Leafield Environment Smart E-bins

A new method of producing litter and recycling bins from recycled polymer, developed by Leafield Environmental, is suitable for corporate organisations and education establishments wishing to demonstrate their green credentials in line with corporate social responsibilities. Smart E-bins are rotationally moulded from 90% recycled chips of MDPE and the result is a mottled finish that emphasises the recycled nature of the product. The bin is both colourful and attractive, unlike other bins manufactured from recycled polymer which are only available in black.

The development process uses the polymer waste stream generated in the company’s manufacturing process and bypasses several traditional recycling processes associated with ‘repolymerising’ plastic waste such as recompounding, milling, transport, etc, making it more carbon friendly. The material is colour segregated before being chipped into small pellets that form the bulk of the rotational moulding charge. In this way, the colour hue of the finished bin can be modified; each bin looks slightly different.

The bins are available for both outside litter collection and internal recycling.