Bin-cleaning service starts

A garbage bin-cleaning service has started on the Peninsula.

Trading as Bin Aroma, the service visits clients on council pick-up day and thoroughly cleans their bin.

Company director Ms Susan Leith-Miller said: "The last thing I expected to be doing in life was running a bin-cleaning business.

"But the minute we established Bin Aroma the response told us we were onto something."

Bin Aroma consists of three people: Susan Leith-Miller, Josephine Caiman and Melvyn Lahina.

"It's Melvyn who does the grunt and grind of the job.

"He's the one who comes around to the house with the cleaning rig, squirts and sprays and deodorises your bin."

Melvyn, who worked for 20 years as a fireman, perfected the cleaning system unique to Bin Aroma, according to Ms Leith-Miller.

"The system was designed in close consultation with the Gosford and Wyong Councils, who have been supportive of the scheme.

"We carry our water, filter and recycle it and are environmentally sound.

"The deodorant is a natural citrus base with no artificial chemicals.

Mr Lahina said: "I take it personally if I can't get a bin clean.

"It was all those years as a fireman, working with pipes and gauges, hoses and water and pumps, that gave me the experience to know what to do.

Ms Leith-Miller said: "The service is proving popular with the elderly, who simply don't have the physical strength to upturn their unwieldy stinking bins, and with young mums, bedevilled by the age-old problem of dirty nappies."

Cec Bucello, press release, July 9