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MTA proposes strapping straphangers with $1 'green fee' on each new MetroCard

Surcharge would generate an estimated $20 million a year for transit authority. Goal is to reduce amount of MetroCards printed, discarded and hauled to landfill

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By Pete Donohue / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 8:38 PM

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-proposes-strapping-straphangers-1-green-fee-new-metrocard-article-1.1122750#ixzz21pvugfky

Talking about how the train stations would be cleaner. REALLY?  There are rats and all other kind of vermin down in the stations.  The plastic card lying on the floor is the least of my worries.  On another note, I am really curious as to the revenue the MTA makes from all those extra nickels and dimes they get from the unused & uneven amounts left on the MetroCards now - talking about giving us an extra quarter...