| Condom Hair Bands : Imagine you walk into a salon to | | | | Whoever had the idea of recycling used condoms |
| get your hair shampooed, cut and styled. You are | | | | may have had good intentions to help save the |
| given rubber hair bands to help keep your hair up and | | | | planet, but their methods were not exactly well |
| out of your face. Then you find out that these are | | | | thought out. The recycled used condoms have |
| not your typical hair bands. These hair bands are | | | | popped up all over China�s Pearl River Delta, |
| recycled�recycled used condoms. This is | | | | including hair salons and local popular marketplaces. |
| what happened to one disgusted Chen Wenlan from | | | | Unfortunately, these rubber hair bands are so |
| Dongguan, China after visiting her local hair salon. | | | | inexpensive and so alluringly colorful that they have |
| Wenlan says, �Many of my friends have not | | | | been selling very well. |
| yet heard the news. And it is really terrible.� | | | | |