Would you pay to have your wheelie bin cleaned ?

propertyman

poppysarah wrote: »

Seriously: what do people throw away?
I compost all the veggie peelings anyway and there's very little meat waste with a couple of cats about the place.

So are you the lady from the cat in a wheelie bin video?! :rotfl:

poppysarah

propertyman wrote: »

So are you the lady from the cat in a wheelie bin video?! :rotfl:

LOL I don't keep the cats in the wheely bin! They do sit temptingly on top of the bins sometimes though.

propertyman

poppysarah wrote: »

LOL I don't keep the cats in the wheely bin! They do sit temptingly on top of the bins sometimes though.

I once met a Mexican who lived in a wheelie Bin.

He was an illegal immigrant and homeless man, and used it as his home. He had stopped for the night at the rear of my Condo building in Inglewood CA.

I opened it to throw in the trash and he tried to stab me for trying to steal it. :eek:

caeler

No. My rubbish doesn't get that dirty, it did once when I left a couple of bags in the bin for 6 weeks during the summer and cleaning it wasn't the nicest job I've done but it's quick and easy so I'd rather save the money. But it does involve tipping the bin on its side and crawling into it when is quite amusing and fun to watch so I can understand why people would pay!!

Gingernutty

When I first moved in, I did. The practice round here is to put raw rubbish in the bin and my bin was rank! I saw the pressure washer vehicle, took down the 'phone number and set up a contract.

After a few weeks, the bin cleaning became very irregular and then they went bust.

I always put well bagged rubbish out, even double bagging if I think there might be a problem, so when the pressure washers came around again, I had no need of them.

The bin men round here have a strict rule where they will only take rubbish from the bins. Any extra rubbish on or around the bins get left behind. So every so often, normally around Christmas time, cheeky sods look for 'spare' bins to put their extra rubbish in so cleaning is still a necessity but nothing like as bad as it first was.

SingleSue

I would pay someone to do it for me as I struggle to move the bin now, let alone spring clean it!

Giving it to the boys to do for pocket money would not be a good move for me, two boys with ASD, one of those with severe asthma would not make for a calm day........eldest could do it but I would have to get him on a quiet time when he is not studying, not at school and not at his part time job.

Not that I would pay much or have it done very often mind...maybe once or twice a year.

Slinky

We only have garden waste and kitchen waste going into our wheelie bins, everything else goes in black bags or recycling bags. I have my wheelie bin cleaned once a month, think it's about £3.15 (I pay 6 months at a time). I've seen inside my neighbour's green bin in the summer - they don't have theirs cleaned and it's rank compared with ours. Rotting grass cuttings clinging to the bin absolutely stink.

quintwins

we have a power washing and clean our own, like someone else said it's outside and most of our stuff is in bags anyway, i usually clean it once or twice in the summer because thats when it smells

G_M

I'm totally amazed by this thread! You guys clean you bins? Your rubbish bins? Into which you put rubbish?

And what's more, you pay for this?

My bin is lucky to get the hose squirted round it once/twice a year. What's the worst that can happen? Some baterial/fungal growth which igh contaminate.... your rubbish!

jdp1970

G_M wrote: »

I'm totally amazed by this thread! You guys clean you bins? Your rubbish bins? Into which you put rubbish?

And what's more, you pay for this?

My bin is lucky to get the hose squirted round it once/twice a year. What's the worst that can happen? Some baterial/fungal growth which igh contaminate.... your rubbish!

Youi obviously havent had a stinky wheelie bin before???