Small litter, notably cigarette ends and spent gum, is problematical for these reasons:

smokers and chewers are unwilling to go far to dispose responsibly of their waste cigarette ends are difficult to pick up and gum-stains are very expensive to remove all attempts to change discard behaviour through the provision of personal disposal solutions have failed existing street litter solutions are not optimised to capture this type of waste, are expensive and need specialist fitting Zilch micro-bins bins provide a solution to these problems as they are: inexpensive at a cost of less than £12 each easily deployed with just a pair of snips needed convenient and liked by smokers and chewers easily and quickly emptied with no fiddly key simple and cheap to replace if damaged or soiled deployable at high density ensuring high availability fixed either by ties, self-adhesive or screw-mounted small enough to be unobtrusive but large enough to be seen with branded livery available as an option See the results of our trial at a high volume transition point here.

The environment is at the heart of the product as:

deploying micro-bins prevents plastic-made filter-tips going down drains and into watercourses the visual amenity of a street scene is enhanced by the absence of butts & gum-stains the stubbing plate and bin-liner are both made from the aluminium from repurposed litter-picked aluminium cans the backing of the stubbing plate is made from discarded estate agent sign-boards filter-tips and gum collected in this way can be passed to specialist recyclers

How might you use the micro-bins:

to see for yourself how such a simple and inexpensive solution can bring about behaviour change without enforcement or promotion as part of the strategy when introducing environmental enforcement and thus providing smokers and chewers with no excuse for irresponsible disposal to find out whether the such a low-cost solution is something that will suffice in the area in which deployed as a cheap way of determining the best placement of more expensive solutions

	Four micro-bin wrapper designs are available as standard
	So find out how Zilch micro-bins can help you achieve your clean street and environmental responsibility objectives: 0755 340 7459 or

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