The locked black chests were installed by the council for a select group of people to use just opposite Brunswick Square.
Members of community groups such as those who organise beach cleans will be able to access tools like litter pickers and bin bags kept inside.
The council has spent just under £4,000 on four of the new boxes, advertised as the Armorgard TB3, as part of its plan to have a toolbox in every corner of the city.
Inside an existing chest in Woodingdean (Image: Brighton and Hove Tidy Up Team)
The council hopes it will encourage volunteers to get out and clean the city with businesses even doing their part to donate equipment and the chests themselves.
Some £2,200 was recently spent to restock the chests with 180 litter pickers and bag holders.
One chest was donated by developers Myco, which renovated a hotel in King’s Road, and placed outside Hove Town Hall.
The bins have been installed near:
- Shelter Hall
- Mighell Street
- Fiveways
- Hangleton Library
- Hove Station
- Wish Park
- East Brighton Park
- Moulsecoomb Library
- Happy Valley
- Palace Pier
- Hove Town Hall
- The Bandstand
- Hove Lawns
- Mile Oak Recreation Ground
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Councillor Tim Rowkins, cabinet member for Net Zero and Environmental Services, said: “Our toolchests are incredibly popular with residents and are very well-used.
“The toolchests located along the seafront, for example, are used by more than 4,000 people taking part in regular beach cleaning activities every year.
“People regularly donate money to help us keep these well-stocked and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who uses this equipment to help us keep our city looking fantastic and to all those who have been so generous in their support of the scheme.
“We now have them in 12 different locations – with another two soon to be installed in Preston Park and Stanmer Park – and the eventual aim is to have one in every single ward.”
Some of these chests are replacing the existing Superbins which were revealed in 2018 by then-mayor Dee Simpson.
They also contained cleaning tools and equipment to help community groups tidy up their local area.
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