Business & Pleasure

When it comes to waste George Anthony Devlin is the man to call. He has been involved in the industry for 25 years, owning his first tipper lorry when he was only 23 years old. There isn’t much he doesn’t know. Most of this time he has worked on his own but for a few years he was general manager at Gowing and Pursey, the largest waste skip company in London.

He dealt with all aspects of the business and the experience he gained was invaluable, eventually proving to be a very useful asset.
Whilst working in London, George decided to become a taxi driver and got his Green Badge in 1998. He even passed ‘The Knowledge’ by driving around London in his roll-on, roll-off waste lorry, which is a little different from the usual clipboard on a bicycle. It was at this time that George bought his first cherished number plate R1 GAD which he initially put on his taxi and still owns to this day.

When George and his wife, Shirley Ann, moved out to Dunstable in Bedfordshire, he was determined to set up a new waste business of his own. Armed with a lifetime’s knowledge of waste disposal and the difficulties and safety issues encountered in the narrow streets of London, George came up with the idea of MINIBINS The Access Friendly Skip.

His business knowledge gained at Gowing and Pursey helped get MINIBINS up and running efficiently from day one. He is in fact, the first person to put roll-on/roll-off bins onto the back of a Transit-sized van. These 5 cubic- yard skips are based on the large 32-tonne commercial versions but these skips can be placed conveniently anywhere you wish. They can even drop them into your garage if needs be.

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