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.

Boston plan to deal with discarded cigarette butts.

Boston plan to deal with discarded cigarette butts. Image by Jeff Easter / CC BY 2.0

The receptacles, each with two disposal holes, will be placed in seven areas of the city and 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 deposit their butts in an opening for “Flight” or for “Invisibility”.

The receptacles, which are costing the city about 3000 dollars, are part of the Neat Streets programne. They will be installed later this month and residents are encouraged to tweet their suggestions for questions at #NeatStreetsBos.

(Press Association)