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Stunning Photos Offer an Inside Look at How Recyclables are Sorted

Travel through a Raleigh materials recycling facility in this photo essay.
Photography by Joshua Steadman

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In February, we toured our local materials recycling facility to see how the items in our single-stream recycling bin get sorted into bales that can be sold and reclaimed. Here’s what we saw.

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