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Cleaning, Services, Storage, Trolley

The Best 7 Types of Cleaning Carts and Trolleys

Cleaning is neither fun nor easy. Especially if you need to clean a large space. You’re going to need plenty of cleaning supplies as well as equipment and transferring all that from point A to point B can be hard. Unless you have a cleaning cart. You can stack your cleaning stack with everything you need for cleaning and proceed with your cleaning job with ease.

A Mesh Trolley with Folding Lid

Trolleys with lids are made out of durable metal and have a mesh-like design that allows for better visibility. They are long-lasting and able to endure some weight. In fact, their load capacity is 100kg so despite using the cleaning trolleys for cleaning purposes, you can use them for other things too, such as transporting laundry. These types of trolleys are useful for hospitals and nursing homes.

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Metal mesh trolleys are a very good option. The metal construction is basically indestructible and the additional coating prevents damage. Cleaning carts for sale are a budget-friendly option, very easy to work with and have polyurethane wheels that turn 360 degrees. The lid is lockable. This means that you can lock the lid whenever you feel the need to, and keep everything safely inside.

Utility Carts with Side Panels

Utility carts with side panels are usually made out of plastic and aluminium. Aluminium is a strong but lightweight material and makes for a cart with the same features. Heavy-duty materials can make the cart difficult to manoeuvre and that’s something you want to avoid. Now, the base is made of aluminium while the trays and side panels are made out of plastic – again a lightweight but durable material. On top, the cart has handles that you can use to push it around.

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What are cleaning trolleys used for? These cleaning carts for sale can be used for cleaning and transporting supplies but they can also serve as storage space. You can do a lot of awesome cleaning hacks with them. The wheels have brakes on them and that allows for the cart to be positioned in one place with diverse items arranged on top. The weight capacity of the aluminium/plastic cart is around 250kgs give or take.

Service Cart with Side Rails

Service cleaning carts with side rails usually have two trays. They don’t weigh a lot and have a big load capacity. If you want a cart with a robust design, this one is the one for you. It can be used during cleaning but it can also be used in restaurants, libraries and schools for storage. That’s the great thing about carts and trolleys. They can be repurposed according to needs.

This type of cart has rubber castors and usually, two are static while the other two can swivel. There are also brakes that you can use when you want to prevent motion.

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Folding Aluminium Trolley

The folding aluminium cleaning trolley is a real depiction of functionality. It can be used anywhere and for everything. And the best thing about it is the fact that it can be folded with just a press of a button and then transported. The wheels of this trolley are removable and can be safely stored during transportation only to be reassembled again when needed. The trolley comes with a basket that you can either attach on the bottom or on top of the platform. Once you place the basket the way you want to, you can lock it in place. This means that after you’re done with assembling the trolley will be firm and ready to endure whatever you throw at it.

Black folding aluminium trolley with plastic boxes
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Another perk is the possibility to attach more than one basket to the base. If you feel like one basket won’t be enough to fit all the items you plan on putting in, you can add three additional baskets or four in total. Same as the previous carts, this one has a brake that allows you to lock it in place if you plan on loading or unloading it.

The aluminium trolley is made out of aluminium (obviously) but also injection moulded plastic. As I mentioned before, these materials make for trolleys that are lightweight but extremely durable and able to endure heavyweights.

A Trolley With Locking Doors

This type of trolley is ideal for you if you need something in which you can safely lock items and keep them out of reach. Most of the basic carts don’t have doors and everything inside them is easily accessible but that’s not the case with the locking door trolley.

Different types of cabinet trolleys with locking doors
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This trolley is made out of heavy-duty plastic which means that it doesn’t chip or rust. It’s very strong and the aluminium frames contribute a lot to that. On top, there are handles that come in handy for pushing the trolley around and the castors are ones that swivel but also ones you can lock in place.

You have two compartments and both have separate locks and keys. You can organize your items inside and then lock the trolley so that no one except you can have access.

A Bin Trolley made of Plastic


The bin trolley has the simplest design out of them all and it can’t be used for a lot of things except for transporting things around or keeping cleaning supplies. But people often go for it because it has a bigger load capacity than all the other types of trolleys. While other trolleys I mentioned have a capacity load of about 250kgs, this trolley can endure as much as 400kgs. So, when it comes to transporting something that is rather heavy this bin is the right one for the job.

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Its design is not as sophisticated as the design of the other trolleys but it is functional. The frame of the trolley is made of steel while the basket itself is plastic. The wheels on the bottom can swivel but don’t have breaks.

Trolley With Baskets

Shelf basket trolleys are ideal for storing small items and keeping things organized. They don’t have a big weight capacity meaning that you need to avoid storing heavy items on them. They are as mobile as all the other trolleys thanks to the castors that swivel. The frame of this trolley is made of metal while the small baskets are plastic. It can be used for cleaning supplies but also for storing papers in an office. Its simple design makes it easy to blend in diverse environments.

Black storage shelf trolley with baskets
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