Wheelie Bin Cleaning

[Chrisgr31]

Had a leaflet dropped through the door from someone offering this service. Does anyone here have it done? Is it worth it?

I just wash ours occasionally but does it help having it done regularly?

[Simpo Two]

If you don't know then I expect not; save yer money

[Mobile Chicane]

^^^ Agreed. Give it a slosh of bleach in hot water when the smell / flies become annoying.

[Meeja]

After suffering a maggot infestation in a wheelie bin a few years back during really hot weather, I started jet washing them myself once a month.

Have done it ever since, and am really anal about keeping them clean!

General waste is always bagged and the bin itself has a bin liner

Plastic/Metal bin has everything rinsed clean before it goes in

Yep.... I'm a bit sad really!

[Shaw Tarse]

Mobile Chicane said:

^^^ Agreed. Give it a slosh of bleach in hot water when the smell / flies become annoying.

This^^^
Or pay somebody to come round & jet wash it for you?

[993AL]

Would having it washed make me consider jumping in, closing the lid and licking around the edges, no. I don't get the point of this, there's always going to be germs around a bin, complete waste of money and a job for jobs sake IMO

[Laurel Green]

Due to the recycling bins, the only cleaning necessary is the slops bin. This being about the size of a bucket, is easily cleaned.

[Chrisgr31]

Shaw Tarse said:

Mobile Chicane said:

^^^ Agreed. Give it a slosh of bleach in hot water when the smell / flies become annoying.

This^^^
Or pay somebody to come round & jet wash it for you?

I tend to adopt MCs approach, but wondered if others had found having them cleaned by these companies was worth it. Appears not which is as I guessed.

[Shaw Tarse]

Chrisgr31 said:

I tend to adopt MCs approach, but wondered if others had found having them cleaned by these companies was worth it. Appears not which is as I guessed.

A while ago I was at mum & dad's, I watched one of their neighbours having their bin cleaned. It just looked like they pulled up, put bin on its side, jet washed it (maybe magical chemicals were involved) put bin upright, swept up & left!

[Rocksteadyeddie]

A bin is for rubbish. It will therefore get bits of rubbish spilt on it, and left in it. You will then put more rubbish on top next week. To clean a wheelie bin which lives outside is a nonsense. To pay someone else to do it is one of the reasons why people complain of having no money.

[SC7]

It's daylight robbery.

Absolutely no need for it whatsoever, but people think they have to have it done because the guy offered it, and because everyone else has it done.

It's a bin FFS! An outdoor one!

[Pints]

Jeyes Fluid and a bucket of hot water should do the job nicely.

Pay someone to clean my bin? Not a chance.

[vladcjelli]

Our bin has had (bagged) household rubbish from a family of four including two young kids, and a pair of cats. Dirty nappies (thankfully they are both out of them now) and cat litter have made up a sizeable portion of the contents.

It seems to matter not how you bag up such rubbish, the bin gets to stinking anyway. Due to construction of house and street, bin can't live more than 3-4 metres from the front door. Having maggots greet you when returning home is unpleasant.

For the princely sum of £2, a couple of blokes come and give it a good squirt, and I don't end up stinking of either the contents of the bin, or Jeyes Fluid.

£2? Seems a bargain to me.

[singlecoil]

All depends on how much it costs, a few quid now and then seems reasonable.

[herewego]

Is there any reason why all those with a garden can't put leftovers out for the birds? I saw a number of reports of people with maggots last year and I got the distinct impression that the people with the maggots were those who had their bin cleaned. I think the cleaners leave them wet.

[condor]

My bin very rarely gets cleaned as everything that's put in it is bagged. On average once every 5 years. I did get maggots this year once - lots of toilet bleach and hot water fixed that. Presumably one of the bags must have split open and I hadn't realised.
A friend has her bin jet washed for £2 once a month - but she has a bad back so wouldn't be able to do it herself if needed.

[SeeFive]

We do. I think it is worth it personally.

A guy with a special van show up after the bin men have been. He loads the big recycling and waste bins up on a rack on the back of the van, high pressure & cleaner treatment and all the grey water goes into a tank in his van.

You could eat your dinner in our bins, never a hint of a whiff or anything. I have no clue how much it is, probably 20-30 quid a quarter I guess.

[sparkythecat]

I'm at a loss to understand how people get maggots in their bin. You'd have to leave the lid open and unbagged food waste exposed for any flies to lay their eggs in there.

[Meeja]

sparkythecat said:

I'm at a loss to understand how people get maggots in their bin. You'd have to leave the lid open and unbagged food waste exposed for any flies to lay their eggs in there.

Indeed.

But it happens.

My food waste is always bagged, and bin also closed, yet during that particular hot spell a few years ago, the maggots were there....

[Chrisgr31]

The £2 option sounds very cheap. The leaflet we have had offers several packages which work out at £4 per bin for a visit every 4 weeks. If you ant a one-off clean its £15! Can buy a lot of bleach for that!