Wheelie Bin Cleaning

[tiggerblue10]

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.

[MargoTester]

We do - £2.50 per bin once a month

[Tilly2]

We do £4.00 per bin, once a month.

[Barsel]

Big difference in prices there.
How do you find out who does it?
One of those chores I don't like doing.

[MargoTester]

Just type in wheelie bin cleaning near me

[dannyk13]

Why not use a wheelie bin liner?

[Mamyalynne]

You could search here.

https://www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/wheelie-bin-cleaning-prices/

[Redhelen72]

Thank you so much for posting about your wheelie bins - it reminded me I needed to phone the new council xx

[tiggerblue10]

Just rang a cleaning service near me and it's £3 per bin. I'm going to book for 2 bins cleaned on alternate months as I have 4 bins. Food bin needs doing first.....its pretty grim in there, lol. So that's £6 per month.

[Buenchico]

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).

[gingejbee]

Chris, a man after my own heart...pay somebody to clean the bins? Really?
I occasionally rinse them using a hosepipe, but they never really need it. Even the food caddy is clean because it's always used with a liner.

[smurfchops]

Buenchico I agree. Pine disinfectant and bleach, then hose them out, leave outside upside down to dry. Spend the money on something else.

[Barsel]

It's easy if you are physically capable.
It doesn't matter how clean you keep your bins as I've seen the binmen emptying other peoples bins into one , so unless everyone keeps them clean, then the chances are, yours won't stay clean.

[New Judge]

//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.

[gingejbee]

^Doesn't happen here, barsel...

[tiggerblue10]

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.

[tiggerblue10]

Where do you put fruit and veg peelings, bones, egg shell etc., NJ?

I very rarely throw edible food away unless it's well past its use by date.

[Barsel]

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.

[vulcan42]

\\ 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.

[New Judge]

//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.

[pat2604]

Our bins are far away from the house or any neighbours and don't get cleaned. Food waste is rare and mostly composted. If it's messy it is wrapped. We recycle or compost nearly everthing. Our non recycling bin has very little in it.