セクシーボイスの主はごみ箱…スウェーデンの奇抜なポイ捨て対策

【ストックホルムＡＦＰ＝時事】「ああ～ん、今のよかったわ」「また来てやってね」「うふ～ん、ありがと」──スウェーデン南部マルメでは、街中に設置されたごみ箱からこんな官能的な声が発せられている。（写真はスウェーデン南部マルメに設置された、しゃべるごみ箱）
　ごみのポイ捨てを防止し街をきれいにする取り組みの一環で、ふたが開けられたことを感知して音声が出る仕組みだ。数年前に設置され、当初は男性がまじめな声で感謝するメッセージが流れていたが、最近になって、ごみ捨てをより楽しくするためにと、ハスキーで官能的な女性の声に変更された。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/06/14-13:32）

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It's not what you think.
They are audio messages broadcast by rubbish bins in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, where authorities recently changed the voice from a man's to that of a sensual female, hoping it would be more soothing.
Previously the voice thanking people for disposing their garbage was a male, barking out no-nonsense messages from the public bins.
But in a bid to make the experience of throwing out garbage more pleasant, the voice is now a husky timbre delivering double entendres.
It's part of an awareness campaign in the city to clean up public spaces by discouraging littering.
Located near the main shopping street on the David Hall bridge, the dustbins were installed a few years ago in Sweden's third largest city.
A detector triggers the messages every time someone opens a dustbin.