Where Do Old Boeing Jets Go?, Revisited

Categories: Business

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Sometimes they take a while to enter the marketplace, but once Boeing jets leave, they're put to all sorts of uses you might never imagine. Previously, we learned they're used as luxury homes and hotels, as well as boats and restaurants.

Today, we learn that they're also recycled into beer cans and bicycles. Then, after the scraps are picked over by local scavengers, the remaining jetsam (get it?!) is used to make Airbus planes. Ha! Take that, Airbus!

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