đžđȘ In the Swedish city of SödertĂ€lje near Stockholm, a company has decided to hire very special "workers" to collect cigarette butts to clean the city's public spaces. The company Corvid Cleaning has decided to use crows!
đ„đ The birds are rewarded with food in exchange for each cigarette butt that they collect, which is then stored in a custom machine designed by the startup. The company founder explains that these crows participate in this vast cleaning operation "on a voluntary basis" and are therefore free to quit at any time.
đ° According to him, these crows could save at least 75% of the money spent on cigarette butt removal operations in the city.
đ He also said he makes sure that the flying cleaners' good health is not impacted by the harmful residue.
đź We can teach crows to pick up cigarette butts, but it would be better to teach people not to throw them on the ground! đ