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The Seattle Public Utilities department said the new garbage disposal system should make people more aware that recycling is important. City official Tim Croll told the 'Seattle Times' newspaper that the programme would not make any money. He said: "The point isn't to raise revenue. We care more aboutdownfromininsideofontoup reminding people to separate their materials." He added that he thinks the fines system will be a success and said he didn't expect to collect a lot aboutdownfromininsideofontoup money aboutdownfromininsideofontoup fines. It will be aboutdownfromininsideofontoup to garbage collectors to decide if a house or business gets a fine. The collectors will look aboutdownfromininsideofontoup garbage bins to see how much food waste they contain. They can then add $1 or $50 aboutdownfromininsideofontoup the next garbage bill.