Paying someone to sanitise your dustbins?

[AnnaSewell]

Is this something people do? Or does it indicate a weird cleanliness obsession.

I mean that once the council has emptied the bin by tipping ou the bags, a private company then takes your wheeie bins away, then washes and fragrances them before returning them to your property.

I wouldn’t mind to pay someone for cleaning my bins.
How do I find people who do this?
I people doing this a few streets away but I was on the bus so couldn’t ask them. Never saw bins cleaning man/ company on our street.

I eventually decided to do this. The bin had been manky for ages and I'm too short to properly clean it without buying anything like a pressure washer. I pay for the year upfront so it's only £3 a time (they clean it every 4 weeks). I expected to not bother renewing but actually I quite like it and it's not really all that much to pay.

Re maggots, if you keep all scraps of meat or fish in a closed bag in the freezer until the night before the bin men come, you are unlikely to get maggots. Bluebottles can apparently smell anything dead (so meat or fish) from at least a mile away.

You can clean your own bin any height. Simply open it. Turn it on its side. Fil! It say a quarter full of hot water plus half a bottle of the cheapest disinfectant. Use a long stick or old broom to dislodge any crap sticking to the bottom.

I regularly air my black bin too. Stops a pong building up. Job done.

Thanks. On the tip about not festering in the first place - quite funny that you recommend putting things straight in the outside bin when I said I don't have one. What I do is leave anything that's gone off in the fridge until it's put in the bin, but that kind of thing would go in the food bag and not the main kitchen bin. I suppose I'm gonna have to roll my bin on the floor to get in there...

Nope, I can't do that

We pay for this once a month. It costs around £6 I think. we put a lot of dog poo in our bins and sometimes bags can split ( if bigger bin bags put in on top ) and in summer especially they smell so it helps with that.

I can't do it myself.

Is this because you have mobility issues? I am not in the least bit handy but can manage this twice a year.

Really common where we live, the bins get disgusting and reek as only collected every 2 weeks. Most people I know have it done.

Does it matter? The poster has said they can't do it, no need for explanation.

Thank you, you are right, I don't have to explain WHY I can't do it.

I was only trying to help!

Same where I live (Affluent area). There is a company that appears to follow the binmen around. They power wash the empty bins.

of course the clients could do it themselves, but why would they when they can pay?

In what way is it helpful? I'm not looking for a row honestly but if someone says they can't do something, it shouldn't be questioned. It's really rotten having to explain /justify why you can't do something,really gets you down and you end up feeling even less able.

I can understand not being able to clean a bin if the person lives in a terraced house or is disabled.

I did not mean to pry.

I have mine done. It's about every 6 weeks and costs £12. I'm happy to pay that to avoid doing it myself tbh!

It's ok, all good 😊

I pay £4 to have just my general waste bin cleaned once a month. It keeps it clean, especially in the summer, it stops it smelling so reducing flys around it. Worth it in my opinion!

I get mine cleaned every 2 weeks. We use black bags to go in there. That's how often they get emptied. I worry the bin could get maggots if not cleaned.