Do you clean your waste wheelie bin?

WhiteWalls · 28-05-2014 04:12PM #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 04:13PM

Yep, otherwise it reeks.

A Law · 28-05-2014 04:14PM

Can't beat jeyes fluid for this.

RayM · 28-05-2014 04:17PM

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 04:18PM

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 04:18PM

Usually twice a year, yes.

uch · 28-05-2014 04:21PM

Nope, it's a rubbish bin

Ruu · 28-05-2014 04:22PM

Can't someone else do it?

PizzamanIRL · 28-05-2014 04:23PM

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

hidinginthebush · 28-05-2014 04:24PM

Definitely around summer as the flies get more active.

cloud493 · 28-05-2014 04:25PM

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 04:25PM

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 04:26PM

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 04:29PM

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 04:30PM

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 04:30PM

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 04:33PM

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

Badly Drunk Boy · 28-05-2014 04:36PM

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 04:37PM

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 04:38PM

cloud493 wrote: »

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

They doing using The Bamboo Method.

kneemos · 28-05-2014 04:43PM

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 04:45PM

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 04:47PM

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 04:48PM

"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 04:50PM

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

mad muffin · 28-05-2014 05:02PM

jimgoose wrote: »

The rendered fat of my enemies. Oh yes.

Carry on so... :eek:

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

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

Teyla Emmagan · 28-05-2014 05:21PM

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 05:21PM

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.