Bleeee..... Cleaning a Wheelie Bin?

[Mamf74]

Hello,

For some reason our & our neighbours wheelie bins were switched last bin day - bins collected today so we've got our old one back.

It is really maggoty ; neighbours had a party & filled the bin so the lid was up all week and I suspect party food remains & a hot weather have given the little buggers perfect breeding conditions.

Dh and Dd are away so I could be evil and leave it for Dh to do when he gets back but I'm feeling really itchy knowing they're in there shudders so am thinking of gritting teeth and getting on with it - any suggestions?

A hosepipe and some flash floor cleaner type stuff. Take round to neighbours and get them to clean it

Pour in a few kettles of boiling water, add some disinfectant, swish it around then leave foe a bit. Then later empty it out, clean up debris and dispose of it, leavebin upsidedown for a bit til it drains out.

I used to lay mine on it's side, put bleach in, slosh boiling water (by the bucket load) and then clean out with a broom. Make sure you are near a drain though.

we have a pressure washer which is really effective. If you don't have one, ask the neighbours if they've got one and why you need it, hopefully they'll offer to clean it for you

start with cold water, rock it around a bit, tip it out. This will wash away the loose stuff. A hosepipe is even better. Lie it down first so the dirty water can run out.

when that's gone, hot water and GP cleaner plus mop will clean away greasy stuff, tip it out again.

If you have a patch of soil to tip it on, the bacteria and worms will eat residual organic matter. Or into the gutter/drain will do.

IMO bleach does not get dirt out like detergent does.

Boilng water will soften the plastic and it may warp.

It doesn't warp buckets though, does it? Not being argumentative btw, just in case it comes across that way.

I'm pretty sure wheelie bins are made of recycled PVC, which goes floppy in boiling water. Special arrangements have to be made for discharge of boiling water into plastic soil pipes, e.g. sterilisers in hospitals.

Buckets are usually polyethylene, which softens..

Why do people use wheelie bins without bin liners? I just black sack the rubbish and put it in. Wheelie bin doesn't get dirty.

I would be really cross having to do that Mam. has it got your house number on?

I had this problem and tipped everything out on to the lawn. Disgusting, but the birds absolutely loved the maggots, so don't kill them with bleach first...

I tipped in hot, soapy water, scrubbed it a bit with a broom, then hosed it out.

I always black sack my rubbish but bin is dirty. Never thought to clean an outdoor bin tho

I put all rubbish in black bags Sparkling, but somehow the little buggers appeared.

Or treat yourself

We have another bin for food waste-so that helps. That does get manky even though I use the caddy liners, but that's bucket sized so fits in the sink.

I had to clean ours out recently....horrid job. We put our stuff in black sacks but because we live in a LondonVictorian terrace, we all have to have our bins at the front of our houses. So we get passers by chucking in takeaway rubbish, dog poo bags, all sorts which had turned to a horrid black mush in the bottom.
Disgusting but I felt very virtuous and such a housewife when I'd finished

We had this problem. We called the council who gave the name of a cleaning company who follow the bin men. You need to make sure you leave the lid open so it dries properly. If you have nappies (prob not you.. Children! ) empty the poo in the toilet before getting rid of the (double bagged) nappy. Cost £2 a round, better than the maggots!

I do boiling water and bleach too.

1kg of salt should do the trick
or yes, let the blackbirds have a party and learn to compost food waste so that you never get maggots in your bin

Oh thank you all for your replies. Have been out and purchased really long rubber gloves. Just plucking up the courage to go out and open the lid.....

We have a food waste bin too, I always use liners in this one as I just find it's easier for the binmen to empty; I suspect next door just piled up all the rubbish into binbags rather than picking up the food first. There are a few chicken bones in the bottom anyroad.

Parisbanana - snap, exactly the same as us! Luckily we seem to have dodged the passer-by rubbish but we have no handy soil or grass to tip the goo onto :-).

Tbf there are fewer critters in there than I thought, but I think the plan will be to douse the bin with Jeyes fluid (would that be ok? - we ran out of disinfectant last week) and chuck in a couple of buckets of tap-hot water and leave for a bit then tip it onto the road.

Will do my food bin too, for the full smug housewife experience .

Thanks again for all your help, will take the bull by the horns......

Be careful with Jeyes, I am pretty sure it is harmful, if not lethal to cats.

I've just emailed binbrite to see if they do my area!