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Litter isn’t a cleanliness problem. It’s a feedback problem. This “trash-for-treats” setup can train wild birds to follow a simple loop: drop a small piece of trash into a machine to get a food reward. Over time, public spaces get cleaner because the behavior is reinforced, rather than being lectured. The potential is the human part: designing incentives that work in the real world — turning maintenance into something the environment can do continuously, not occasionally. Visit innovationauthority.com — and nominate yourself or others whose ideas deserve to be seen.

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