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Cleveland trash police

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

From the "too much time on their hands" category: Cleveland will soon use high-tech trash containers with RFID chips to see if you are recycling. See High-tech carts will tell on Cleveland residents who don't recycle ... and they face $100 fine. The city will monitor your trash habits from the collection vehicle. Ratted out by your trash container ... If you don't put the recycling bin out regularly, the trash police will seize your trash, search it for recyclables, and prosecute if you aren't recycling. Containers bought with stimulus money, no less. And, in some cities, police and teachers are being laid off, but, in Cleveland, they are hiring.

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 24, 2010 (boomark / email).