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Funny, just saw this article today in the local newspaper:

http://www.all-in.de/nachrichten/rundschau/Ofen-platzt-aus-a...

It says that they may reduce ("up to 10%") the garbage fee.

Do they produce energy with it though?

"Müllheizkraftwerk", so - yes.

So in some localalities people pay to be able to hand off their trash to be converted to energy. Wonder if that's because of a difference in local businesses or in local recycling behavior.

This isn't really that uncommon, in the US at least.

I know Minneapolis has an incinerator that generates electricity. And you certainly pay to have your garbage picked up.

It's a win/win for everyone really. In theory. Energy generated should offset some of the costs involved in picking up the waste to begin with. Certainly not all though.

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