Ten weird things you can actually recycle

by C. Commisso

September 4th, 2009

The good news: about 80% of U.S. households have access to local recycling programs for things like paper, plastic, glass and aluminum. The better news: you can recycle almost anything, if you know how.

Dentures, for example.

Did you know that each set of dentures contains about $25 worth of precious metals like gold and silver? A non-profit organization was recently created in Japan to recycle the metals found in unwanted dentures and donate the proceeds to UNICEF. Already, more than $250,000 has been donated. That’s an awful lot of fake teeth.

Pics and story here.