Fake cigarettes generate electricity About 40 million fake cigarettes worth $2.5 million are destroyed at an energy company in Shijiazhuan...

Fake cigarettes generate electricity

About 40 million fake cigarettes worth $2.5 million are destroyed at an energy company in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province, March 30, 2012. Incinerating the cigarettes could generate 17,360 kilowatt-hours of electricity. [Photo/CFP]

A worker dumps fake cigarettes at an energy company in Shijiazhuang, March 30, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

Fake cigarettes worth $2.51 million are destroyed at a company in Shijiazhuang, March 30, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

Fake cigarettes worth $2.51 million are destroyed at a company in Shijiazhuang, March 30, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

About 40 million fake cigarettes worth $2.5 million are destroyed at an energy company in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province, March 30, 2012. Incinerating the cigarettes could generate 17,360 kilowatt-hours of electricity.