Top 5 reasons why businesses have their bins cleaned?
For most people, having your wheelie bins cleaned becomes a matter of necessity because of the smell and your absolutely right, but are there any other reasons to consider having your bins cleaned.
Reason 1 – Smelly Bins
Having your bins cleaned because they stink is the number one reason why most businesses choose to have their bins cleaned. Apart from the unpleasant scent the staff will experience when they take the undesirable walk out to empty the rubbish, it is also often the same experience for customers and/or nearby business, residents and bypasses.
Aside from the fact your staff will be less likely to want to fulfill the mandatory task of taking out the trash, leaving it uncleaned could be having an impact on your businesses bottom line.
Whilst a customer may be drawn to your business to enjoy the goods and services you provide, it is the broader experience that they will remember, and if your bins smell to high heaven, then this forms part of that experience.
Keeping your bins smelling great will make the world of difference, but it still might not make a difference to its appearance.
Reason 2 – Ugly Bins
Image is important. Years ago, I remember walking into an accountant’s office to do my annual tax return. I parked my car and walked up the pathway leading to their front entrance. Along the way, you couldn’t help but notice that grass was perfectly manicured, the flowers and plants in the gardens were alive and well and the building, whilst a little older, was immaculate, and when I walked through the doors, everything was perfectly clean and in order. Without even meeting the accountant, I already knew that this was a business who could offer a good service, which was proven by the excellence they had already shown upon entry.
Keeping your bins and the bin room looking good, paints the picture that your business cares about the details. If you can look after your bins well, then surely everything else will be looked after as well. It demonstrates excellence to your team and to anyone who happens to pass by. Whilst there may be some who don’t notice how clean the bins look after a good clean, they will definitely notice how bad they look, had you not had them cleaned.
Reason 3 – Unwanted pests
It’s guests you want to attract to your business, but if you don’t have your bins cleaned regularly, it is unwanted pests that you will attract.
For most pests, it is their next meal that draws them to your bins and a new nesting spot, the most common of which is flies, maggots and midges. With a short breeding cycle, these small insects become a major problem, but they won’t be the only ones.
You can expect to have frequent visits from rats, birds, spiders, cockroaches and maggots to name a few and when this becomes a issue, so does the expense of trying to eradicate the pests. Rather than wait for the problem to eventuate, cleaning your bins proactively minimises the potential of it ever occurring in the first place.
Reason 4 – Health and Hygiene
There were many lessons we learnt after living with Covid, but one of the most important was how important hygiene is and the impact this can have on your health.
Unfortunately, your wheelie bins can become an incubator for bacteria, which is only amplified in the hotter months of the year. Some infectious bacteria that you don’t want to come in contact with and impact on human health are Salmonella, E-coli and Listeria.
When you have your bins cleaned, it should include the use of a good sanitiser capable of eliminating or at least reducing bad bacterial growth.
Reason 5 – Regulatory Compliance
For all the reasons mentioned above, regulatory compliance is now a mandatory obligation for many businesses, particularly in the food industry and in many councils. That’s why many businesses engage Super Clean Bins to manage this requirement for them.
Trying to clean bins yourself is an undesirable task and because of this unwanted task, it often falls to the bottom of the list and isn’t done properly without the correct equipment and expertise.
With Super Clean Bins, we have a team of professional experienced team members who have the right equipment and the right training to complete your bin cleaning requirements, leaving you to focus on the more important tasks your business demands.