New Fleurieu Peninsula business launches to solve hated chore
It’s the one chore no one volunteers for and is difficult for the elderly. A Fleurieu Peninsula winemaker has now launched a new business aiming to take the pain out of the smelly job.
Targeted at the elderly, people with disability and holiday home owners, a new business has launched in regional South Australia looking to do away with one of the worst household chores.
The fledgling Bin Patrol Kerbside Service provides potential clients with a simple proposition: for $9.90 per week, someone will drag your bins out to the street and take them back in the day after.
Founder Chris Hill, a South Australian winemaker who works with Belvedere in Langhorne Creek, said he started the business to solve a problem he himself had encountered.
“I’m lucky enough to have a place down at Carrickalinga, a great holiday destination, and a lot of people here have the same problem,” said Hill.
“Either their guests or they’re not home on bin day.
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“I decided I could help out and provide that as a dedicated service rather than just as a helping hand.”
Bin Patrol will launch initially just in Carrackalinga, Yankalilla, Normanville and Lady Bay, before expanding across the remainder of the Fleurieu – and Kangaroo Island – where there are about 32,000 properties the company could potentially service.
“I’ll do a fair bit on my own at the moment, but the intention is to have gig economy workers that want a few hours a week – maybe it’s a retired person, or a single mum, who looks for a few hours of work and has time to spare,” Hill said.
Beyond servicing holiday homes, Hill hoped elderly people and people with disability would be interested in the service. Even time-poor young families might find the service useful, Hill said.
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“It’s more than just wheeling the bins out, it’s actually making sure that they’re in good nick; if they have damage they get repaired,” he said.
“The bins go where the customer wants them, rather than just inside the gate or around the fence.”
And while not on the cards initially, he saw a market for Bin Patrol in Adelaide too.
“There’ll be the busy working household where mum and dad are away or they’ve got other things to do like cook dinner,” he said.
“There’s the disabled and elderly that need a hand. And the other market is people who travel a lot.
“One of my customers is a pilot and he’s away for days at a time at different times for different shifts.
“It’s a job that he doesn’t have to worry about.”
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