Things you do without really asking yourself why?

[Alickadoo]

mickk said:

I'm a two bin man, one for garden waste and one for everything else.

We have four bins, so there.

[nuyorican]

So is this thread about bins then?

Whilst I’ve never washed a bin, I do use bin bags. I can’t understand otherwise, how people who don’t use them get their rubbish from the house to the bin? Do they just leave the bin open next to the kitchen window and scrape off their plates straight into it?

People can be very strange about bins. Almost to a parking level of weird territorial strangeness. When we lived in a shared house for uni, the landlord would show up on bin day to make sure they were all put back along this particular wall. He’d get quite cross if you just dragged them back in and left them all to cock. And woe betide you not bringing them back in at all. We did used to troll him a bit over it to be honest. But I kind of feel sorry for him now In hindsight.

[StevieBee]

Resident bin nerd at your service (25 years behaviour change communications telling people what goes in what bin and why )

If you have a household recycling service, and you recycle correctly, the only bins that may need a wash out from time to time is your Food Waste bin and/or your Garden Waste bin.

There should be nothing putrescible in any of the others only clean, dry recyclable materials.

Unless you don't have a separate food waste collection in which case, your normal rubbish bin can get a bit mucky.

If you are able to mix paper and card with everything else, then your local authority will have asked you to wash out cans and bottles before placing in the bin. This is because food residue contaminates the paper and card rendering it unrecyclable. When that happens......

Kermit power said:

Sending recyclable waste to landfill is the councils' job, isn't it?

....except that it is no longer recyclable. And these days, tends to go to energy from waste facilities. Very little waste gets landfilled.

[cheesejunkie]

Alickadoo said:

We have four bins, so there.

We've three.

We also have a dude who follows the bin lorry and cleans everyone's bins after it's gone - for a fee.

I don't pay him so mine doesn't get cleaned.

Every once in a while he makes a mistake and cleans my bin accidentally. I'll take those odds .

I've a long list of things I do and I always ask myself why. I'm struggling to think of one where I don't. Looking after the neighbours dog and chasing it when it gets loose. The fat little bh is something I've never asked myself why.

[TIGA84]

cheesejunkie said:

Alickadoo said:

We have four bins, so there.

We've three.

We also have a dude who follows the bin lorry and cleans everyone's bins after it's gone - for a fee.

I don't pay him so mine doesn't get cleaned.

Every once in a while he makes a mistake and cleans my bin accidentally. I'll take those odds .

I've a long list of things I do and I always ask myself why. I'm struggling to think of one where I don't. Looking after the neighbours dog and chasing it when it gets loose. The fat little bh is something I've never asked myself why.

I've never heard of this before - how does he clean them - genuinely interested? Has he got a Power Washer? Does it take long? how much does it cost etc etc?

My binmen are like ninjas, I'd be buggered if I could follow and clean a bin as they go, I'd be a mile behind them by bin 2!

[Silvanus]

Looks like this has become the wheelie bin cleaning thread.

To those cleaning your bins with detergents, bleach etc. where do you poor it away when finished? Only option I'd have is for it to go in a surface water drain which leads to a stream that flows into a pond, then local river.

[cheesejunkie]

TIGA84 said:

I've never heard of this before - how does he clean them - genuinely interested? Has he got a Power Washer? Does it take long? how much does it cost etc etc?

My binmen are like ninjas, I'd be buggered if I could follow and clean a bin as they go, I'd be a mile behind them by bin 2!

White van. Big slushy tank in the back full of god knows what chemicals. Power hose and a dip in the tank.

I'm not sure on the cost as I don't pay him, but when he accidentally knocked at my door looking paid I think he asked for a fiver, memory's vague as I wasn't paying. Obviously I told him to go next door. Whether that's a fiver a week (unlikely) or a fiver a month (more likely but sounds cheap), I've no idea.

[Kermit power]

StevieBee said:

Resident bin nerd at your service (25 years behaviour change communications telling people what goes in what bin and why )

If you have a household recycling service, and you recycle correctly, the only bins that may need a wash out from time to time is your Food Waste bin and/or your Garden Waste bin.

There should be nothing putrescible in any of the others only clean, dry recyclable materials.

Unless you don't have a separate food waste collection in which case, your normal rubbish bin can get a bit mucky.

If you are able to mix paper and card with everything else, then your local authority will have asked you to wash out cans and bottles before placing in the bin. This is because food residue contaminates the paper and card rendering it unrecyclable. When that happens......

Kermit power said:

Sending recyclable waste to landfill is the councils' job, isn't it?

....except that it is no longer recyclable. And these days, tends to go to energy from waste facilities. Very little waste gets landfilled.

We have a food bin, a recycling bin, a general waste bin and a box, the purpose of which I'm not 100% clear on. I know it takes glass, but not sure if it's also for cans.

Surely everyone has that general waste bin, don't they? We have plenty of stuff that is neither food nor recyclable?

[mickk]

Maybe the thread title needs changing.

[Super Sonic]

jagnet said:

That's two more than we have. I feel as though I'm missing out on the whole cleaning / not cleaning the bin fun.

You have no bins? Where do you put your rubbish?

[Biker's Nemesis]

Any tin, jar, milk carton get rinsed before going in the Bin (which has a liner).

I clean both bins every year in early spring, I find its inside the lid that gets dirty, maybe the way they are emptied into the refuse Lorry.

[borcy]

Super Sonic said:

jagnet said:

That's two more than we have. I feel as though I'm missing out on the whole cleaning / not cleaning the bin fun.

You have no bins? Where do you put your rubbish?

Some places have bags that the council drop off. Different ones for different things.

[jagnet]

Super Sonic said:

jagnet said:

That's two more than we have. I feel as though I'm missing out on the whole cleaning / not cleaning the bin fun.

You have no bins? Where do you put your rubbish?

We keep a black sack in the boiler room for rubbish. Every couple of months when it's full we take it to the dump. Same with the plastic recycling.

Bin lorries can't get to us, so any bins would be a bit redundant.

[Fatboy]

Silvanus said:

Looks like this has become the wheelie bin cleaning thread.

To those cleaning your bins with detergents, bleach etc. where do you poor it away when finished? Only option I'd have is for it to go in a surface water drain which leads to a stream that flows into a pond, then local river.

I only clean the bins if they get a bit stinky, and usually needs no more than a kettle of boiling water, wipe with the mop and then rinse with another kettle of boiling water... Occasionally I add a bit of washing up liquid, but doesn't usually need it...
I just tip it into the street gully, but we do have combined sewer here...

[Nethybridge]

I pay [ or have stolen from my bank
account to be more accurate ] 80p per day
towards what is quaintly described as a standing
charge to my. power supplier.

I have asked
them why they do
this, and would they please
stop doing this, but it still continues.