How Trash Can Cleaning Works with We Clean Your Cans
Wondering how trash can cleaning works? With We Clean Your Cans, it’s simple, hands-free and thorough. We take your trash and recycling cans from dirty and smelly to clean, dry, disinfected and deodorized, usually on the same day your garbage is collected. You don’t have to be home, move your cans to the curb or provide a drop of water. Here’s a step-by-step look at our process from start to finish.
Step 1: Book Online in Minutes
Getting started takes just a few minutes. Visit our online booking page, choose the plan that fits your needs, enter your address and tell us how many cans you’d like cleaned. You’ll receive a confirmation, and we’ll handle the rest. No phone tag, no complicated sign-up.
Choose from flexible service options:
- Monthly cleaning: our recommended plan for keeping odors and pests away all year in Florida’s heat
- Every 8 weeks: steady, low-maintenance upkeep
- Quarterly cleaning: a thorough seasonal clean four times a year
- One-time cleaning: a good fit before a move, a home sale, a party or after a holiday
Need to clean more than one can? Add trash and recycling bins to any plan.
Step 2: We Schedule Around Your Garbage Collection Day
Your cans need to be empty before we clean them, so we build our schedule around your trash collection day. We aim to clean your cans the same day as your garbage pickup, after the collection truck has emptied them. That way your cans are fresh and ready for the week ahead.
If your garbage pickup runs late, or we can’t make it that day, we’ll generally service your cans the following day. Either way, your cans get cleaned while they’re empty.
Step 3: Leave Your Cans Where They Are
You don’t have to leave your cans at the curb for us. After collection, you can return them to their usual spot by the garage or wherever you normally store them. Our technicians will bring your cans to our cleaning trailer and return them when we’re finished.
Prefer to leave them at the curb? That works too. Either way, there’s nothing extra you need to do.
Step 4: Our Self-Contained Cleaning Trailer Arrives
Our cleaning trailers are completely self-contained. We bring our own water, power and equipment, so we never need to use your water, your hose or your electricity. There’s nothing to set up and nothing to clean up. We arrive, get to work and leave your property just as we found it.
Step 5: Hot Water Wash at Approximately 200°F
This is where the real cleaning happens. We wash each can with hot water reaching approximately 200°F to break down caked-on buildup, sticky residue, grime and the bacteria that cause odors. High heat cleans far more thoroughly than a garden hose and cold water ever could. It removes maggots, fly eggs and the leftover waste that attracts pests in the first place.
Every can is washed inside and out, including the lids, handles and wheels.
Step 6: We Dry Your Cans
This step sets us apart. After washing, we dry your cans before treating them. Many cleaning services skip this step and return cans still wet, and standing water in a can creates the damp conditions where bacteria, mold and odors come right back.
Drying your cans also helps our disinfecting and deodorizing treatment work better and last longer, because it isn’t diluted by leftover water.
Step 7: Disinfecting and 2X Deodorizing Treatment
Once your cans are dry, we apply our disinfecting treatment to kill remaining germs and bacteria. Then we finish with our 2X deodorizing treatment to keep your cans smelling fresh long after we leave.
Both treatments are included with every cleaning at no extra cost. You don’t need to pay for add-ons or upgrades to get a truly sanitized, fresh-smelling can.
Step 8: We Return Your Cans to Their Original Location
When the cleaning is complete, we return your cans exactly where we found them, whether that’s beside your garage, at the side of your house or at the curb. You’ll come home to clean, dry, fresh-smelling cans ready for your next trash day.
Step 9: Sit Back and Enjoy Fresh Cans All Year
With a recurring plan, we return on your chosen schedule, so your cans stay clean without you ever having to think about it. Need to reschedule, change your plan or add a can? It’s easy to make changes as your needs change.
The We Clean Your Cans Process at a Glance
- Book online and choose your plan
- We clean on collection day, or the following day if pickup runs late
- Leave your cans by the garage, at their usual storage spot or at the curb
- Self-contained trailer, so we never use your water or electricity
- Hot water wash at approximately 200°F, inside and out
- Drying before treatment, a step many companies skip
- Disinfecting and 2X deodorizing, included with every cleaning
- Cans returned to their original location
Frequently Asked Questions About Our Process
Do I need to be home when you clean my cans?
No. As long as your cans are accessible and have been emptied, we take care of everything.
Do I have to leave my cans at the curb?
No. You can return your cans to their usual spot by the garage or wherever you normally keep them. We’ll bring them to our trailer, clean them and put them back.
Will you use my water or electricity?
Never. Our cleaning trailers are fully self-contained, with our own water, power and equipment.
What happens if my garbage pickup is late?
If your cans haven’t been emptied in time, or we can’t make it that day, we’ll generally clean them the following day.
How hot is the water you use?
We use hot water reaching approximately 200°F, hot enough to break down tough buildup and remove odor-causing bacteria.
Why do you dry the cans?
Drying removes the standing water where bacteria, mold and odors can return. It also helps our disinfecting and deodorizing treatment work better and last longer.
Does disinfecting and deodorizing cost extra?
No. Our disinfecting and 2X deodorizing treatment is included with every cleaning.
Do you clean recycling bins too?
Yes. We clean trash and recycling bins, and you can add more bins to any plan.
Ready to See the Difference?
Clean, dry, disinfected and fresh-smelling trash cans are just a few clicks away. Let We Clean Your Cans handle the dirtiest job around your home while you enjoy a cleaner garage, a fresher driveway and fewer pests. Book your trash can cleaning online today, or call 941-400-2281 to choose the right plan for you.