Hungarians burn money to keep warm

It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "burning money". The Hungarian Central Bank has begun recycling bank notes withdrawn from circulation by turning them into fire briquettes and donating them to the poor who can use them for burning. Duration: 01:01

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[woodrat2296]

Now that's recycling. In Canada, the money is just burned by the government.

[blacksncommercials]

Americans would freeze to death with a dollar in their hands....what ever happened to burning wood, or electic or fireplaces or space heaters?

[jason broock]

paper currency is worthless - it only holds value until the government says it doesn't - cashless society is coming soon all the paper money in the world wont be worth shit, and we will be burning are money here in america too stay warm someday...

[sk84life1196]

Why you no just give them money

[gpeter1981]

Britbanana7 this is currency,not money. If you don't know the difference its your problem. This is what happens to all paper ASSETS. They return to their intrinsic value.

[britbanana7]

I'm sure that they couldn't use the MONEY more. . .

[ChristianIsTooRetro]

Thats whats up... I dunno if I could find a bank in NC that'd be willing to do something like that without it hugely benefitting themselves.