Eli5: sincerely just out of curiosity, if a bank robber is caught after a dye pack explodes and the money is returned, what do they do with the money? Is it cleaned or do they throw it away?

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Edit: thank you for all your helpful responses! My curiosity is sated!

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Left out of here is that few banks still use this practice because it sucks to have someone rob your bank, get hurt by your dye pack, then sue you and win. They’re a liability. I worked in a retail bank branch 25 years ago that didn’t use them for this reason. Who still uses them?