Streetscape manufactures cigarette and ash bins for building entrances, smoking areas, shopping centres, parks and public spaces. The range covers two concrete ash bins and a lockable ash bollard, all cast at the Streetscape factory in Cape Town and delivered nationwide.
A general litter bin is the wrong place for a lit cigarette butt. Butts dropped into paper and packaging are a fire risk, and the Streetscape guide to concrete bins notes that discarded cigarette butts are a common cause of wildfires in South Africa. A separate ash bin at the entrance keeps butts off the paving, out of the general waste stream and away from anything that can catch.
Concrete suits this job for the same reason it suits litter bins. The weight makes a bin difficult to move, tip or remove, so it stays where it is put in an unsupervised entrance or a smoking area that nobody watches.
Dimensions and full specifications are on each product page. For the complete bin range in both materials, see Streetscape bins or the concrete bin range.
Request a quote or ask for the Streetscape catalogue to see the full range. Call 021 761 0055 or email sales@streetscape.co.za.
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A cigarette bin, also called an ash bin or a stompie bin, is a small outdoor bin made only for cigarette butts. It sits at an entrance or in a designated smoking area and keeps butts separate from general waste, off the paving and away from paper and packaging that can catch alight.
Cigarette bins work best where people stop to smoke before going inside: building entrances, designated smoking areas, outside restaurants and bars, loading bays and staff courtyards. Placing one within a few steps of a doorway is what keeps butts off the paving rather than beside it.
A general litter bin holds paper, packaging and food waste, which is exactly what a lit cigarette butt should not be dropped into. The Streetscape guide to concrete bins notes that discarded butts are a common cause of wildfires in South Africa. A separate ash bin removes that risk at the entrance.
Yes. Streetscape manufactures its cigarette and ash bins at its Cape Town factory and delivers across South Africa. Delivery is quoted with the order, since the cost depends on the destination and the number of units. Send the site location and number of units to the office for a quote.
Prices depend on the design, the number of units ordered and where they are delivered, so Streetscape quotes per project rather than publishing a list. Send the design, number of units and site location to the office for a quote, or ask for the catalogue.
