs a permit for a skip on the road or council land, and it’s the skip company that applies, not you. Fees vary widely: Yarra Ranges lists $74 for a residential skip for up to 7 days, and Monash $327.60 on local roads for up to a week. See council skip permits.
What can’t go in a skip?
Asbestos, chemicals, liquids, paint, gas bottles, batteries and food can’t go in a standard skip, and tyres and mattresses usually cost extra. Victoria says that since 2019 it has been illegal to put e-waste in household rubbish or landfill, so keep anything with a plug, battery or cord out of the skip. See what can go in a skip.
Can soil, concrete and bricks go in a skip?
Yes, in a heavy-waste skip filled level with the top edge and no higher. A skip of one material only (just soil, just concrete or just bricks) is often cheaper than a mixed heavy load: Yarra Valley Skip Bins publishes $495 for a 4 m³ skip of 100% concrete, dry dirt or brick, against $725 for a mixed heavy load up to 1.3 tonnes. See soil and concrete skips.
How long can I keep the skip?
Hire periods differ between companies, so we confirm yours with the price. Published standard hires in the east are mostly 3 or 4 days: Yarra Valley Skip Bins lists a standard 3-day hire, Suburban Skips 4 days, and M Tucker & Sons includes 3 days and charges $25.00 for each day beyond. Tell us how long you need it when you ask for a quote.
What happens if the skip is overweight or overfilled?
An overweight skip costs more: M Tucker & Sons, for one, publishes $40.00 per 100 kg over the limit, and Yarra Valley Skip Bins moves an overweight light load to its heavy price. An overfilled skip can’t be driven on the road, and M Tucker & Sons charges a $110.00 return fee if it can’t be transported. Fill it level with the top edge and keep heavy waste in a heavy-waste skip.
Can I use council hard rubbish instead?
For bulky household items, often yes. Every council in the east has a hard rubbish service, mostly two booked collections a year, and Yarra Ranges has one annual street collection between late January and the end of March. None of them take building rubble, soil, concrete, bricks or plaster, and the volumes are small, so a renovation or a big clear-out still needs a skip.
Where does the waste go?
To a transfer station or landfill authorised to take it. EPA Victoria says that if you hire a skip, it’s your responsibility to know the contractor is taking your waste to a place authorised to accept it, and that you can be fined for using a business that dumps it illegally. EPA also says to make sure they can provide a docket showing it was taken to a lawful place. Ask us for it.
Which areas do you cover?
Melbourne’s eastern and outer-eastern suburbs across Maroondah, Knox, Whitehorse, Manningham, Monash and the Yarra Ranges, including Ringwood, Croydon, Box Hill, Doncaster, Glen Waverley, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Rowville, Bayswater, Lilydale, Mooroolbark, Kilsyth, Mitcham, Blackburn, Nunawading, Vermont and nearby suburbs.
Where these figures come from
The prices and rules on this page come from these published pages, checked on 1 October 2026.
- Yarra Valley Skip Bins: skip bin hire prices · Skip hire business, Dixons Creek (Yarra Ranges); price table by size, waste and weight limit, no visible date, GST not stated
- ASAP Bin Hire: Bayswater skip bins · Skip hire business, Kilsyth; main “Our skip bins” table (the page also shows a second, different price guide), GST not stated
- Boss Bin Hire · Skip hire business, Manningham; “from” prices by size, waste type not stated, GST not stated
- Knox City Council: skip bin permits · Council permit rules and fees, no page date
- Maroondah City Council: skip bins, bulk waste and shipping containers · Council permit rules; fees from Maroondah’s 2026/27 fees and charges
- Whitehorse City Council: skip bins and shipping containers · Council permit rules and fees, 2026–27
- Manningham City Council: skip bin permit · Council permit rules, fees and placement guidelines, no fee year shown
- City of Monash: skip bin permit · Council permit rules and fees, 2026–27
- Yarra Ranges Council: skip bins · Council permit rules and fees, no fee year shown, GST included
- EPA Victoria: home renovation waste · State regulator guidance, updated 17 December 2024
- Victorian Government: e-waste ban · State government page, updated 14 March 2024
- EPA Victoria: disposing of asbestos waste · State regulator guidance, list reviewed June 2026
Need a skip in the east?
Choose a size, tell us what’s going in it and where it’s going, and send the request in about a minute.