Feb. 13 - Recycling Center

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Hannah Wegner and Bill Cox, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborers, sort cardboard, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. The center collects recyclable commodities from more than 300 dumpsters around the base and sells them for processing. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Hannah Wegner and Ned Applegate, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborers, sort cardboard, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. In 2016, the center sorted and baled approximately 860 tons of paper products diverting them from local landfills. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Shreds of paper flutter off a conveyer belt, Feb. 13, 2017, inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. Center personnel shred documents containing for-official-use-only and personal-identifying information gathered from base commands prior to baling and selling the product. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Shreds of paper fall onto a pile in a holding area, Feb. 13, 2017, inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. The piles are then fed into a baler and compressed into cubes weighing a ton or more. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Ned Applegate, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, uses a front-end loader, to push a pile of corrugated cardboard into place, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. Each load gets sorted to ensure the purity of the commodity before it is baled and sold. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Joseph Reaves, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, goes through unsorted paper, Feb. 13, 2017, at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center sorting line picking out the different grades of paper. In addition to cardboard and heavy paper, the center deals in ledger, sorted office and mixed-paper grades of paper products. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Joseph Reaves, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, goes through unsorted paper, Feb. 13, 2017, at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center sorting line picking out the different grades of paper. In addition to cardboard and heavy paper, the center deals in ledger, sorted office and mixed-paper grades of paper products. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Bill Cox, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, picks up a container of ink toners for recycling behind an Air Force Research Laboratory facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2017. The recycling center has restarted collecting toner cartridges and is working on getting the word out to the commands and people on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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A truck carrying a dumpster filled with ink toner cartridges backs into the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center, Feb. 13, 2017. The center manages approximately 300 recycling bins around the base, collecting toner cartridges, different grades of paper, plastic and metal. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Bill Cox, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, dumps out a container of ink toners onto the floor of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center, Feb. 13, 2017, to be palletized for shipping. The recycling center has restarted collecting toner cartridges and is working on getting the word out to the commands and people on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Bob Parsons, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, wades into piles of shredded paper in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center, Feb. 13, 2017. All of the ledger-quality paper—printer and copier paper—along with paper containing for-official-use-only or personal-identifying information, is shredded prior to being baled to be sold. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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A front-end loader is used to help spread out piles of shredded paper in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center, Feb. 13, 2017. The piles will be fed into a baler which compress the paper into cubes of a ton or more. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Hannah Wegner, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, palletizes toner cartridges, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. The recycling center has restarted collecting toner cartridges and is working on getting the word out to the commands and people on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Hannah Wegner, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, palletizes toner cartridges, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. The recycling center has restarted collecting toner cartridges and is working on getting the word out to the commands and people on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Hannah Wegner, 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center laborer, palletizes toner cartridges, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center. Behind Wegner are bales of shredded paper, each weighing a ton or more, waiting for shipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)

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Recently compressed bales of shredded paper, cardboard and other commodities, each weighing a ton or more, sit on the floor of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, recycling center, Feb. 13, 2017. Last year, the 88th Civil Engineering Group recycling center processed and sold approximately 860 tons of paper products, 110 tons of plastics and 833 tons of metal. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez/Released)