![Alcoholics paid with beer to clean Amsterdam’s streets Alcoholics paid with beer to clean Amsterdam’s streets](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/000_par7706032.si_-310x168.jpg)
In order to keep Amsterdam clean, the city now hires chronic alcoholics. For five cans of beer, tobacco and about $13 in cash per day they have to sweep the city’s streets. The new project aims at tackling anti-social behavior by keeping addicts busy.