In China, a factory turns old wedding photographs into a source of electricity

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In China, a factory turns old wedding photographs into a source of electricity

By Matthew Walsh At a dusty warehouse in northern China, Liu Wei feeds photos of beaming bridal couples into an industrial shredder — turning stories of heartbreak into a source of electricity. Worker Yang Weiguang places a large wedding photo into a shredding machine at a warehouse in Langfang, in northern China’s Hebei province on March 27, 2024. Photo: Jade Gao/AFP. Wedding photos are big business in China, where parks, temples and historic s…