Academy
As a proudly South African small business, conceptualised with passion and built over two decades, we’re a significant employer of blue-collar staff. Operating in the greater Blaauwberg area, we hire staff from within the greater Blaauwberg communities of Dunoon and Joe Slovo Park, primarily.
The vast majority of our new hires are people that are not well educated and don’t have access to any kind of upskilling opportunity. As a consequence, the Kleen Bin Academy offers new employees an opportunity to be trained and coached through the Academy while also receiving additional life skills and mentorship through their career with us.
With new skills and a permanent job, these new employees become productive members of our community who can then support themselves and their extended families through a secure, regular income.
We have been doing this successfully for over two decades.
More than just a bin cleaning service
Yes, we wash and sanitise wheelie bins, but we also employ people without formal skills. People who are largely forgotten by society, government and business. People who have not had the opportunity to finish school or learn a trade, and who are desperate to earn a living.
Introducing the Kleen Bin Academy
The Kleen Bin Academy was set up to provide future employees with on-site and in-field skills training and, sometimes more importantly, life skills training too. Through the Academy, people learn skills that get them employed. In turn, they become productive members of their community, able to support extended families and fundamentally alter their direction in life.
Not possible without you!
All of this would not be possible without you and your support. So, thank you for joining Kleen Bin and making us a part of your life. Through you, we can make a positive impact and help create a more positive outlook for South Africa’s forgotten people. Through you, Brigade and his family will live a very different life, one that would not be possible without that first wheelie bin wash and sanitise.
Kleen Bin Academy success stories
Meet Brigade
Brigade joined Kleen Bin in 2019 as a Wednesday casual, meaning he only worked on a Wednesday if space was available. With no tertiary education and no formal skills, his destiny was bleak, but his attitude was incredible.
Through the Kleen Bin Academy, and with an attitude and willingness to do anything, learn and work hard, he quickly moved through the ranks to be appointed depot foreman in 2023. From standing on a street corner looking for casual jobs, he now runs the depot operations of Kleen Bin with great energy, pride and ability.
Meet Jaden
Jaden joined Kleen Bin in 2019 as a Wednesday casual, meaning he only worked on a Wednesday if space was available. With no tertiary education and no formal skills, his destiny was bleak, but his ambitions were big.
Through the Kleen Bin Academy, and with an attitude and willingness to learn, develop and work hard, he quickly moved through the ranks to be appointed a team leader in 2023. In 2025, he started his studies and practical training to become a qualified pest controller (PCO), which he did. In 2026, he has embarked on further studies to specialise in food services as a pest advisor, and should qualify before year end.
Such an incredible story of hope and success, thanks to our customers who support us and our owner, Neal Farrell, who runs the Academy as a passion project.
Meet Zoro
Zoro joined Kleen Bin in 2025, after several years of limited employment following the closure of his employer during COVID. He joined as a casual, working one day a week.
Through the Kleen Bin Academy, and with an attitude and willingness to show up, learn and work hard, he has developed new skills and a new approach to life and work. This has seen him promoted to team leader, now working four days a week. The Academy has given Zoro and his family new hope for their futures.
Meet Luvuku
Luvuku has worked for Kleen Bin for many years as a general worker. More recently, he expressed an interest in joining the Academy programme to develop new work and life skills.
Through the Kleen Bin Academy, and with an attitude and willingness to try and learn, he has developed new skills and a new approach to life and work. This has seen him promoted to deputy foreman of our Montague Gardens depot.
Without the Academy, Luvuku could so easily have continued to go unnoticed and not had the opportunity to try new things in life and work. Well done, Luvuku. You have made us very proud.
