Cost guide
How much does wheelie bin cleaning cost?
Wheelie bin cleaning costs £6 to £12 a bin on a subscription and £15 to £25 for a one-off. A second bin at the same visit is usually £3 to £6, and commercial bins run £15 to £40 depending on size.
Typical prices
Ranges, not quotes. A quote depends on how many bins and how often.
| Work | Typical UK price |
|---|---|
| Domestic bin, subscription | £6 to £12 |
| Second bin, same visit | £3 to £6 |
| Domestic bin, one-off | £15 to £25 |
| Food waste caddy | £2 to £5 |
| Commercial 1100 litre bin | £15 to £40 |
| Communal bin store clean | £60 to £200 |
Ask your neighbours before you book. This trade is priced on the density of the round: several houses in one street signing up together get a better rate than one, and the low end of that range is usually available where a van already stops in your road.
What moves the price
- Subscription or one-off, which is the largest difference and is about the round rather than the work.
- How many bins at the same address. The second is always far cheaper than the first.
- Frequency. Every collection, monthly or quarterly.
- Bin size. A commercial 1100 litre bin is a much bigger job than a domestic 240 litre one.
- Whether your street is already on a round, which decides whether the subscription price is available.
- Deodorising and sanitiser, included by most and charged by some.
Who quotes for it
6 of the 2,228 cleaning companies listed on this site take on wheelie bin cleaning.
Spread across: Bedford (1), Bromley (1), Farnborough (1), Gosport (1), Kettering (1).
Questions about wheelie bin cleaning
Is a subscription worth it over a one-off?
Per clean, considerably. A one-off is two to three times the subscription rate because the journey is not shared with a round.
Where does the dirty water go?
Into a tank on the van. Washing a bin into a street drain is a discharge into a watercourse and is treated as one, which is why the run-off is collected on the van and taken away.