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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV)
Date: Mon Nov 02 1998 - 10:10:00 EST 

Date: Mon, 2 Nov 98 15:10 WET
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: Enlighten me please (Ermann A.)

November 2, 1998

Dear Ermann A.:

I am not conversant with the specific transaction that you are speaking of, but here is my guess as to what that jargon means:

If the price that you would pay to toss the items into a landfill or an incinerator (the tipping fee) is a positive value (at least $.01/lb e.g.) and the price being paid for the recyclable substance is a negative monetary value (at least -$.01/lb e.g.) then you can use the tip fee as a price or cost of the substance.

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