contractor industry outdoor advertising advertising government contractor litter bins founded london sept 9 2009 founder william sachiti defunct january 29 2013 2013 01 29 1 headquarters the lansdowne building london united kingdom area served united kingdom hong kong singapore dubai italy number of employees 9 2010 website clever bins clever bins limited was uk company that provided solar powered street litter bin that displayed digital outdoor advertising . 2 contents 1 clever bin 2 funding 3 locations 4 references clever bin edit the clever bins came with a2 sized display panels that were lit up by directional led beams . the panels came with military standard riot shielding . some models of the bin could broadcast messages to nearby mobile devices . the bins used solar power that even in cloudy conditions could charge the units for up to 7 hours of illumination . the level of illumination was regulated depending on the power available . citation needed funding edit cleverbin in august 2009 sachiti failed to find an investor on the bbcs tv show dragons den . 3 clever bins was partnered with keep britain tidy in july 2010 . 4 on a study for which keep britain tidy will release the results later in 2011 . locations edit clever bins had a trial with the london borough of hammersmith & fulham . 5 clever bins could also be found outside near london s tube stations lakeside shopping centre manchester 6 7 birmingham city tower bridge london and locations in singapore 8 hong hong maldives 9 and italy . citation needed references edit clever bins limited . free companies house webcheck from company check on clever bins limited registered as 06699119 . companycheck.co.uk . 18 august 2016 . retrieved 18 august 2016 . clever bins a trademarked term intellectual property office published 5 may 2009 bbc dragons den pitch bbc dragons den pitch broadcast august 2009 news . web.archive.org . retrieved 18 august 2016 . citizen space local . web.archive.org . retrieved 18 august 2016 . dragons den clever bins coming to an oldham street near you manchester evening news . manchestereveningnews.co.uk . retrieved 18 august 2016 . solar powered bins to tackle litter problems manchester evening news . manchestereveningnews.co.uk . retrieved 18 august 2016 . eco business.com asia pacific s sustainable business community . eco business.com . retrieved 18 august 2016 . mal to utilise solar powered clever bins maldives travel lifestyle experience . maldives.net.mv . retrieved 18 august 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clever bins & oldid 739261287 categories recyclingstreet furniturewaste containers2009 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy dates from may 2013use british english from may 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 17 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view