Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!sun!guy From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Hazardous Monetary Waste Message-ID: <2699@sun.uucp> Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 03:08:27 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.2699 Posted: Sat Aug 24 03:08:27 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 12:48:51 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 17 From the August 20th New York Times: SHREDDED MONEY IS TREATED AS TOXIC WASTE ON THE COAST SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- California's laws against hazardous substances are so tough that its list of restricted substances include old money. The two tons of old United States currency that the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco shreds each day are considered hazardous waste by the state because of its lead and copper content. That is why the shredded bills have to be packed in sealed dumpsters and transported to dumps for highly toxic waste. Workers with gauze masks and protective clothing shovel up any residue left from the shredding. Guy Harris