Mastodawn

In China the public bins have solar panels so at night you can see the holes.

If I’m honest if it’s only illumination that doesn’t seem like the most efficient use of resources and energy (to build and eventually dispose of these electronics) in a populated area that’s likely to have adequate street lighting.

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zr0

Agree. However I like the idea of marking bins with a colored LED light, which is visible from all sides. Would make it a lot easier to figure out where you can put your trash. And a couple of LED, coupled with a solar panel and some electronics is probably reasonable for the amount of people who would be motivated to walk those couple meters to throw away the trash.