Fighting Covid 19 – The Power of Hot Water Cleaning & Sanitizing
                     FIGHTING COVID 19 – 
THE POWER OF HOT 
WATER CLEANING & 
SANITIZING
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There is no doubt that a greater emphasis than ever is being 
placed on sanitation. Covid 19 has changed the spectrum of 
what it means to clean and disinfect, forever. The everyday 
homeowner and business owner are now acutely aware, in 
ways they have never been forced to consider, the impact that 
a virus like Covid 19 can have on our everyday lives. Across 
industries, cleaning teams are being asked to clean more 
surfaces, with a greater emphasis on full sanitation, faster and 
more efficiently. Whether you are cleaning and sanitizing trash 
cans, compost bins, commercial dumpsters, and now shopping 
carts – or you are pressure washing – using hot water is the 
fastest and most efficient way to get the job done!
In partnership with the wfk – Cleaning Technology Institute, 
Hydrotek conducted tests comparing hot and cold water 
pressure washing and found that across all applications, 
including trash cans and dumpsters, utilizing high temperature 
at 194° facilitated a much faster cleaning time – on average 
about 40%. Hot water can be especially effective when grease 
or oils are present. On average, when an oil or fat is present, it 
is approximately four times more efficient to use hot water than 
it would be to use cold water. That translates into a cleaning 
time reduction of 75%. And for a bin cleaning company, that 
kind of efficiency cannot be ignored.

Take a moment to think about how many more garbage cans 
and dumpsters your bin washer can clean with high 
temperature. At Sparkling Bins, we offer steam cleaning heads 
for garbage cans and dumpsters that can go as high as 248°. 
We have found that temperature at 230° is optimal for trash 
bins and dumpsters. How many more clients could you service 
with 40% (or 75%) more time left in a day? This could leave you 
with more time to clean high-use areas or equipment more 
often or with the time to perform essential deep cleaning tasks.
In this fast-moving society, time is money. Using hot water also 
causes the surfaces you are cleaning to dry faster. In the event 
you’re sanitizing trash bins using hot water, you will spend less 
time drying the trash bins, allowing you to sanitize more bins 
during the course of your daily routes. Faster drying also means 
that the equipment or items you’ve just washed are available to 
use sooner. If you’re pressure washing an area such as a floor, 
the fact that they dry sooner reduces the risk that someone 
may slip and fall. The list of benefits of high-temperature 
cleaning goes on and on.
Next, let’s talk a bit about hygiene, reducing bacteria and virus counts. 
To really impact bacteria any viruses, you must first clean and then 
sanitize. These are the necessary steps for cleaning trash cans, compost 
bins and dumpsters in order to stop the spread of germs. By now, we all 
know that viruses and bacteria can cause serious harm to both humans 
and animals. To prevent that from happening, surfaces must be truly 
clean first before the disinfecting step can be performed successfully.
Over the years, experts have learned that heat is a key factor in fighting 
germs and diseases. A study by the Thuringen State Office for 
Agriculture found that, while cleaning with cold water had no impact on 
bacteria count, raising the temperature to 140˚F reduced the number of 
bacterial colonies by 90%. At 176˚F, bacterial colonies were reduced by 
97% and at 311˚F they were eliminated entirely. If there was ever a 
case for cleaning at the right temperatures, this is it!
(Based on a study by the University of 
Georgia)
Current evidence suggests that the Novel Coronavirus may remain 
viable for many hours to multiple days on surfaces made from a 
variety of different materials. SARS-CoV-1, a strain that is very 
similar to the Novel Coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is known to 
become inactive at high heats, around 130˚F to 150˚F in a short 
amount of time. “If you heat a material up to 130˚F, which is the 
high setting on a dryer or a very low oven setting, you only need 
about 20 minutes to kill greater than 99.99% of the virus,” said 
Glenn. “If you’re heating up to 150˚F or higher, then you only need 
about five minutes to kill greater than 99.99%.” Without a doubt, 
cleaning of visibly dirty surfaces followed by disinfection is a best 
practice measure for the prevention of COVID-19 and other viral 
respiratory illnesses in both households and community settings.
Finally, using high temperature hot water when sanitizing trash 
bins, compost bins and dumpsters is important to a bin 
cleaning and pressure washing business owner because 
increases your efficiency in three main ways:
Water Use – Because hot water reduces cleaning time, less 
water is required. We can translate the time savings into 
resource savings as well. For example, for every 264 gallons of 
water required for cold water cleaning, a hot water cleaner will 
save at least 106 gallons!
Shorter Cleaning Time – Using hot water at a temperature 
rating at 230°, with Sparkling Bins steam heads, will create 
overall shorter cleaning times. This will allow you to add more 
trash bins to your route without having to increase labor hours. 
This translates into more clients and and an increase in revenue 
without spending a dime more in labor pay!
Chemicals – In most cases, hot water will reduce or eliminate 
the need for chemicals because the heat is sufficient in killing 
bacteria and removing the dirt. Using less chemicals is not only 
better for the environment, but having to use less chemicals 
will save your bin business money!
While Sparkling Bins, and the companies we put in business, 
have always focused on the benefits of cleaning and sanitizing 
prior to this current pandemic, COVID 19 certainly shines a 
spotlight on all of the ways in which a bin cleaning and power 
washing business provides a vital service to the public and 
private sectors. Using Sparkling Bins equipment, with our 
specialized steam cleaning heads, will help you and your clients 
fight this virus and many others, keeping our communities safer 
and healthier every day!
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