Sexy trash cans? This Swedish city is taking a risqué approach to garbage

The Swedish city of Malmö is taking dirty
talk to a whole new level in its latest effort to clean up the streets.
By installing talking garbage cans that dish
out racy audio messages after being fed trash, authorities are hoping for an
increase in rubbish being deposited.
Pedestrians that drop trash into one of two
bins on the city's Davidshallsbron bridge are rewarded with extremely positive
feedback from a sultry female voice, who offers a range of responses.
"Oh, right there, yes!", "Come
back soon and do that again!" and "Mmm, a bit more to the left next
time," feature among the programmed messages.
While the seductive approach is a fresh
tactic, trash cans with voices are not a new addition to Sweden's third-largest
city. In 2017, the city council bought 18 talking cans, though today only two
still speak, according to CNN affiliate Expressen.
During the pandemic, they thanked depositors
for adhering to social distancing regulations, but a new era calls for a new
method, the city road department's section chief believes.
"The sentences are part of the
campaign's intention to get more people to talk about the dirtiest thing there
is: littering," said Marie Persson, according to The Local, quoting
Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan.
"So please go ahead and feed the bins
with more rubbish...yes, just like that."
Malmö has long been renowned as a pioneer in
eco-friendly living, so its latest innovation should perhaps come as no
surprise. The city's eco-drive is epitomized by "Bo01 - City of
Tomorrow" -- a project launched in 2001 -- that has transformed a
polluted, defunct shipyard in the city into a green, sustainable living
district.
All energy needs for homes, shops and office
buildings in the area are met with renewable sources, with food waste converted
to biogas to run local buses.
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