Garbage room odour control for bin storage rooms
Is your garbage room causing odour problems? The Garbage Doctor® gives your bin room odour control 24 hours a day, targeted at the source of the smell, the bins - with proven results over 20 years and tens of millions of operating hours.
Deodorising systems for bin rooms
The Garbage Doctor is designed and built in Australia to neutralise garbage odour around the clock. The machine's germicidal control helps keep the bin storage area cleaner and more hygienic for your staff, cleaners and residents. You can choose ozone, which leaves a neutral smell, or add a scented vapour for a pleasant fragrance.
We've installed and serviced odour control in apartment buildings, hotels, resorts and shopping centres since 2006, with tens of millions of proven real-world operating hours. You'll typically notice the difference within about 15 minutes of installation.
Most customers rent the Garbage Doctor on a fully maintained lease. The rental is all-inclusive, covering the machine and all servicing, consumables and maintenance, with any callouts (should they be required) between visits included too. You can also buy an ozone-only machine outright.
How to deodorise a garbage bin room
Every bin room is different, so each installation is planned for the room. In most bin rooms, we mount the Garbage Doctor on the wall and run PVC conduit along the wall above the bins. Small holes over each bin release the ozone, or the scented vapour, as close as possible to the odour source (the rubbish). Where a garbage chute feeds the room, a flexible hose typically disperses the ozone down into the bin under the chute.
Treating the odour at the source is what makes the difference. An exhaust fan or an air freshener moves or covers the smell, but doesn't address the source.
Inside the Garbage Doctor, germicidal UV-C light and an activated carbon filter treat the air the machine draws in. Ozone breaks odour down by oxidation, and UV-C controls germs by irradiation, for odour control while assisting with germicidal control.
Choosing the right odour control for your garbage room
We can recommend the right Garbage Doctor system after seeing your bin room. We can visit, or you're welcome to send us photos or a short video, and we're available by video call, whatever suits you best. Things we look at:
- the size of the bin room
- the layout, such as whether the bins sit together or at opposite ends of the room
- who uses the room: cleaners, staff, residents or contractors
- whether a garbage chute feeds into the room
Where the bins are spread out, or a large room has odour sources that are hard to reach, you may benefit from scenting as well. The ozone treats the odour at the bins, and the fragrance spreads through the room, so the scenting machine can sit away from the bins. Where a chute feeds the room, we recommend a system that treats the bin room and the chute together.
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 room installations
Examples of real Garbage Doctor installations, treating bin rooms and bin stores. Each installation is planned around the location requirements, so your installation may differ.
Bin room odour questions
Does air conditioning get rid of garbage odour?
No. Cooling the bin room slows the bacteria that cause the smell, which helps. But air blowing straight onto the bins makes the odour stronger, and air conditioning gives no oxidation or germicidal control. It's very common for air conditioning to make the room smell worse. If you have air conditioning, we recommend you assess the odours with it on, and then off.
Many of our customers have air conditioning in the bin room, working alongside the Garbage Doctor. If your room has air conditioning and you decide to keep it on, we recommend the lowest fan speed where possible, with the vents pointed away from the bins.
Can the Garbage Doctor treat a compactor room?
Yes. In a compactor room, the ozone is dispersed into the compactor's hopper and over the bins nearby. For a large compactor room, we recommend the high-output Garbage Doctor Ozone HD, or the Garbage Doctor Duo.
Where do you install and service the Garbage Doctor?
Our technicians cover Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, the Tweed Coast, Airlie Beach and Auckland in New Zealand.
Ask about your bin room
You're welcome to send us photos or videos of your bin room. We'll look at what you send, recommend a system and send you a quote for your decision-making team.