Tipping skip works to keep furniture waste clear
April 1st 2008

Contact Attachments specialises in material handling equipment and offers a range of tipping skips designed to fit onto the front of any forklift truck. The skips can also be strategically placed to allow clear working areas.

The company was recently contacted by First Fruit Warehouse, a charity set up in partnership with Green- Works to store, re-cycle and sell office furniture. The furniture is supplied by large corporate donors and is then sold on at affordable prices to charities, churches, schools and the local community. The company also offers disadvantaged people the chance to gain real work experience.

"The job we carry out naturally generates a certain amount of woods and metal waste," explains Christopher Butt, warehouse operations manager for First Fruit Warehouse. "We used to have to manually handle this waste until we purchased a Contact tipping skip. Now the waste can be collected easily and safely tipped at any height into our large container without risk of injury to any of our staff.

"We are pleased that we were able to offer a product that benefits such a socially enterprising company," says Tracy Gillett from Contact.

"We also included pull cord assemblies on the skips to allow staff to tip skips at height from ground level."

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