From Poop to Recycled Condoms: The Top 5 weird and gross recycled products

We found it at http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/26/20-eye-catching-pieces-of-recycled-urban-furniture-geeky-and-ecological-reuse-of-ordinary-objects/

Ewe. Ewe. Ewe. Ewe. First suspected to be a urban e-mail legend, this story has been reported as true by snopes.com

The story circulated informing the public that condoms were being recycled in southern China, threatening to spread STD's they were originally meant to prevent.

As explained on snopes.com, the condoms supplied for the hairbands were not actually used, but rather factory rejects. Perhaps the question is, who's checking?

Hey, look at the bright side, headbands are in!

Why flush when you can fertilize? That's what Joseph Jenkins proposes in his book, "The Humanure Handbook", and he has quite a following.

As Brian Liloia explains on Planetsave.com, "Well, instead of using a toilet, you might choose to use the bucket system, which is essentially a five gallon bucket..."

He goes on to describe the process, "After doing one's business, sawdust or straw is sprinkled on the bucket's contents to prevent odor, add carbon, and absorb liquids. (Believe me: it really does keep down odor.) Humanure can then be dumped into compost bins, where it decomposes and cures after one to two years. After this time, you are left with nothing but purely organic matter, something quite like dirt..."

It is truly a absorbing topic, and worth checking out at http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/15/dont-flush-that-poo-away-recycle-human-waste-with-the-humanure-system/

In San Francisco, getting poo on your shoe in the park was a real dilemma. That's when the city's waste management contractor, Norcal Waste...er...stepped in it.

Over 6,500 tons of dog poop is produced in the Bay area each year. Using dog waste collection carts, they gather, digest and convert the waste into methane gas. Did somebody say cow farts?

Jill Fehrenbacher explains it all at http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/19/dog-poop-power-for-san-francisco/