He makes thousands doing the job no one else is willing to

21 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this short video, Dan Novaes profiles a UK entrepreneur who built a profitable wheelie‑bin cleaning service by targeting a universally disliked problem: dirty, smelly trash bins. The business operates by driving a van equipped with pressurised water and disinfectant, washing and deodorising each bin in minutes. The entrepreneur charges £15 per bin, typically cleaning about ten bins a day, which yields over £1,000 in weekly revenue. The key to scalability is a subscription model that secures recurring monthly payments, allowing the founder to expand from a single car to two vans and a small team within a year. Novaes emphasizes that the venture requires minimal startup capital, no specialised skills, and faces virtually no competition, illustrating how solving a mundane, high‑pain point can produce predictable, repeatable profit. He invites viewers to follow the UBK channel for more entrepreneurial stories.

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In the United Kingdom, one guy is making thousands of pounds a month doing a job nobody wants: cleaning wheelie bins. He noticed something simple: everyone hates dirty, smelly trash bins, but almost no one wants to clean them, and people are happy to pay to avoid it. So he shows up with a van, pressurized water, and disinfectant. In just a few minutes, each bin is washed, deodorized, and left looking brand new. He charges £15 per bin, cleans around 10 bins a day, and clears over £1,000 a week. And the smartest part? It runs on a subscription model, meaning customers pay every month without thinking twice. Low startup cost, no fancy skills, virtually zero competition. He started with a small car, then scaled to 2 vans and hired employees in under a year. This isn't a glamorous business, but it's predictable, repeatable, and profitable. Sometimes the best money isn't in flashy ideas, it's in solving a dirty problem everyone wants gone. For more entrepreneur stories and information like this, follow UBK.