Garbage Doctor® odour control for bin rooms, chutes and compactors
The Garbage Doctor neutralises garbage odour at the source, in your bin room, garbage chute or compactor room, 24 hours a day. Designed and built in Australia, the machine is installed and serviced by our licensed technicians. Most customers rent the machine on an all-inclusive rental, covering all servicing, consumables and maintenance.
What the Garbage Doctor® does
The Garbage Doctor is an odour and germicidal control system for the areas a building keeps its rubbish: bin rooms, garbage chutes and compactor rooms. The machine mounts on the wall and makes ozone in a Si-Zone® UV ozone generator. PVC conduit carries the ozone to the targeted odour source, which is usually the bins or the compactor. The ozone neutralises the odour, before the smell spreads through your building.
In the same cabinet, germicidal UV-C light and an activated carbon filter treat the air the machine draws in. So the machine controls odour while assisting with germicidal control. The bin room is cleaner and more hygienic for the cleaners, caretakers and residents who use the room.
A scented vapour can optionally be added to any Garbage Doctor system. One of the most common applications for fragrance is in the garbage chute, where the scent travels up the chute, with a small amount escaping through the chute access doors on every level.
We've supplied, installed and serviced odour control for apartment buildings, hotels, resorts and shopping centres since 2006, with tens of millions of proven real-world operating hours.
Odour control for garbage chutes, bin rooms and compactors
- Garbage chutes: ozone treats the bin room at the bottom of the chute, destroying odour before it travels up the chute. A fragrance can optionally be dispersed into the chute too.
- Bin rooms: conduit is installed along the wall, just above the bins, to release ozone over the bins, targeting the source.
- Garbage compactors: ozone is dispersed into the compactor's hopper and over the bins around the compactor.
The Garbage Doctor® range
Every Garbage Doctor system is rated for continuous operation, day and night. We can recommend a specific model after seeing your building, in person, by video call or from your photos. The size of the bin room, how many bins and odour sources there are, and whether a chute feeds into the room, will influence which model best suits you.
Garbage Doctor® Ozone
The Garbage Doctor Ozone is our most economical ozone system, made for small and medium-sized buildings. A Si-Zone generator's lamps make the ozone and give germicidal UV-C light, in one purifying chamber behind a large carbon filter, in a stainless steel cabinet.
The machine draws the room's air through the carbon filter and past the generator's lamps, which make the ozone and treat the air with UV-C light. The ozone is then pushed through PVC conduit to targeted areas, such as the bins, the chute or the compactor. The ozone output is adjustable, so our technician sets the machine to suit your treatment area.
- For: garbage chutes, bin rooms and compactors in small and medium-sized buildings
- Equipment warranty: for as long as the rental runs, or 4 years on-site when you buy
Garbage Doctor® Ozone HD
The Garbage Doctor Ozone HD is our highest-output machine. A heavy-duty Si-Zone generator and a high-pressure fan push the ozone through longer runs of conduit. So one Ozone HD can often do the work of more than one smaller machine.
The Ozone HD has the same germicidal UV-C and carbon filtration as the Garbage Doctor Ozone, in a stainless steel cabinet. We recommend the Ozone HD for large bin rooms and compactor rooms, and for heavy odour sources close together, such as a compactor beside a grease trap.
- For: large bin rooms, compactor rooms, long conduit runs and heavy odours
- Equipment warranty: for as long as the rental runs, or 4 years on site when you buy
Garbage Doctor® Duo
The Garbage Doctor Duo is our best-selling product and suits a bin room with or without a garbage chute. Like all our machines, the Duo can be adapted to almost any area, to suit what you'd like to achieve and your budget. The Duo pairs an ozone system with a scenting system, in one installation.
The main unit treats the bin room. Grey PVC conduit carries the ozone over the bins, and typically with a hose down into the bin under the chute. The odour is neutralised at the rubbish source, before the air rises. The ozone treats the bins, and the scented vapour travels up through the garbage chute.
The scent tank, joined to the main unit by an air hose, sends a fine scented vapour into the side of the chute (or bin room). The fragrance rises up the chute, with a small amount escaping through the chute access doors on every level.
- For: buildings with a garbage chute and a bin room
Garbage Doctor® Scenting
The Garbage Doctor Scenting makes a very fine, light scented vapour, which stays in the air for longer. The output is adjustable, and uses our proprietary technology to stay consistent from one tank refill to the next.
Scenting is often added to a bin room that already has a Garbage Doctor Ozone. We re-pipe the ozone to the bin under the chute and the bins around the room. Then we mount the Scenting on the wall, to send fragrance up the chute.
The Scenting doesn't need to be fitted right at the odour source, because the fragrance spreads through the air. So the machine also suits large open areas, such as loading docks and big bin stores, where the ozone treats the odour at each source.
- For: adding chute scenting to an existing ozone system, loading docks and bin storage areas
How the Garbage Doctor® neutralises garbage odour
Ozone, germicidal UV-C light and activated carbon filtration work together in each Garbage Doctor system. The carbon filter and the UV-C light treat the air inside the machine, and the ozone goes out to where the odour starts. Where the ozone is targeted, the ozone assists with germicidal control as well.
Scented vapour. A very fine vapour carries the fragrance, which stays suspended in the air for longer. Ozone leaves a neutral smell. Scented vapour leaves a pleasant one.
Ozone is also called trioxygen (O3), and some suppliers call ozone activated oxygen. They're names for the same technology.
Inside the Garbage Doctor®
Click on a part of the machine to follow the air through it.
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The bin room's air
The Garbage Doctor draws in air from the bin room. The machine treats that air, and makes ozone from a small portion of the air's oxygen.
Activated carbon filter
The air passes first through an activated carbon filter. The filter takes out dust, airborne chemicals and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and absorbs some of the odours common in commercial buildings.
Ozone and germicidal light
In the purifying chamber, the Si-Zone UV ozone generator's lamps make ozone from the oxygen in the air, using a specific band of ultraviolet light. The same lamps give germicidal UV-C light, which treats the air. UV-C light disrupts the DNA of bacteria, viruses and mould spores, a process called irradiation.
Ozone out to the bins
PVC conduit carries the ozone to the targeted odour source, usually the bins or the compactor. When ozone meets an odour molecule, the ozone breaks the molecule down by oxidation and turns back into ordinary oxygen. What's left is a neutral smell.
A concept drawing shown.
What causes garbage odour?
Garbage odour comes from waste breaking down. As food and other waste decay, they give off foul-smelling odours, and germs can become airborne.
In Australia, garbage odour is often mild through the cooler months and grows stronger as the weather warms into summer. Busy times, such as Christmas, Easter and the school holidays, add to the load.
Emptying the bins often helps. But the waste may have started to break down in a resident's apartment well before the bag went down the chute, meaning it smells immediately. In a building with a garbage chute, a dirty chute lining adds to the odour. For this reason, we recommend both chute cleaning and the Garbage Doctor equipment form part of your waste-management plan.
How to scent your garbage chute
A scented chute is a favourite with building managers and residents. Done well, the fragrance travels up the chute, with a small amount escaping through the chute access doors on every level. Residents notice a fresh scent as they put out their rubbish.
Best results are achieved by starting at the bottom. Ozone is dispersed into the bin room at the base of the chute, and targeted as close as possible to any other bins or the compactor. The air in the bin room is the air that rises up the chute, so the odour needs neutralising there first. The ozone also assists with germicidal control in the room.
With the bin room's odour neutralised, a scented vapour goes into the chute. The Garbage Doctor Duo does both, from one system.
Choose the scent for your chute
The Garbage Doctor Duo and the Scenting send a fragrance up the chute, while the ozone treats the odour at the bins. You choose the scent. A sample of our range, which has received excellent feedback from building managers and residents, includes:
- Lemon Myrtle & Orange
- Aloe Vera & Cucumber
- Forest Nights
- Riverstone
- Coconut & Vanilla
- Lychee Fusion
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
Rent the Garbage Doctor®, with everything included
The rental/lease includes:
- Installation, usually included free of charge
- Regular servicing by our technicians
- Lamps and parts
- Fragrance refills, on a Duo or Scenting
- An electrical test and tag at every service
- Callouts between scheduled visits
- The equipment warranty, for as long as the rental runs
You can also buy an ozone-only Garbage Doctor system outright, with a 48-month on-site warranty. Full details of both options are included with your quotation.
Garbage Doctor® installations
Examples of real Garbage Doctor installations, treating bin rooms, garbage chutes, and compactors. Each installation is planned around the location requirements, so your installation may differ.
Garbage Doctor® questions
Can you use ozone and a fragrance in the same area?
Generally, we recommend against using ozone and a fragrance in the same area (or where this is done, that the ozone is adjusted down slightly and used in a very targeted way). Ozone can't tell a good smell from a bad one, so the ozone can potentially break down the fragrance too, and the systems work against each other.
Ozone and fragrance work well together when each has a place of its own. On a Garbage Doctor Duo, the ozone typically treats the bin room and the fragrance goes up the chute. The odour molecules are broken down in the bin room, before they can travel up the chute, and your building gets the benefit of the fragrance.
How soon will we notice a difference?
Typically within about 15 minutes of installation. How quickly depends on the strength of the odour, the size of the room and the weather.
Which fragrances can we choose?
Popular fragrances for chutes and bin rooms include: - Lemon Myrtle & Orange - Aloe Vera & Cucumber - Forest Nights - Riverstone - Coconut & Vanilla
You choose the fragrance, and we set the strength to suit your building. If you ever feel an adjustment up or down would be of benefit, we are just a phone call away.
Can the Garbage Doctor help with flies?
Not directly. For fruit flies, we typically recommend a pyrethrum spray. Most buildings would keep the spray in a 5 or 7 litre weed-type sprayer (such as those available from Bunnings) in a corner of the garbage room, so staff can use it whenever fruit flies are a problem. In our experience, it's the most effective method, and we're happy to recommend a commercial-grade product that's readily available.
Is the Garbage Doctor made in Australia?
Yes. The Garbage Doctor is designed and built in Australia, for our warm climate, and installed and serviced by our licensed technicians.
Where do you install the Garbage Doctor?
Our technicians install and service the Garbage Doctor in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, the Tweed Coast, Airlie Beach and Auckland in New Zealand. We're also available by video call to talk through your building.
Talk to us about your bin room
You're welcome to send us photos or videos of your bin room, garbage chute or compactor. We'll recommend the right Garbage Doctor and send you a quote for your decision-making team.