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The Grossest Things You Can Recycle (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post     First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 03:50 PM ET

Here at HuffPost Green, we are all for the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. We love to hear about people finding new and creative ways to reuse everyday objects, however, even we have our limits. Is it possible that some things are just too gross to recycle? We'll let you be the judge.

Recycled Coffin Couches
 
While these coffins were never actually buried due to slight cosmetic inconsistencies, they were used to display bodies during funeral home viewings. Now you can have them in your home, as seating. Check out the many styles or have one custom-built at Coffin Couches.
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Here at HuffPost Green, we are all for the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. We love to hear about people finding new and creative ways to reuse everyday objects, however, even we have our limits. Is ...
Here at HuffPost Green, we are all for the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. We love to hear about people finding new and creative ways to reuse everyday objects, however, even we have our limits. Is ...
 
 
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HUFFPOST SUPER USER
ruchild
05:13 PM on 12/10/2009
The Elephant Poo paper products DO NOT SELL, no one wants to buy them, when they are so emblazoned with what they are created out of, my advise, rename the bloody things so they will sell, list the content material in small print, since it is safe to use, just gross to think about.
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HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Tommygun264
2Q2BSTR8
06:14 AM on 12/10/2009
Love the coffin couch - very Addams Family.

While the hair purse may make your skin crawl, it is not far from an old historical tradition. Jewelry made with hair is dated back to at least the 1600's, when hair bracelets were given as love tokens by both men and women. During this time one was likely to find the hair placed under glass and used as a background for initials or some other personal symbol to the wearer. Hair jewelry stayed popular until the late 1800's. Many people today believe that hair jewelry was made only for the purpose of remembering a deceased loved one. While that was one function of hair jewelry, many pieces were also made for sentimental reasons, as tokens of affection.

Queen Victoria gave pieces of jewelry made from her hair as gifts, many of these pieces were given to her children and grandchildren. Napoleon wore his watch on a chain made from the hair of his wife, Empress, Marie Louise.
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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
KIVPossum
Moldova Marsupial
02:58 AM on 12/10/2009
The coffin couch is nice. Better to take an old coffin and make a keganator
02:14 AM on 12/10/2009
there was mention of a purse made of hair. one guy on project runway made outfits with human hair hair.

in the 1800s jewelry made from the hair of deceased loved ones was very popular. it was called memento mori.
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HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Stagehnd1
11:21 PM on 12/09/2009
I like the coffin couch!!! i want one.
04:43 PM on 12/09/2009
Am I the only person completely grossed out by the feet? Yuck. Bad toes will always send me to vomit.
04:37 PM on 12/09/2009
Handcuffs. They get a vote. Grrwll.
04:24 PM on 12/09/2009
ALL GET A 10
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HUFFPOST SUPER USER
JCCross
12:38 PM on 12/09/2009
What the heck is a 'pickled bottom?' Do they mean a$$es? This one was either poorly written, or so vague as to be totally incomprehensible.
09:53 PM on 12/09/2009
It made me scratch my head for a minute, but that appears what they are talking about. In other words, make it look like a tiny human posterior that has been put in a jar like a pickle.

Whoever thought of that one must have had their head up their pickled bottom.
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Dnietz
politics is obsolete
11:21 AM on 12/09/2009
the elephant pooh recycling makes no sense at all

because elephant manure is not a pollutant. it is so valuable you can sell it. it is used by farmers everywhere as one of the best fertilizers.

so it is already 100% pure recycling material, no energy required.

those note pads are exactly the kinds of things rightie people use to make fun of liberals.
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HUFFPOST SUPER USER
tehixe
Anything can change the nature of a man.
10:50 AM on 12/09/2009
With all the goths reaching adulthood in this country, I'd be surprised if they could keep recycled coffin couches in stock.
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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
KJLSanDiego
01:00 PM on 12/09/2009
I bet Marilyn Manson has several!
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HUFFPOST SUPER USER
Tunghoy
My other car is a TARDIS
10:03 AM on 12/09/2009
This slide show should also include Republican recycling. They've been re-using the same, old trickle-down nonsense since it failed on Herbert Hoover, and re-using the same, old fear tactics since the 1950s. These guys have it mastered.
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Tommygun264
2Q2BSTR8
06:16 AM on 12/10/2009
Repiglicans are the soulless Daleks of the contemporary political scene.
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Tunghoy
My other car is a TARDIS
07:44 AM on 12/10/2009
Inferior life forms! Exterminate!
09:55 AM on 12/09/2009
BituBlock is a variety of recycled stuff bound in bitumen, better known as asphalt, which is the heaviest distillate of petroleum -- crude oil.

The truly sustainable building material is compressed earth block. CEB is a modern evolution of rammed earth construction. A mixture of clay and sand is formed into blocks in a hydraulic press. Compressive strength is 2/3 that of concrete blocks. Thermal performance is greatly superior to concrete and better than adobe.
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HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
Waltfl
Μακάριοι οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί
09:28 AM on 12/09/2009
What's gross about handcuffs? Or Bitublock insulation because it's partially made out of sewage. Let me break the news to you: Drinking water in big cities is made out of sewage as well.
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Dnietz
politics is obsolete
11:16 AM on 12/09/2009
uhhhmmmm.......... they recycle other items besides just handcuffs......... go look