Ballot Bin - lessons from taking a litter-tackling idea from concept to market

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Hubbub's Elle Mcall explains how the environmental charity came to be a provider of innovative ballot bins

In less than six months what started as a flicker of an idea to tackle cigarette litter on one street in London, Villiers Street, has gone from a one-off prototype to a social media celebrity to a product...

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