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Mass. City Catches Trash Cheats With the Power of Misspelling

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-our-story-and-we're-sticking-to-it. dept.

Managers with Gloucester's Public Works Departmint are trying to catch counterfiters by deliberately mispelling the word "official" with "offcial". Recycling cordinator Kathy Middleton says the intentional misspelling is suposed to make it easier to catch people who try to counterfeit bags. It's good to know that the spelling mistakes were intentinal and not just somebody hurring through thier work.

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  1. Re:Hope its fake. by MoonBuggy · · Score: 3, Informative

    You've missed the point. Obviously the cost of the bag is negligible, but the remainder of the $2 pays for the actual disposal of the contents of that bag. Rather than having an amount of your taxes pay for waste services, you effectively pay by the quantity of waste you throw out.