I guess it doesn’t matter how “Cash For Clunkers” programs are set up, they seem to run into problems. But what could anybody expect from a government-run program.

California better consider well how they approach this problem or they could find themselves with tons (literally) of junk cars on their hands. In the article, California state officials are hot after stopping shredding companies from using fluff, the leftover material from recycling metals from cars, as daily landfill cover. If they manage to restrict fluff from landfills, shredder operations in California won’t be able to process cars or appliances. So, instead of fluff in the landfills, they’ll have mountains of old cars and appliances. Careful what you wish for…

This just doesn’t seem right, especially in this time of financial crisis. Recyclers are already hurting with the depressed prices of recyclables and now some of their money has to go to other private companies administering a federal program? Where’s the stimilus in that?