Wheelie bin cleaning??

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Leaping Ferret

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    Would you pay £3 a fornight to have your wheelie bins cleaned, smelling fresh and a new liner?

    I would do it all professionally and set up a round as I went on..... Do you think it's doable? Would you use this service if someone knocked on your door or you saw a leaflet?

    Maybe just target a few small areas, trying to build up more and more users every fortnight, instead of rushing out to 100,000's of houses and working all week.

    Any help, advice or ideas would be great!

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    Gaskell

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    you have to spend a fair bit on setting up/buying an already prepared van to clean the bins properly.

    The wheelie bin cleaning firms have vans that tilt the bins and hold them in place so you can jet wash them and the waste water is collected and stored onboard.

    I considered this myself last year, privately you may not get a lot of interest but I reckon if you had the right set-up, then looking at commercial customers like restaurants etc, were they have a number of bins on-site that probably reek of stale food. You could make a killing and get a decent round established.
     
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    I would be far more interested in a service to sort my rubbish in to the various recycling bin bags. We have a normal bin, a recycling bin and a food waste bin and a tiny back yard to put the bins in. I'm lazy and not that green so I just want to chuck everything in one bin and let someone else sort it out in to the various bins
     
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    chalkie99

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    Leaping Ferret said:
    Ok...

    £2 would still make a profit, and would be easier to get sign ups.
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    Are you sure?

    What would it take, realistically, say 5 minutes to clean it and move to the next house? That's a maximum of £24 an hour if you had a lot in the same road.

    Now deduct the cost of the vehicle and running costs, insurance, running around in the evenings trying to collect the money ........

    Probably better off sitting on the till at Tesco.
     
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    matt seymour

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    Along with gardening and valeting, this is another business that a lot of people have tried their hand at over the past few years or so. Needless to say, most of them have since packed it in.

    Personally, I would give it a miss and try something else. You'd need one hell of a lot of customers to make this a viable, profitable business and, if you're going to do it properly, the equipment isn't exactly cheap either.
     
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    matt seymour

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    Probably because he can't secure more than 5 hours worth of work.

    It's all just a bit of a fad really. Bins have been around for a very long time and we've all survived pretty well without having someone in to clean them.

    Most of what goes in your wheelie bin is in bin bags anyway.
     
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    Make Me Clean

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    I have just started a bin cleaning business. we clean your black and blue bin once per month for £5 .....thats £1.25 a week per customer

    i have been doing leaflet drops and they are not so good, i find it better when you do door to door as the % of success is far greater.

    let me know how you get on and we can use each others info for what people what and do in terms of marketing.

    Ryan.
     
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    I get my wheelie bin cleaned because I can't bear bad smells and I don't want to clean it myself ........ I pay £5 per month for fortnightly cleans ...... I used to pay £4, when it went up I didn't think anything of it, if it went up again to £6 I would still use it but beyond that I'd probably make my husband clean it (I would have to withhold favours in order to persuade him to get anywhere near a bin with a hosepipe though);)
     
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    emmylou74

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    I definately have aneed for the wheelie bin cleaning service - even though the bags go in the bin they do burst open at times - especially when you are trying to squeeze too much into it. In the summer the smell from the cat meat satchets is truly eye wateringly disgusting!
     
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    Beachcomber

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    matt seymour said:
    I agree. Maybe combine wheelie bin cleaning, drive cleaning and valeting, but by no means should anyone put all their eggs in one basket with any of those three.

    Oven cleaning is something a few carpet cleaners are adding to their service as well.
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    Spot on!

    This is the real key to success here - diversification.

    Cleaning bins once a fortnight will probably generate a couple of solid days work - the rest of the time your equipment will be sat there making you no money.

    The more services you can add using your equipment the better - not only does it widen your appeal and broaden your customer base, but it also gives you the opportunity for associated selling or 'all inclusive' special offers where a range of services can be bought at a discounted rate.

    With the type of equipment you will be carrying you can clean bins, cars, gutters, even bung on board a bucket and squeegee and do windows as well (just lean how to do this properly first - it's not as straight forward and easy as it seems to get a pro finish quickly)

    With a few hours of brainstorming you would have an extensive list of services.
     
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