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Charter of the National Association of Wheeled Bin Washers
- Kaibeezy 6y agoOK, I suppose they get stinky. After a wash, they probably get exactly as stinky again within a couple of weeks. It’s never occurred to me to wash them, certainly not regularly, and no way every couple of weeks. I’ve never seen anyone wash one, never heard of anyone washing one, never heard about it being something that’s done. I never considered there would be people doing this professionally, never realized there is specialized equipment for it, nor standards, code of practice, and so forth. And yet, here it all is.
- jcrawfordor 6y agoI think this kind of service in more popular in some cities than others, but I've also noticed that the "bread and butter" for a lot of these companies is commercial contracts with apartment complexes and HOAs that 'offer this service' to members (e.g. make it mandatory but also negotiate bulk pricing out of dues). I've never done it but I see there's a company doing it in my city now, maybe I'll give it a try when summer heat really amps up the smells.
- mikeyouse 6y agoI do this with our bins in San Francisco - partly for the compost bin which gets gross compost slime in it and partly because we have a dog and tons of poop bags make it into our trash bin. Typically just tilt them over onto the street, get the hose on a high-pressure nozzle and give them a good rinse. Maybe once per year take a broom and give them a scrub with some lemon Ajax to get the crusties off. I'll do ours and our neighbors in order to have the garage smell a little better.
- LegitGandalf 6y agoFrom the charter, you for sure are going to need a bit o' trainin' if you want to go pro! ;)
- mikeyouse 6y agoHa! No doubt. Seems I'm violating several of their rules.
- wahern 6y agoFWIW, San Francisco also has bin washers with the fancy machines. They come by on your garbage day, so you just leave your bins out a little longer than usual.
- quercusa 6y agoThe Golgafrinchans laughed when they shipped off the Telephone Sanitisers. That didn't work out so well, did it?
- ggm 6y agoCopyright 1998-2018. There's a story right there.
- willyt 6y agoTrouble is I bet the members get undercut by people who don’t care about any of this as most councils don’t have have enough (any?) inspectors to ensure everyone plays by the rules
- sib 6y agoI had two questions after reading the headline: (1) What is a Bin Washer (2) Why do they have wheels? Neither was answered in the article. 1*, would not recommend.
- Animats 6y agoThis is a bin washing machine.[1] "Become your own boss with Morclean’s innovative and award-winning wheelie bin washers." [1] https://www.morclean.com/wheelie-bin-washers https://www.morclean.com/wheelie-bin-washers
- rahimnathwani 6y agoThe address of this association is the same as that of a cleaning company: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09021543/officers https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c... This association is itself a member of an umbrella organisation for cleaning associations, the British Cleaning Council: http://britishcleaningcouncil.org/members-2/ http://britishcleaningcouncil.org/members-2/
- a3n 6y agoI think these folks must share a building with The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LFrdqQZ8FFc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LFrdqQZ8FFc