High Tech Trash

Is Big Brother about to delve into your trash bin? The City of Cleveland is rolling out an ID system for its trash containers. Those who don’t recycle will be fined.

Cleveland, Ohio has recently expanded a program to encourage recycling among its residents. Cleveland’s Commissioner of Waste tells host Jeff Young that the new program will use high tech tracking to help Cleveland’s bottom line, and eventually convert much the city’s waste into electricity.

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