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Dirty diaper deal.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 13-AUG-03 		Format: Online - approximately 792 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Dirty diaper deal.(COMMENTARY)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Michael Fumento, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Something is stinky in the city of Santa Clarita. Shakespeare it isn't; but true it is. A diaper-recycling company in California, relying on good intentions to clean up the environment, could clean out taxpayer wallets. Its plan: Today Santa Clarita, tomorrow the world.

The company is Knowaste LLC, and it's not really a recycler at all but rather a subsidy collector. Indeed, diaper recycling "is an absurdity," Peter Anderson of the Madison, Wis.-based consulting firm Recycle Worlds told me.

The folly in small upscale Santa Clarita, in northern Los Angeles County, shows why.

In the original six-month trial program, tons of dirty Pampers, Hugs and Luvs were hauled from...

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