In the UK, the city of Bristol, working together with Bristol Waste and environmental charity Hubbub, has launched a new campaign aimed at further driving down the amount of litter in the city’s streets. The city has installed over 50 new bins at strategic locations throughout the city centre to encourage its inhabitants to stop random littering and to promote the recycling of different types of products - from butts to bottles - while at the same time introducing an element of fun.
The new design bins will feature playful takes on song lyrics, gaming motifs and playful puns, and there will be glow in the dark bins and bins that both cheer people on and play jungle music when they are opened. New recycling bins for plastic bottles, cans and glass will also be installed for the first time alongside Bristol’s existing general waste bins and coffee cup recycling bins to make it as easy as possible for people to recycle when out and about. Finally, colourful voting bins for general litter and ‘ballot bins’ for cigarette butts will be popping up to get people to vote with their litter on hot topics such as ‘Surf vs Skate’, ‘Drum & Bass vs Techno’ or ‘Casa Amor vs Main Villa’.Bristolians will also be able to literally win using the LitterLotto app - a free to enter Prize Draw, with regular spot prizes and huge jackpots just for binning their litter.