Cigarette ends
The world’s most littered item.
WHO estimates 4.5 trillion cigarette filters enter the environment each year. Plastic filters persist and tobacco waste releases harmful chemicals into soil and water.
WHO · 2022 ↗FOR COUNCILS, CAMPUSES & BUSINESSES
Influencing
behaviour.Delivering
better
streets.
Patented bins and bike parking that make more of existing street posts — helping prevent litter, make street cleansing more cost-effective and support more sustainable public spaces without adding clutter.
Cigarette ends & chewing gum
Small litter.
A preventable problem.
Easy to drop. Costly to recover. Cigarette ends and gum leave streets with a recurring clean-up bill — and pollution that reaches beyond the pavement.
Chewing gum
A small piece. A lasting mark.
Gum sticks to paving, making removal difficult and expensive. The UK government estimated councils’ annual gum clean-up bill at around £7 million.
Defra · 2023 estimate ↗Repeated cleaning.
A continuing cost.
Picking, sweeping and specialist gum removal take time and public money, again and again.
Beyond the pavement.
Into the environment.
Cigarette filters add plastic pollution and toxic residues to our streets, soil and waterways.
Give litter a destination.
Before it is dropped.
Convenient, recognisable disposal points help people make a better choice.
The Smartstreets difference
Use the posts.
Create a pattern.
Make disposal easier.
Smartstreets’ patented bins, bike parking and adaptable fixing systems turn existing lamp posts and signposts into useful facilities — without adding separate freestanding furniture.
Developed to suit hundreds of post sizes, shapes and styles, the system unlocks new value from infrastructure already in place. Lamp posts and signposts form a repeated pattern along many streets: using suitable posts creates a recognisable network of disposal points and places to park a bike.
Multiple patents underpin this original Smartstreets approach, used across the UK and beyond.
More predictable places to find a bin.
More opportunities to use one.
The Smartstreets range
Quick to find.
Easier to use.
Convenient disposal and cycle parking, designed to work with your street scene.
Street-scale litter prevention
Smartbin™
Turn existing posts into easy-to-find cigarette and gum disposal points.
Available as twin post-mounted Smartbins for sign posts, lamp posts, bollards and freestanding short posts, or as a solo Smartbin for walls, plinths and railings.
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Take the bin with you
Minibin™
A reusable pocket ashtray that puts considerate disposal within reach.
Available from stock in a variety of generic designs, or to order with factory-printed branding or a branded over-label for a quick turnaround.
Explore Minibin →Make room for cycling
More places to park.
Less street clutter.
Cyclepark™ turns suitable existing posts into convenient bicycle parking. Explore the range, installation options and forthcoming cargo-bike parking direction.
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Product Design: WINNER
Chewing gum litter
Gumstick™
Make the destination for used gum visible and engaging, with Gum Target campaign options.
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Treadprint™
PostPointer™Campaign communication
Signage
Treadprint™ pavement graphics and PostPointer™ signage complement the bins and Gum Targets, helping people find and use the right disposal point.
Explore signage →City of London · Published case study
Proof on
the street.
The City of London Smartbin network in the Square Mile (now over 1,000 bins) is delivering a dramatic reduction in micro litter.
Disposal points on existing posts made cigarette bins convenient and predictably located. The published City of London case study reports:
64%reduction in smoking-related litter reported in the case study
27m+cigarette ends collected annually across the City’s network
Historical results from the City of London scheme. Outcomes depend on location, coverage, use and servicing.
Explore the case study → Read the report ↓
Product Design: WINNERCity of London case study
See the strategy in action.
The City of London combined a network of Smartbins with branded Minibin pocket ashtrays, giving people convenient ways to dispose of cigarette ends both on the street and on the move. Watch the case study to see the approach in action.
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This remedy is well thought through and a practical way of getting the public to be a bigger part of the solution to cigarette litter.
Our approach · It starts with people
Effective street care
starts with people.
Make considerate disposal easy and bike parking convenient — where people need them, without adding clutter.
We start with how people use a place. Then we work with your team to put the right facilities within reach, creating a recognisable network that supports everyday choices and makes street care more effective.
Understand the place.
Look at where people pause, smoke, chew gum or need to park a bike. Combine their needs with your team’s local knowledge.
Make the choice easier.
Put easy-to-find disposal points and useful bike parking where they are needed. Existing posts help create consistent locations without extra street clutter.
Measure the difference.
Track litter, use and servicing. Learn what works, refine the locations and build on the results as your scheme grows.
Trusted in the field
Different places.
Shared ambitions.
Councils, campuses and public-space teams using Smartstreets products in their own street scenes.
“They have proved to be durable and trouble free and the support and customer care offered by the Smartstreets team is excellent.”Les Walker · Senior Street Environment Officer · City of London
Internationally recognised design
17+ international
design awards.
Original thinking, recognised around the world. Awards for environmental innovation, sustainability and practical impact.
Explore the awards →
Also recognised by A’ Design, Green Apple, Rushlight and the New York Design Award.
The City of London programme also received recognition from Keep Britain Tidy and EPSA / EIPA.
Selected award marks · 17+ awards across the Smartstreets range
The detail, when you need it
Explore a little further.
Evidence, practical guidance and examples to help you plan your next step.
City of LondonFeatured guideHow to rid your streets
How to rid your streets
of cigarette litter.
A practical starting point for cleaner streets: understand the place, make disposal convenient and build public participation.
Read the guideThe problem
Why small litter matters.
Cigarette ends, gum and their environmental impact.
Read the evidence →Active travelBetter places to park bikes.
How convenient facilities can support more cycling.
Explore the benefits →For councilsPlan a practical scheme.
Site surveys, fitting options, quotations and support.
Start planning →In the streetSee products in place.
Product galleries and real-world installations.
Browse the galleries →Ready from stockShop pocket ashtrays.
Stock designs, delivered prices and Shopify checkout.
Visit the shop →Stay informedNews and useful links.
Litter prevention, cycle facilities and public-space updates.
Read the news →
Original design. A practical street strategy.
Make a difference
people will notice.
Bring award-winning design and a people-first strategy to your streets. Well-placed bins and bike parking can help prevent litter, make street cleansing more efficient and create a better-looking place that works for the public.
Tell us about your locations. We’ll help you choose the products, fitting options and placement to turn that ambition into a practical scheme.