Bin Cleaning Service

TCP/IP

Hi All,

Does anyone have a recommendation for a company that will come out and clean your bins really need to get my brown bin cleaned as it is disgusting and smells?

I did get it done before but can't find the details of the person that did it.

Many thanks,
TCP/IP

GavMan

I would recommend a DIY job. Pour a bottle of thick bleach into it coating the bottom and the sides and underside of the lid.

Dilute by filling it with water from a garden hose. About half way. Leave it for an hour. Come back and scrub it with a yard brush. Tip it out down a shore and rinse it out with the hose. Scrub the outside of it with Fairy and the yard brush. Rinse again with the hose.

You'll spend 30-50 getting someone to do it and a bottle of Tesco thick bleach is > 70c

TCP/IP

Thanks for the reply would much rather pay to get it done so I don’t have to touch it. I see loads of companies that cover Dublin but none for Kildare.

baaba maal

An alternative is to get compostable bin liners (Thorntons provide these to their customers automatically). Important to note, you will need a 140 litre liner (I'm guessing your brown bin is the same height as "standard" bins but narrower- if not, you need 240 litre liners for the full size bin). Also important to note that bin liners are precisely that- they are designed to go into the bin and then slide out when the bin is emptied- this isn't the same as a compostable bag that is designed to be strong enough to be picked up with food waste in it.

Compostable bags and liners are always (I don't know of any exceptions) pale green to differentiate them. You occasionally see "biodegradable" black bags, but these aren't suitable for brown bins as they break down over a longer period of time.

And with respect to GavMan, using an entire bottle of bleach to clean a bin is a bit over the top in my opinion- I accept that it is cheap, but it still a chemical that should be used in moderation.

guil

Compost liners are a disaster and nine times out of ten they end up hanging out of the front of the bin, much better option is to wrap food in newspaper before putting it into the bin.

TCP/IP

100% looking for a company to do this.

guil

I drive a bin lorry so used to the smell etc but about a month ago I cleaned my organic bin. Never again haha.

marieholmfan

TCP/IP wrote: »

Hi All,

Does anyone have a recommendation for a company that will come out and clean your bins really need to get my brown bin cleaned as it is disgusting and smells?

I did get it done before but can't find the details of the person that did it.

Many thanks,
TCP/IP

Where are you?

I'll do it for a hundred notes.