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Wheelie Bin Cleaning
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Does anyone get their wheelie bins and food bins cleaned? If so, how much do you pay and how often? Can't remember if I've asked this before.
I know I'm being lazy and probably could clean them myself but I just want them jet washed and disinfected. I don't have a jet wash.
I know I'm being lazy and probably could clean them myself but I just want them jet washed and disinfected. I don't have a jet wash.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I just pour some bleach into the 'non-recyclable' bin occasionally, allowing it to dribble down the sides. I can't see any need to pay anyone to clean the bin. (A 'recyclable' bin should never need cleaning anyway if, for example, metal cans are washed out before putting them in the bin, as they're meant to be).
//Food bin needs doing first.....its pretty grim in there,...//
I'm genuinely intrigued. How much food do you throw away. I was mortified last week when I took some filled pasta out of the 'fridge to find it had gone mouldy. It was well before it's "use by" date. It went into my compost bin. It was the first food I had thrown away for as long as I can remember. How do you have so much food to throw away? I'm not having a go - I'm just puzzled.
I'm genuinely intrigued. How much food do you throw away. I was mortified last week when I took some filled pasta out of the 'fridge to find it had gone mouldy. It was well before it's "use by" date. It went into my compost bin. It was the first food I had thrown away for as long as I can remember. How do you have so much food to throw away? I'm not having a go - I'm just puzzled.
My bins have got that green mossy type stuff growing round the outside and the food bin has liquid from the breakdown of food in it. The compostable liners can easily split too. I have to wear rubber gloves to open all the bins because of my OCD. I wash them afterwards before using them for washing up etc.
I should've had the bins cleaned when I first moved in.
I should've had the bins cleaned when I first moved in.
\\ I didn't say this, but, if you have a really horrible bin, get rid of it and phone the Council and tell them someone has stolen your bin.//
That depends on which council you have. My council charges for everything, somebody steals your bin? you pay £ 35. Bin men knock off a wheel? you pay £8 -50 for new wheels and axle, collect them and fit them yourself.
That depends on which council you have. My council charges for everything, somebody steals your bin? you pay £ 35. Bin men knock off a wheel? you pay £8 -50 for new wheels and axle, collect them and fit them yourself.
//Where do you put fruit and veg peelings, bones, egg shell etc., NJ?/
Anything remotely compostable goes into the compost. I rarely, if ever, buy anything with bones. If I have any they get ground and put on the veggie plot. Eggshells are either rough crushed to use as a slug deterrent or ground to a grit for use as a dressing for plants - they provide calcium and are especially good for tomatoes and peppers.
Anything remotely compostable goes into the compost. I rarely, if ever, buy anything with bones. If I have any they get ground and put on the veggie plot. Eggshells are either rough crushed to use as a slug deterrent or ground to a grit for use as a dressing for plants - they provide calcium and are especially good for tomatoes and peppers.