Starting a wheelie bin cleaning business

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  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,828 Forumite
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    I don't understand why anyone would pay to have their wheelie bin cleaned? I havenever felt the need to clean mine but would do it myself if I did.

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  • Mojisola
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    SailorSam wrote: »
    A similar type of thing i've seen a window cleaner around here and instead of ladders,he has a tank of water in the back of his van and a power hose,

    All our local window cleaners went over to this system when the H&S regulations changed so that they had to have someone holding the bottom of the ladder - two wages for the same amount of work doesn't compute.
  • scoobyju1
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    One of my neighbours uses a wheelie bin cleaner. She mentioned recently how she's had 3 or 4 different companies doing it as the previous ones just disappear off the face of the earth...just stop showing up.

    Now obviously I don't know the reasons but that's quite a high turnover!
  • lincroft1710
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    scoobyju1 wrote: »

    Now obviously I don't know the reasons but that's quite a high turnover!

    I would guess (and could be completely wrong) that they weren't making enough money, so tried their hand at something else.

    Do you know if many of your neighbours have their bins cleaned?
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  • scoobyju1
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    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    I would guess (and could be completely wrong) that they weren't making enough money, so tried their hand at something else.

    Do you know if many of your neighbours have their bins cleaned?

    I'd say 3 or 4 in a street of 22. No idea on cost though, sorry!
  • lincroft1710
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    scoobyju1 wrote: »
    I'd say 3 or 4 in a street of 22. No idea on cost though, sorry!

    Clearly a street of MSErs, most don't waste their money!
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  • scoobyju1
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    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Clearly a street of MSErs, most don't waste their money!

    I was talking to someone in the street & we had both come to the same conclusion. I think I clean mine myself twice a year at best & that keeps them clean enough!
  • oystercatcher
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    My neighbour used to pay someone to clean her wheelie bin but haven't noticed them coming for ages now. There used to be a wheelie bin cleaner who would tail the bin lorry , wash the bins and take them back to the side of the houses.

    I have a feeling that since we now have multiple bins for recycling the actual rubbish bin doesn't go as nasty as it used to, no nasty food waste in it now. Our food waste goes in with garden waste and the bin is never that bad. Other areas have a small food waste bin which must be pretty easy to wash yourself.
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  • patman99
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    I would guess that a lot of people have come to the conclusion that buying wheelie bin bags are cheaper than paying to have them cleaned.

    Anyway, it is just as easy to drop the bin over the kerb and give it a quick hose out yourself.
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  • cannyshopper_2
    cannyshopper_2 Posts: 106 Forumite
    I used to see someone cleaning wheelie bins around my neighbourhood but he hasn't been around for a while. I think he did 1 out of my 10 immediate neighbours.

    My brown waste bin does get pretty rank in the summer with nicely-fermenting grass clippings slow-cooking the food waste. We aren't allowed to put anything plastic in it, so can't use liners. It doesn't get washed out as often as it should because there is usually something really nasty stuck to the bottom that I really don't want to get too close to, and certainly don't want it spread all over the drive or blocking the drains.
    I'd consider paying someone to clean it properly but probably only 3/4 times a year.
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