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**usacomm** · 06-03-2010, 08:46 PM

FOXNews.com - 2.6M Microchips Placed in U.K. Trash Bins to Measure Waste

LONDON -- It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.

A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have been surreptitiously installed in what is seen as a first step toward charging those who toss too much.

Proponents say it's a bid to push recycling. Opponents say it stinks.

06-03-2010, 08:46 PM	#1
usacomm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	Another Reason Not to Emulate the U.K. FOXNews.com - 2.6M Microchips Placed in U.K. Trash Bins to Measure Waste LONDON -- It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away. A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have been surreptitiously installed in what is seen as a first step toward charging those who toss too much. Proponents say it's a bid to push recycling. Opponents say it stinks.
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