There are materials that are prohibited from being disposed of in a skip for legal reasons. These include electrical and electronic equipment such as fridges, microwaves, hairdryers, radios, TV’s, computers, kettles and toasters, gas bottles and cylinders, chemicals and solvents, batteries, fluorescent tubes, clinical waste (such as syringes, soiled dressings, medicine bottles) hazardous waste such as paint tins, oils, petrol, diesel, aerosols, mastic tubes, plasterboard, tyres, mattresses, and asbestos.