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Littering seems like an easy thing not to do but still, the problem persists. It\\u2019s right up there with not picking up your dog\\u2019s poop or not putting your shopping cart in the corral when you\\u2019re done. Still, some people need a little extra incentive to not throw garbage on the ground.

In the Swedish city of Malm\\xf6, that incentive now comes in the form of a sultry female voice dishing out sexually suggestive phrases whenever someone deposits trash in the receptacle.

According to CNN, the messages come from two garbage cans situated on a bridge. They offer encouragement for non-litterers like \\u201cOh, right there, yes!", "Come back soon and do that again!" and "Mmm, a bit more to the left next time.\\u201d

While it\\u2019s definitely a new, more adult-themed manner of speaking for the garbage cans, the bins in Malm\\xf6 have been talking for years now. The city bought 18 talking trash cans back in 2017 but now only two of them are still speaking. However, those two trash cans are doing all they can to raise awareness about littering in the city.

\\u201cThe sentences are part of the campaign\\u2019s intention to get more people to talk about the dirtiest thing there is: littering. The stuff that ends up in our streets, squares, and sea,\\u201d said Marie Persson, who serves as section chief at the city\\u2019s roads department. \\u201cSo please go ahead and feed the bins with more rubbish\\u2026yes, just like that.\\u201d

Maybe you don\\u2019t require any extra passionate pleas to avoid littering. But I\\u2019m sure you can agree that there\\u2019s nothing wrong with a little dirty talk if it gets people to clean up their acts.

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