Wheelie bin cleaning across the North East

A wheelie bin spends its life holding food waste, nappies and garden cuttings, then sitting in the sun or rain between collections. The residue left behind after the lorry has been goes sticky, smells and attracts flies and maggots in warm weather. Hosing it out on the drive rarely shifts the film stuck to the bottom and walls, and it sends dirty water across your paving.

Domestic wheelie bin cleaning sorts that out. The bin is washed inside and out with hot or high pressure water, the lid, rim and handle are cleaned where hands touch them, and a deodoriser is applied so it smells fresh when you next lift the lid. Bins are best cleaned on or just after collection day, when they are empty.

This is the service page. If you want to read around the subject first, our guide to wheelie bin cleaning services explains what a good clean involves, and why bin store areas smell covers the communal side.

For a house, the job is usually the general waste, recycling and garden bins together, cleaned in one short visit. Garden waste bins collect compost-like sludge at the bottom, and recycling bins pick up sticky drink and food residue, so all three benefit from the same treatment.

Flats, offices, shops and restaurants often have a bin store rather than a single bin. There the floor, walls and drainage of the store matter as much as the containers, because spilled waste soaks into concrete and keeps smelling after the bins are clean. Bin store floors can be pressure washed as part of the same visit, and our commercial exterior cleaning page covers the rest of a site.

We do not publish a price list, because the price depends on the job. The main drivers are how many bins there are, how dirty they are (a bin left for a summer is a different job from one cleaned regularly), whether a bin store floor and walls are included, and whether you want a single clean or repeat visits.

Access matters too: bins kept at the front on collection day are simple, while a locked store at the back of a building needs a key or a contact on site. Tell us the number and type of bins and where they live and we will quote for the real job, with the scope confirmed before anything starts.

Bin water is dirty water, full of food residue and bacteria, so it should not simply run into the street or a surface water drain. The wash water is handled so it goes to foul drainage where that is available, rather than being left to wash across your drive or into a gully meant for rainwater. We will explain how it is dealt with at your property when we quote.