The UK has been at the forefront of professional bin cleaning for over 30 years. The first professional domestic wheelie bin cleaning industry was established here in the UK back in the early nineties, then a few years later the first commercial bin cleaning sector developed.
The UK’s bin cleaning industry has now been used as a template for international bin cleaning services across the world including in the United States of America, Australia, Europe, and Africa. These overseas bin cleaning companies source their mobile bin cleaning equipment from here in the UK, designed and manufactured by small British companies.
With the onset of the COVID-19 virus and the pandemic then spreading across the UK, we saw a huge increase in demand for professional wheelie bin cleaning from within the UK, especially from commercial companies and organisations including the National Health Service, schools and local authorities, all contracting local and national wheelie bin cleaning services to come and wash their commercial bins onsite on a regular basis. As the UK comes out of all COVID restrictions, the clean-up begins to make sure this virus is wiped away for good and to prevent this sort of thing from happening ever again.
To help with the fight against germs and bacteria, a new market has developed here in the UK for the supply of static bin washing equipment which can be installed into facilities such as hospitals, airports and factories for facilities management companies, NHS Trusts and waste contractors, allowing their staff to wash their own bin stock onsite more regularly. The National Association of Wheeled Bin Washers (NAWBW) is proud to announce that two of the British-based companies leading the way and filling the demand for this sort of bespoke cleaning equipment are members of our association.
Morclean Ltd and Green Cleen (UK) Ltd are ensuring that the UK retains its position as global leaders in the manufacturing of bespoke bin cleaning solutions as they are both now manufacturing these customised bin cleaning machines for clients across the UK. Customers including ISS Medicare, Veolia, Dundee Council, and Skanska and are now shipping these machines across Europe, the USA and even to the Middle East for countries like the UAE, which has been watching the growing market here in the UK and now wish to install similar equipment.
In keeping with companies trying to reach their net-zero policies, Morclean and Green Cleen (UK) have designed and developed their bespoke bin cleaning equipment to run off three-phase electric instead of the conventional diesel and petrol engines commonly used with this sort of equipment.
Not only does this reduce pollution but allows these machines to be installed inside factories and similar buildings. They have been built with integrated multi-stage water recycling systems, reducing the amount of water required in the bin cleaning process whilst only using 100% bio-degradable bespoke chemicals which eliminate 99% of all known germs and bacteria whilst being environmentally friendly.
The NAWBW is still the only recognised bin cleaning association in the world which is why we are used by companies and authorities both here in the UK and overseas for advice on the correct legislation and guidance for the bin cleaning industry. The association aims to continue supporting innovative companies developing the equipment used for bin cleaning, and our members who use the equipment as part of their cleaning services, whilst educating and advising businesses, organisations and authorities about bin hygiene.
About the contributor
Daniel Coulon
Director
National Association of Wheeled Bin Washers (NAWBW)