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TOP 10 STRANGEST THINGS PEOPLE THROW AWAY BY HIPPOWASTE™
National waste management firm HIPPOWASTE™, operators of the HIPPOBAG™, surveyed 100 waste transfer stations and household tips across the country to find the top 10 strangest things people throw away.
The top 10 were:
1. A mattress stuffed with over £5,000 worth of savings left by an elderly lady who had forgotten it was there!
2. An entire collection of The Beano spanning 25 years
3. A suitcase full of human skulls and bones from a biology lab
4. A £3,000 wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses that should have gone to the dry cleaners after the big day!
5. A live tortoise found crawling around the green waste bin and was subsequently reclaimed by its owner
6. An entire man’s wardrobe including golf clubs thrown away by disgruntled wife who discovered he was having an affair
7. Contents of a police evidence bag for a court case
8. Top secret documents and blueprints for a British aircraft carrier
9. A hoax bomb that initiated an army investigation
10. Travel agency takings of £200,000 that was thrown away in black bin liners and required a major recovery operation