Do you clean your waste wheelie bin?

WhiteWalls · 28-05-2014 03:12PM #1

Smell from ours is rancid, we have the same bin ten years. Thinking of cleaning it the next time its emptied with the power hose

cloud493 · 28-05-2014 03:13PM

Yep, otherwise it reeks.

A Law · 28-05-2014 03:14PM

Can't beat jeyes fluid for this.

RayM · 28-05-2014 03:17PM

No. Being an adult is dull enough, without throwing bin-washing into the equation.

Now, if you'll excuse me, these clothes won't dry themselves.

mad muffin · 28-05-2014 03:18PM

WhiteWalls wrote: »

Smell from ours is rancid, we have the same bin ten years. Thinking of cleaning it the next time its emptied with the power hose

You're a brave man... :eek:

<wipes dirty bin juice off of WhiteWalls face>

jimgoose · 28-05-2014 03:18PM

Usually twice a year, yes.

uch · 28-05-2014 03:21PM

Nope, it's a rubbish bin

Ruu · 28-05-2014 03:22PM

Can't someone else do it?

PizzamanIRL · 28-05-2014 03:23PM

No. The nonsense part of washing a bin that contains rubbish outweighs the sensible part of washing it.

hidinginthebush · 28-05-2014 03:24PM

Definitely around summer as the flies get more active.

cloud493 · 28-05-2014 03:25PM

Smelly bin is nasty. Smells when you go out to put rubbish in it, might smell to the neighbours, takes about 2 minutes to give it a good rinse out with the hose every week. Simple.

Duggy747 · 28-05-2014 03:25PM

I can't, the maggots have mutated into some form of civilised society and have developed a defense system.

Last time I tried they attacked me in their little maggot jets.

Anyways, they're at war with the cardboard wheelie bin so I'll let that sort itself out.

mad muffin · 28-05-2014 03:26PM

What kind of waist are you guys putting in the bin that it smells so bad? :eek:

in over 10 years i haven't once cleaned it and there is no unholey stench coming out of it.

Starokan · 28-05-2014 03:29PM

Rinse it with Jeyes Fluid once every six months or so, tends to be lot of flies around if left any longer

jimgoose · 28-05-2014 03:30PM

mad muffin wrote: »

What kind of waist are you guys putting in the bin that it smells so bad? :eek:...

The rendered fat of my enemies. Oh yes.

Stiletto72 · 28-05-2014 03:30PM

I just had a guy on from Panda who told me that they are offering a bin cleaning service in my area on the 19th of June. For €10 they will clean all my bins in an industrial cleaner of some sort. He said they would be doing it again a couple of times ahead of Christmas.
If you are with Panda give them a shout.

Unless it's a scam! :eek:

cloud493 · 28-05-2014 03:33PM

I never heard of a panda cleaning a bin :pac:

Badly Drunk Boy · 28-05-2014 03:36PM

I don't because I don't hang around in or near the bin much. So long as the lid isn't open, the smell shouldn't be an issue.

Having said that, I live alone so the bin is never very full, but if you've a lot of rubbish, with bags hanging out of it, I could see it being a problem.

Oink · 28-05-2014 03:37PM

uch wrote: »

Nope, it's a rubbish bin

Had that argument with my parents throughout my youth. But nooo, we had to be civilized and sh!t, and wash it regularly.

Badly Drunk Boy · 28-05-2014 03:38PM

cloud493 wrote: »

I never heard of a panda cleaning a bin :pac:

They doing using The Bamboo Method.

kneemos · 28-05-2014 03:43PM

Oink wrote: »

Had that argument with my parents throughout my youth. But nooo, we had to be civilized and sh!t, and wash it regularly.

Was it necessary to sh1t beforehand?

Lingua Franca · 28-05-2014 03:45PM

I've paid for the service a few times in a few different countries. We cancelled it shortly after buying a new house last year as part of a budgeting exercise and am sorely missing it now. My food waste bin smells like we've been storing roadkill in it. I'll be blasting it (carefully!) with the power hose as soon as some good weather coincides with recycling day.

uch · 28-05-2014 03:47PM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

I've paid for the service a few times in a few different countries. We cancelled it shortly after buying a new house last year as part of a budgeting exercise and am sorely missing it now. My food waste bin smells like we've been storing roadkill in it. I'll be blasting it (carefully!) with the power hose as soon as some good weather coincides with recycling day.

Well that bin is going to be dirty for a long time so

Mr_Red · 28-05-2014 03:48PM

"Wont somebody think of the Children"

Pay the kids on the street to do it.

* Make sure they dont steal it and burn it

Sir Arthur Daley · 28-05-2014 03:50PM

I uses a big bin liner which keeps the bin nice and clean.

mad muffin · 28-05-2014 04:02PM

jimgoose wrote: »

The rendered fat of my enemies. Oh yes.

Carry on so... :eek:

The Backwards Man · 28-05-2014 04:10PM

Yes. I am a civilised, responsible and hygienic human being.

Teyla Emmagan · 28-05-2014 04:21PM

Do you mean the brown bin? Don't have one. My black one doesn't smell tho and it's years old.

Maximus Alexander · 28-05-2014 04:21PM

I live in a fancy apartment block so I don't have or need a wheelie bin (I know, I'm so wonderful), but if I did, yes I would wash it from time to time. Walking down some streets where people have them sitting in the garden and they haven't been washed in years, you get this unholy stench that tickles the gag reflex.

Teyla Emmagan · 28-05-2014 04:22PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Yes. I am a civilised, responsible and hygienic human being.

Do you even have a rubbish collection service? :-)

gg2 · 28-05-2014 04:23PM

A few years ago a company used to come round to clean the bins once or maybe twice a week.... They don't come round these parts anymore

Santa Cruz · 28-05-2014 04:23PM

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Can't someone else do it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpYVqZM4NnA&feature=kp

Aquagakka · 28-05-2014 04:25PM

There's guys who come round our estate and wash them for you once a fortnight.

They have a good setup. A lorry with pressure washers in it.

They've been doing it for about twenty years. Only £2 as well.

Red Nissan · 28-05-2014 04:26PM

It'll have maggots in there, so overalls and have a good shower after.

The smell NEVER goes away, it's just lessened a bi, plastic absorbed the molecules and it bonds with the pollynomials in the plastic which remain reactionary.

The Backwards Man · 28-05-2014 04:49PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Do you even have a rubbish collection service? :-)

Sure do, recycling and waste.

I might be a bogger but I ain't a philistine.

Tail Docker · 28-05-2014 05:11PM

Our neighbour is fastidious about cleaning his bin. Me, not so much. Happily though, I'm really good at swapping bins. I think he quite likes cleaning bins though, so it keeps him off the streets. Win/Win.

Teyla Emmagan · 29-05-2014 06:54AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Sure do, recycling and waste.

I might be a bogger but I ain't a philistine.

Ooooooo, fancy!

Arthur Beesley · 29-05-2014 06:56AM

I do in me swiss.

Red Nissan · 30-05-2014 09:08AM

cloud493 wrote: »

Smelly bin is nasty. Smells when you go out to put rubbish in it, might smell to the neighbours, takes about 2 minutes to give it a good rinse out with the hose every week. Simple.

It's not that simple.

It's a very messy job and not for the elderly either.

pattyburns · 02-06-2014 09:49AM

When bin is emptied, wash it out with pine toilet duck and give it a good scrub, leaves a lovely smell in it.Then leave an old newspaper in the end of it each time before throwing rubbish back in.

Tail Docker · 02-06-2014 10:16AM

pattyburns wrote: »

When bin is emptied, wash it out with pine toilet duck and give it a food scrub, leaves a lovely smell in it.Then leave an old newspaper in the end of it each time before throwing rubbish back in.

Thanks for the tips - I'll tell the neighbour. I notice he's slipping a bit lately.

Red Nissan · 07-06-2014 09:38AM

I used a cup of washing powder this time and let the bin soak with maybe a gallon of water in it for half an hour seems to have killed the maggots and made cleaning much easier overall.

I got a nice clean bin this time and this method is superior to using the fluids which just are not strong enough [seemingly] at least imo anyway.

For the first time I've also made a dent on the smell ~

corner of hells · 07-06-2014 10:16AM

Dunno , I'll ask the butler has he cleaned it recently , if not I'll send the maid out to do it.

Jeefff · 07-06-2014 10:19AM

I filled the bottom of my bin with paving blocks once, didn't know where else to chuck them..
You should have seen the bin lad trying to move it..
Then around christmas they'd knock on your door while they grab your bin to get a tip, my great uncle used to shout out the window to 'fcuk off with yourselves'
But no never washed it, it never smelled

Ah bins..

07-06-2014 10:20AM

It's wheelie dirty

Red Nissan · 07-06-2014 10:20AM

corner of hells wrote: »

Dunno , I'll ask the butler has he cleaned it recently , if not I'll send the maid out to do it.

Go on ou dat yer tight fisted hammock, the cleaning service will actually clean it cheaper than taking your staff off duty for an hour or two and not forgetting a complete change of uniform and related cleaning costs.

Joey the lips · 07-06-2014 10:23AM

I have a wall paper stripper and I drop the head into the bin for. 30 min then wash it out . A bucket of jeyes fluid pine or dettol is great

Outside that if your near Drogheda

Ubincleaned does it for. 4 or. 5 euro

Red Nissan · 07-06-2014 10:24AM

Jeefff wrote: »

I filled the bottom of my bin with paving blocks once, didn't know where else to chuck them.. ..

Good old days, two points to remember, those bins would have been galvanised steel or tin. And more importantly they were daily collections in urban areas and weekly collections in the suburbs.

They actually understood waste back then, to be fair to them.

smellmepower · 07-06-2014 10:30AM

Nah,we just put any food waste in a tied biodegradable bag before putting them in the brown bin,no smell and keeps the flies away.

tfitzgerald · 07-06-2014 10:30AM

I use bleach on the inside of my bin. When I'm doing a bit of powerhoseing I clean the outside.

Jeefff · 07-06-2014 10:34AM

Red Nissan wrote: »

Good old days, two points to remember, those bins would have been galvanised steel or tin. And more importantly they were daily collections in urban areas and weekly collections in the suburbs.

They actually understood waste back then, to be fair to them.

Well this was only about six years ago, plastic wheelie bin.. Since I nearly killed the poor fella who was wheeling it, I discovered the 'skip bag', I got it for a tenner or something, filled it to the brim and was supposed to ring some place to have it removed for fifty quid, that morning the travellers came and robbed it with all the rubbish, so happy days

Do you clean your waste wheelie bin?

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