# Recycled condoms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609 "2020-09-26T18:10:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609/1 "2020-09-26T18:10:56Z")

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[You heard right.](https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/condom-recycling-operation-vietnam.html)

**Please** don’t ask me to say anything more!

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609/2 "2020-09-26T18:16:38Z")

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There are 2 merged threads on this already, but the title is so obscure, you’d never see it. If the mods close or merge this one, too, perhaps they could add more description to the title of the pre-existing thread this time.

> [@Recyling gone too far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recyling-gone-too-far/921446):
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> This is just… astounding. Glad I don’t work in that factory.

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609/3 "2020-09-26T18:29:04Z")

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Whoops! Someone was way ahead of me: [Recyling gone too far - #21 by snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recyling-gone-too-far/921446/21)

This thread can be retired!

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609/4 "2020-09-26T18:36:01Z")

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Here’s the picture in [this article](https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/condom-recycling-operation-vietnam.html) on the same story:

[![](https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/a6f/834/8f656613d5be820901281eea456fae4d6c-washed-condoms.rsquare.w700.jpg) ](https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/a6f/834/8f656613d5be820901281eea456fae4d6c-washed-condoms.rsquare.w700.jpg)

If you use recycled condoms, at least each day you should wear a different color.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609/5 "2020-09-26T21:06:30Z")

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycled-condoms/921609/6 "2020-09-26T21:06:52Z")

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Closed as redundant.[quote=“2\_More\_Bits, post:3, topic:921609, full:true”]  
Whoops! Someone was way ahead of me: [Recyling gone too far - #21 by snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recyling-gone-too-far/921446/21)

This thread can be retired!  
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