Council bin collection

Blue_Mermaid

IvanOpinion said:

"£5 for a bin clean.   The guy that does ours charges £1.80 and that includes a sloosh of disinfectant.

Wow, that's cheap! Ours claims to be cheapest in our area!

Blue_Mermaid

They do do a good job though. Sparkling clean afterwards. Have a special vehicle to clean them.

jweb2k

I'd be telling your bin cleaner that you won't be renewing based on their terms, or recommending them. Supposing they have 5 houses on your street that didn't have their rubbish collected that day - they make £25 by driving down the road, looking in each bin and then not using any of their materials / labour? 
I understand there's petrol costs to cover, but would expect the one clean to carry over, on the odd occasion this happens, hardly your fault. 

jweb2k

Assuming you paid "per clean", they wouldn't be knocking on your door demanding payment when the bin was full?! 

Apintplease

Its a bummer when you cant do a job yourself, I totally understand - I spend a fiver getting my car washed every now and again.

I personally wouldn't have a contract with the cleaning company. I would just book ad hoc. My general waste wheelie needs cleaning maybe 4 times a year because most everything that goes in is wrapped in some way and the recycling gets done just twice a year - the rubbish is rinsed out

For me the bin cleaning is a bit of a nonsense, my bins are well away from the back door, but I do understand that they do get a bit sludgy and slimy at the bottom which is why I do give them a sloosh out with a lot of water and bleach every now and then

elsien

Blue_Mermaid said:

I do have proof my bin was out, as the bin cleaning service will be able to verify that. 
No, I can't clean it myself, as I have a long term health condition.

What I meant was proving it’s out at the correct time. Mine has to be out by 7 am. If a cleaning company didn’t come till the afternoon (for example) then it doesn’t show the bin was out at the right time. I could have put it out after the bin lorry came but before the cleaning company.
I’m not saying that’s what happened, but I know it’s what my council would argue. 

MalMonroe

IvanOpinion said:

"£5 for a bin clean.   The guy that does ours charges £1.80 and that includes a sloosh of disinfectant.

Oh! Ours charges £2.20. We also get a sloosh. 

pinkshoes

Bin washing?!?!?! Really?!?!?!

If money is tight the insuggest cancelling what most would consider to be a luxury service.

Do you have to bring the bin through the house? (Then fair enough for wanting it clean)

JamoLew

Think I've rinsed mine out once in 15 years - I really don't get the point.

Just save up the £ you "waste" per week and buy a new one every year (or so)- £40 around here

Mnoee

JamoLew said:

Think I've rinsed mine out once in 15 years - I really don't get the point.

Just save up the £ you "waste" per week and buy a new one every year (or so)- £40 around here

Yeah, why bother washing plastic (or paying someone else to) designed to last years when you can just add to landfill! I hope your countil at least refreshes and resell them or something.