Urban ashtray: an essential social and environmental function
Since 1986, Polymobyl has been designing customized street furniture. Our job is to meet the needs of local authorities and businesses in terms of space planning. Often overlooked, particularly in light of smoking restrictions in public places, the urban ashtray is an essential piece of equipment.
Where to install an ashtray in public or professional places?
By definition, outdoor waiting or break areas are conducive to smoking or vaping. Consequently, these are the areas that need to be equipped with communal ashtrays.
Including an ashtray in a smoking shelter seems obvious. But this accessory also finds its place in outdoor break areas in companies, as well as in bus shelters, under bicycle awnings or in urban galleries.
At the same time, integrating ashtrays into street furniture ensures a coherent, aesthetic and functional layout, and helps protect the environment by preventing cigarette butts from being thrown into nature.
Why integrate outdoor ashtrays into your spaces?
It’s important to remember that the installation of ashtrays in towns and cities is a cleanliness issue, not a legal requirement. Even if smoking is forbidden at bus stops, having an ashtray nearby prevents butts from accumulating on the ground.
In addition to its practicality, the ashtray meets a triple need:
- urban cleanliness in addition to waste garbage cans and sorting garbage cans;
- user comfort, with pleasant, well-equipped break areas;
- visual consistency of street furniture through the use of matching ranges (shelters, benches, tables, litter garbage cans, etc.).
In addition, ashtrays help preserve nature by preventing cigarette butts from ending up on the ground, in the gutters and then in rivers. They also have a social function, as equipped communal areas encourage relaxation, discussion and harmonious cohabitation between smokers and non-smokers.
What models of public ashtrays does Polymobyl offer?
Our catalog includes several furniture models from the LUD line, each of which includes ashtrays for public spaces:
- large-capacity outdoor pedestal ashtray, easy to use and clean;
- wall-mounted ashtray for convenient access ;
- a fun, colourful ashtray that adds a touch of dynamism and encourages users to drive responsibly;
- ashtrays integrated into furniture (under a shelter, near benches, installed in sorting areas…) for a harmonious look.
How do you match the ashtray to your street furniture?
Polymobyl stands out for the quality and consistency of its product ranges. So you can include the ashtray in your overall design and match it to other elements such as benches and banquettes to create an aesthetically pleasing whole.
Combining ashtrays and litter garbage cans makes sense. Polymobyl offers a variety of customizable ranges:
- NUT sorting garbage cans to encourage selective sorting;
- LUD litter garbage can and ashtray for their colorful design;
- CUB basket, white and wood, for a contemporary look and natural finish;
- TUB cylindrical litter garbage can for more traditional urban environments.
Whether wall-mounted or free-standing, sober or colorful, ashtrays have their place in urban spaces. Discover Polymobyl’s products and services for your outdoor spaces. Thanks to durable, easy-to-maintain and weather-resistant materials, you can enjoy elegant urban landscaping that reflects the image of your city.
