Clever Bins Limited was a UK company that provided solar-powered street litter bins that displayed digital

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The Clever Bins came with

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d display panels, lit up by directional

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beams. These used military standard

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ing. Some models streamed messages to nearby

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s. They were solar-powered, with a maximum seven hours of light per charge, automatically adjusting brightness to suit the power level.

Funding

In August 2009, Sachiti failed to find an investor on the BBCs TV show

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."BBC Dragons Den Pitch"
'BBC Dragons Den Pitch '', Broadcast August 2009 Clever Bins was partnered with

Keep Britain Tidy Keep Britain Tidy is a UK-based independent environmental charity. The organisation campaigns to reduce litter, improve local places and prevent waste. It has offices in Wigan and London. History Keep Britain Tidy was originally set up by a conf ...

in July 2010. on a study for which Keep Britain tidy will release the results later in 2011.

Locations

Clever Bins had a trial with the

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. Clever Bins could also be found outside near London's

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Lakeside Shopping Centre Lakeside Shopping Centre, is a large out-of-town shopping centre located in West Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. It was constructed on the site of a former chalk quarry. The first tenants moved into the compl ...

, Manchester,

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London, and locations in

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and

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References

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External links

Official Website (Archived)
Recycling Street furniture Waste containers 2009 establishments in England

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