Would you pay to have your wheelie bin cleaned ?

Aquatronixjenny

I pay to have it cleaned once a month but only in the summer. I'm absolutely terrified of maggots and had a bin full of them in the summer. I couldn't go anywhere near the bin without having a panic attack after that! I pay £3.50 for them to clean it.

FireWyrm

You can buy an awful lot of bleach for that price....

Give the £2 to the kids and get them to do it for you. Earn some pocket money.

securityman

FireWyrm wrote: »

You can buy an awful lot of bleach for that price....

Give the £2 to the kids and get them to do it for you. Earn some pocket money.

Kids and bleach in the mix don't sound to good to me.

ognum

I have always wondered who those people were with the spare cash to have their bins cleaned and now I know!

I would not pay anyone to do this when I can do it myself, I guess we are all different but I believe it's all these little things that add up each month.

TimBear

I clean my bins in my kitchen every time I empty them but I have never ever cleaned my wheelie bins! The recycling one doesn't get 'dirty' as such as it's just dry goods in there, but the other one I'm not fussed about being mucky as it lives outside and doesn't smell.

jdp1970

ognum wrote: »

I have always wondered who those people were with the spare cash to have their bins cleaned and now I know!

I would not pay anyone to do this when I can do it myself, I guess we are all different but I believe it's all these little things that add up each month.

I would only pay someone to do my bin, cos I am crippled with arthritis - I do everything else myself though!
Gardening, housework, shopping etc etc

jimpix12

I don't - but if they did it near me, I would.

My mum is always saying what a waste of money it is, same with paying for gardening, house cleaning etc - load of tosh in my opinion, I have better things to do and service industries are a key part of the economy now :A

poppysarah

I've not managed to get it that dirty to be honest.

AND the rubbish doesn't mind going in a grubby bin.

Seriously: what do people throw away?


Our council has food waste collections which means no wet rubbish need be put in the grey bin.
I compost all the veggie peelings anyway and there's very little meat waste with a couple of cats about the place.


A scoop of washing powder absorbs liquids and stops smells if you do put anything nasty in.

katsu

I would pay if they had someone doing this near us. Yes, rubbish goes in bags, but it does leak from time to time, and as we are on collections every other week, you miss a collection and your rubbish spends 4 weeks heating up in the summer sun I also got maggots in the bin but just poured bleach around the inside (afraid the bags were still in the bin but I wasn't leaving the maggots for 2 weeks) which was easy and worked well. I'd pay up to £3 for a clean.

jdp1970

spunko2010 wrote: »

I don't - but if they did it near me, I would.

My mum is always saying what a waste of money it is, same with paying for gardening, house cleaning etc - load of tosh in my opinion, I have better things to do and service industries are a key part of the economy now :A

Also, it is giving someone employment! A boost to the economy :-)