BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston is trying to rid the streets of unsightly cigarette butts by placing special receptacles in high traffic areas that will allow smokers to vote on a simple question.
The butt receptacles, with two disposal holes each, will be placed in seven areas of the city.
Each is decorated with a question that has two possible answers.
For example, one butt receptacle asks smokers: “Which superpower would you want?” Smokers can slip their butts in a hole for “Flight” or one for “Invisibility.”
The receptacles, which are costing the city about $3,000, are part of the Neat Streets program. They will be installed later this month and residents are encouraged to tweet their own suggestions for questions at #NeatStreets- Bos.
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