How do you clean your wheelie bin *

When we lived in Plymouth, the Council would clean the wheelie bins, but they charged £20 for the service. We used to clean ours with a pressure washer. A couple of neighbours also asked to use it, so we worked out a routine that each of us cleaned the 3 bins in turn, meaning that nobody had to do it too often. Now we live in Spain, and the refuse service is fantastic. We have large, lidded skips at frequent intervals, and we put everything in there, in bags. There are recycling points, but the Spanish refuse companies pay people to sort the rubbish, which is keeping more people in employment. The skips are emptied every day except Sunday. At regular intervals, a huge lorry comes along and the skip is loaded into it. It's a giant pressure washer on wheels, and when it comes out, a man gets a big brush into the corners to make sure the bins are spotlessly clean. Although it's very hot at the moment, we never have smelly bins. All this is paid for from our equivalent of council tax which is - wait for it! - about 200 euros a year for each property. I miss England sometimes, but I don't miss the high taxes and low standards of service.