Nothing is a waste in developed countries.. China now burns damaged
paper money to generate electricity. Photos taken on Wednesday at an
electric power company in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, show a truck
carrying over 3 billion yuan (470 million US dollars) worth of notes.
The bundles are first shredded before the small pieces are burnt with
straw.
According to Zhu Hongwei, an employee at the company, each truck weighs
around 30 tons, and the company usually ends up burning around 1,800
tons of notes each year. Zhu told China Radio International that the
damaged paper money is a good material to generate electricity, as it
has a high heat value and contains less moisture.
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