PaulDentJones published Hip and knee joints retrieved from Chelmsford cremations earn...

REPLACEMENT hips, knees and other artificial body parts have earned more than £4,000 in scrap metal after being retrieved from cremations.Chelmsford City Council has announced that it donated the £4,321 raised from its metal recycling scheme to Farleigh Hospice.The metals are traditionally buried in another plot, but with this scheme – inspired by the Royal Dutch Cremation Federation's idea – the metal can be sold for scrap.Council bosses say the scheme has been...