National Share A Skip Week

Skip Jacker Wins Award

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:11:11 +0000

The Skip Jacker has hit dizzy new heights and won himself an award for his fridge disposal activities. Obviously he’s delighted with the ASBO award and has got himself a special hoodie to mark the special occasion - very street!

Skip Jacker With ASBO

Keep an eye out for the Skip Jacker, he’s probably coming up a drive near you very soon…

Foreman Spots The Skip Jacker…

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:01:51 +0000

The Foreman spotted the Skip Jacker, though it’s unclear if he was in fact caught in the act.

Thanks to the Contract Journal, Foreman’s blog for the post.

Skip Jacker Spotted in 2009

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:51:50 +0000

While the buzz about Skip Jacking Jerk has certainly cooled, we’re delighted that it’s still appreciated and enjoyed here at the Demolition News Blog.

If you spot the Skip Jacker, let us know where!

NSSW from Southwark to Wigan

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:15:05 +0000

National Share a Skip Week has hit the press across the nation from The London Borough of Southwark to Wigan in the North West as the impact of illegal fly-tipping hits home as the economy continues to wobble.

You can read more here and here

Flytipping Shocker!

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:44:17 +0000

While the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows a reduction in fly tipping this year, this was only £1m less from the clean up bill last year of £72.7m, fly-tipping remains still, a significant financial, social and environmental problem.

Defra’s data portrays the official cost for the local council, it fails however to report the major problem of fly-tipping on private land. Statistics show this is another estimated annual cost of £50m. This cost is picked up by the individual landowners, forced to dispose of other peoples waste.

It falls to the local councils to ensure this problem is dealt with effectively. National Share a Skip Week aims to lighten the load, and reduce fly tipping costs, through the sharing of a skip.

Fly-tipping Table

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:56:27 +0000

Fly-tipping incidents reported on the Flycapture database by Local Authorities in 2007-2008. Data collated by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Liverpool tops the table with more than double the clean up costs of 2nd place Wansworth.

Where do you rank?

Source: http://www.defra.gov.uk/

Skipjacking Jerk hits 300,000 views!

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:01:36 +0000

*SKIPJACKING JERK REACHES 300K VIEWS ON YOUTUBE*

To be exact, it has currently had 319,236 views and counting… For a song that has been talked about across the whole of the internet, there seems to be no end to the number of views this phenomenon is receiving.

Chart Topper…

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:40:57 +0000

I think we have a chart topping number 1 on our hands..

NSSW on BBC Radio

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:39:22 +0000

A member of the public told us about National Share A Skip Week being featured on BBC Radio Foyle. Listen to the sound clip below:

Click Here!

Listen out for more on National Share A Skip Week today on Mark Patterson’s show at 3pm on BBC Radio Foyle.

Skipjacking Jerk Closing in on 200K Views

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:58:49 +0000

We’re blown away with the response to Skipjacking Jerk. As I write this it’s currently got 189,121 views (and counting) since being launched. It really is incredible how it’s grabbing peoples imagination.