Garbage chute deodoriser: odour control and fragrance for your chute
The Garbage Doctor® is a garbage chute deodoriser that treats the odour at the source, in the bin room at the bottom of the chute. The machine can also optionally send a fresh fragrance up the chute, with a small amount escaping through the chute access doors on every level. The Garbage Doctor runs 24/7, and our technicians install and service every machine.
Where your garbage chute's odour comes from
Odour in a garbage chute comes from the chute's lining and from the bins beneath the chute. Follow the odour step by step, from where the odour starts to your hallways, and see where the Garbage Doctor treats the odour.
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The build-up on the chute's lining
Over time, grime and residue build up on the walls inside the chute. The build-up gives off an odour inside the chute.
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The bins beneath the chute
Most of a chute's odour typically comes from the garbage at the bottom. The waste in the bins is breaking down, and gives off foul-smelling odours into the room's air.
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The garbage room's air is drawn up the chute
Air rises up a chute as in a chimney. Warm air rises, and the exhaust fan at the top of most chutes draws the air up. So the bin room's odour travels up the chute with the air.
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Out at the chute door on each floor
A chute door never quite seals. So odour seeps out around every closed door, and more escapes into the hallway whenever a door is opened. That's where residents notice the smell, and where the complaints start.
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Even after a chute clean
A professional clean takes the build-up off the chute's lining, but does nothing to address the odours originating in the garbage room. The bins' odour keeps rising, though, so a freshly cleaned chute can still smell on every floor.
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With a Garbage Doctor® in the bin room
A Garbage Doctor treats the odour at the source. Grey PVC conduit carries ozone over the bins, and a flexible hose typically disperses the ozone down into the bin under the chute. The ozone neutralises the bins' odour before the air rises, so far less odour travels up the chute.
If you choose to add scenting, the Duo's scent tank sends a fine scented vapour into the side of the chute. On a Duo, the ozone typically treats the bins, and the scented vapour travels up the garbage chute, with a small amount escaping through the chute access doors on every level.
A simplified drawing to show the travel of garbage odour in the building.
How to deodorise your garbage chute
The Garbage Doctor deodorises garbage chutes and bin rooms 24/7, and we cover Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, the Tweed Coast, Airlie Beach and Auckland in New Zealand. Every installation is planned around your chute's layout and what you'd like to achieve. A typical installation treats the chute and the bin room:
- The chute: ozone, for a neutral smell while assisting with germicidal control, or a scented vapour that leaves a pleasant fragrance through the chute and at the chute access doors on every level.
- The bin room: ozone targeted over the bins, with germicidal UV-C and carbon filtration inside the machine, for odour control while assisting with germicidal control, where staff and residents use the room.
We recommend treating the bin room as well as the chute, every time.
The Garbage Doctor is designed and built in Australia, and we supply, install and service the machine ourselves, with no middle-man. Most customers rent the Garbage Doctor as a fully maintained lease. The rental is all-inclusive, covering the machine and all servicing, consumables and maintenance. Some customers buy an ozone-only machine outright.
Example: a scented chute, with ozone in the bin room
In this installation, a Garbage Doctor Duo (A) treats the bin room with ozone. The grey PVC conduit runs over the bins, and a flexible hose typically disperses the ozone down into the bin under the chute. On a Duo, the ozone typically treats the bins, where the odour starts.
At the same time, the Duo's scent tank (B) sends a fine scented vapour into the side of the chute. The fragrance travels up the chute, scenting the air at the chute access doors on every level. Residents are greeted by a pleasant scent as they put their rubbish down the chute.
Choosing the right deodoriser for your garbage chute
The Garbage Doctor comes in several models, to suit different chutes and bin rooms. In the bin room, we always target the ozone in the best way to suit the objectives, and understanding that cleaners, caretakers and sometimes residents use the room.
In the chute, the choice is yours: a neutral smell, or a fragrance. Popular fragrances for chutes include Lemon Myrtle & Orange, Aloe Vera & Cucumber, Forest Nights, Riverstone and Coconut & Vanilla.
Whichever you choose, we recommend regular garbage chute cleaning as well. A chute cleaner removes the build-up on the lining, and the Garbage Doctor keeps the odour down between cleans.
Garbage chute installations
Examples of real Garbage Doctor installations, treating the bin room at the bottom of a garbage chute. Each installation is planned around the location requirements, so your installation may differ.
Send us your bin room's details for a quote
Tell us about your building. You're welcome to add photos or a short video of the bin room and the chute: they help us recommend the right Garbage Doctor before we quote.
- Tell us about your building
- Add photos or a video of the bin room
- We recommend a system and send a quote
Garbage chute odour questions
Why does a garbage chute smell?
Mostly because of the bins at the bottom. Air rises up a chute as in a chimney, helped by the exhaust fan at the top of most chutes. The rising air carries the smell of the bins up the chute, and a dirty chute lining adds to the smell.
Does the fragrance reach every floor?
Usually, yes. The scented vapour travels up the chute, and a small amount typically escapes through the chute access doors on every level. We adjust the fragrance's strength to suit your chute. If you ever feel an adjustment up or down would be of benefit, we are just a phone call away. A small percentage of buildings will have a downdraft either permanently or during certain weather events. In these cases the scent might not travel up the chute but it will travel in the same place that any odours from the bin room would otherwise have travelled.
Can we add a fragrance to our existing ozone system?
Yes. We re-pipe your Garbage Doctor Ozone to target the bin under the chute and the bins around the room. Then we mount a Garbage Doctor Scenting on the wall, to send the fragrance up the chute.
Does the ozone go up the chute?
Yes, where you'd prefer a neutral smell in the chute. A Garbage Doctor Ozone can target ozone into the garbage chute as well as the bins. On a Duo, the ozone typically treats the bins, including the bin under the chute, and the scented vapour travels up the chute for a fragrance.
Ask about your garbage chute
You're welcome to send us photos or videos of your bin room and the bottom of the garbage chute. We'll recommend the right system and send you a quote for your decision-making team.