The most common bin cleaning jobs in Melbourne

Every city has its own rhythm of bin cleaning, set by the climate and how people live. In Melbourne, with a cool temperate climate known for four seasons in a day and Victorian terraces, brick veneer and a growing stock of apartments, most now on a three-bin council system, a handful of jobs come up again and again.

Regular residential runs lead the list. Even in the cool the food and garden organics bin smells, and the summer heat spikes bring the maggots and flies that make a fortnightly clean worth it. That is why so many Melbourne households get onto a four-weekly clean of the red, yellow and green bins rather than waiting for the smell to arrive.

Once-off rescue cleans are close behind. A bin left with rotting waste, a summer of maggots or the aftermath of a house move needs one thorough deep clean (from $25 per bin) before a regular run can keep it fresh.

Odour and maggot treatment is a constant, because most Melbourne councils now run a separate food and garden organics bin, and that green-lidded bin is the one that smells if it is not cleaned regularly. Killing the bacteria and neutralising the smell at the source is what actually works, and it can be added to any wash.

Commercial bins are their own steady stream of work. Melbourne cafes, restaurants, shops and offices run 240L to 1100L bins full of food waste and grease, and those need cleaning on a schedule to keep flies, smell and health complaints down.

Shared and strata bin bays round it out. In Melbourne, narrow inner-suburb streets and laneway bin collection mean the cleaner works to the council day and a tight kerb Apartment and unit bin bays get grimy fast because no one resident owns them, so a scheduled bay clean keeps carparks and stairwells from copping the smell.

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