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Steel and iron are sorted out by magnets and an eddy current machine which separates non-ferrous metals. An optical scanner can tell whether something is transparent to sort out glass. Plastics, seen here, are directed to another belt where they are collected and sold as raw material.

February 10, 2011 8:19 AM PST

Photo by: Sims Recycling Solutions

| Caption by: Martin LaMonica

 

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