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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering adding on a “green fee” on each new MetroCard to encourage riders to recycle their cards.

The proposal for the $1 surcharge was contained in the agency’s preliminary budget for next year.

The aim is to reduce the number of cards that are printed and discarded. The surcharge would produce about $18 million a year for the MTA.

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