Recycling Center: Online Tour

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	Tipping Floor


	Pre-Sort Station


	Light Item Sorting


	The Blower System


	Glass Sorting


	Balers

Tipping Floor

Recycling collection trucks unload glass, plastic, steel and aluminum containers onto the tipping floor.

Photo of recycling truck unloading containers.

The trucks also unload mixed paper, which is then taken to Office Paper Systems where it is processed for sale to paper mills.

Photo of recycling truck unloading mixed paper.

Front-end loaders then push the commingled materials onto a conveyer belt that leads to the processing area. The materials then fall onto an inclined conveyer that carries them to the pre-sort station.

Photo of conveyer belt leading to processing area.

Last edited: 8/8/2008

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