Posted on 01/28/2002 11:55:23 AM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:55 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
LONDON -- Protecting the ozone layer has spawned a chilling new menace to the English countryside -- abandoned refrigerators.
Residents say unsightly dumps of old appliances have sprouted across the land since people began secretly abandoning them in fields after European environmental regulations took effect Jan. 1 making it illegal to discard the ozone-depleting foam insulation from fridges and freezers.
Many people think illegal dumping is the only option, since the equipment needed to destroy the foam in compliance with European Union rules isn't available in England.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
Commit a crime involving the refrigerators, and have them impounded as evidence.
Hide a wad of money in one, and advertise that whoever carts off the "winning" fridge gets the cash (everyone has to take at least one off the premises)
Have offending fridges shipped to city hall steps
Grow mushrooms inside of them
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