Crows are being recruited to pick up discarded cigarette butts from the streets and squares in the city of Södertälje, near Stockholm. According to Christian Günther-Hanssen, the founder of Corvid Cleaning, “They are wild birds taking part on a voluntary basis”. For every cigarette butt deposited in a specially designed receptacle, the crows receive a morsel of food. If the pilot scheme is successful - and reduces the cost of keeping the streets clean - it will be rolled out across the city. Tomas Thernström, a waste strategist at Södertälje municipality, said “It would be interesting to see if this could work in other environments as well. Also from the perspective that we can teach crows to pick up cigarette butts but we can’t teach people not to throw them on the ground. That’s an interesting thought,”.
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