CanCleaning.com Turns Trash Day Into Relief

The first time Garrett Storment cleaned a trash can, the job fought back. He had a sedan, a pressure washer, a shop vac, and a set of jumper cables rigged under the hood because the car could not power the equipment on its own. The shop vac filled with maggot-laden water, then spilled across the front seat on the drive to dispose of it. The work took more than an hour, smelled worse than he expected, and looked nothing like a polished business model. Yet, sitting in that wet seat, Storment saw what others had missed: trash can cleaning in Orange County was not a luxury. It was a problem hiding in plain sight.

CanCleaning.com Started With Survival

CanCleaning.com, based in Irvine, California, began in 2023 as the kind of business that could only come from lived experience. Storment had already learned that stability can disappear fast. He grew up around extraordinary wealth. His father ran one of the largest auction companies in America, and in sixth grade, Storment lived in a four-story beach house. Behind that image, however, was a harder truth. His father was also a functional drug addict. By the time Storment was a teenager, the money was gone, the family home was lost, and eviction followed. Some days, food was uncertain. From ages thirteen to eighteen, he says, he was constantly trying to help keep the family afloat.

At eighteen, Storment started a junk removal company to pay bills. Inside Orange County garages, side yards, and driveways, he noticed a pattern. The junk left, but the cans stayed. Many were so foul that homeowners avoided opening the lids. Food waste, residue, flies, bacteria, and odor remained long after collection day. California’s food-scrap requirements only made the problem more visible, especially in green bins where scraps can attract maggots quickly. That gap became the foundation for CanCleaning.com, a residential service built to clean, sanitize, and deodorize curbside cans without adding work for the homeowner.

Trash Can Cleaning Orange County Can Feel

The first version of CanCleaning.com was scrappy, physical, and humbling. Storment used what he had until he could afford what the job deserved. Not everyone believed the idea had a future. When he wrote about the concept for an entrepreneur class at California State University, Long Beach, a teacher told him that nobody would pay for it. Storment had already done enough research to know otherwise. With his father, he flew across the country to Florida, Texas, and Nevada to meet truck manufacturers and some of the few operators already offering the service in the United States.

He also learned that the idea was not strange everywhere. In Europe, bin cleaning has been a common residential service for decades, supported by specialized trucks with roots in equipment designed to wash wine barrels. Orange County simply had not caught up. Storment saw a familiar opening: a simple household pain point, ignored because it was unpleasant.

To serve customers properly, he needed a purpose-built truck. At the time, he was still carrying debt from the junk removal business, and the bank turned him down. So he went to his grandmother. He showed her the sales he had made, explained the opportunity, and laid out the plan. She loaned him money from her life savings, money that would otherwise have been his inheritance. She also gave him advice that may have mattered just as much: pay the doubters no mind. A photograph of Storment, his father, and his grandmother at the bank on the day the loan cleared now marks the turning point from improvised hustle to real company.

That truck, named Bessie, is now the heart of CanCleaning.com. It lifts each can, washes it with high-pressure water, applies an eco-friendly sanitizing treatment designed to reduce common bacteria, deodorizes the interior, and captures the wastewater on the truck for responsible disposal. Nothing runs into the gutter or storm drain. What once took Storment more than an hour with a sedan now takes about twenty minutes for a set of cans, and the customer never needs to touch a hose.

A Neighbor Behind The Wheel

What makes CanCleaning.com different is not only the equipment. It is the way the work is scheduled and delivered. Most home service companies ask customers to fit into the company’s route. CanCleaning.com works around trash day. Cleanings are scheduled after regular pickup, when the cans are already empty and still at the curb. Customers receive a text and an email when the job is finished, and the cans are placed back where they were collected. There are no contracts, no hidden quote process, and no guesswork. Pricing is published on the company’s website, and customers can choose one-time or recurring service.

Storment also backs each cleaning with a 365-day, 100 percent money-back guarantee. That promise is part confidence and part accountability. If a homeowner is trusting someone to deal with one of the least pleasant corners of domestic life, Storment believes the service should feel easy, clear, and low risk. The business now serves communities across Orange County, but it has stayed intentionally personal. Storment still drives the truck, runs the routes, and performs the cleanings himself.

In an industry where many home services feel faceless, that detail matters. “I'm not a faceless corporation,” Storment says. “I'm your neighbor, and I'm the guy who's out there day in and day out making sure your trash cans are the cleanest they can be. I want to be the guy you wave to.” Customers echo that sense of direct care. One Google reviewer wrote that after a green container compost issue left a can “inundated with maggots,” CanCleaning.com arrived the day after pickup, made the cans “like new,” and even returned them to their place. Another praised the communication and described hearing Storment cleaning the cans after he worked her into the schedule on an extremely hot day.

The appeal of CanCleaning.com is practical, but its story is human. A clean trash can means less odor near the garage, fewer pests around the side yard, and one less unpleasant chore on a busy household list. It also means a homeowner can solve a problem without storing chemicals, dragging out hoses, or blasting dirty water across the driveway. Behind that convenience is a founder who knows what it means to start with almost nothing and build with persistence, humility, and a willingness to do the work himself.

For Orange County homeowners who want cleaner cans without extra effort, CanCleaning.com offers a straightforward next step: choose a plan online, leave the empty cans at the curb after pickup, and let Storment handle the rest. The result is cleaner, fresher cans and a service experience built around trust, accountability, and the kind of local ownership that still feels personal.

CanCleaning.com Recognized For Excellence In Orange County

CanCleaning.com has been named Best Trash Can Cleaning Service in Orange County of 2026 by Best of Best Review. Led by founder Garrett Storment, the company earned recognition for its advanced cleaning methods, environmentally responsible practices, reliable customer service, and straightforward pricing. Its dedication to quality and convenience continues to distinguish CanCleaning.com in the local cleaning industry.

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