A truck drops off a load af recyclables at the Norcal Waste recycling facility 11 July, 2003 in San Francisco. The most modern recycling facility in the United States opened in March of 2003 and has the ability to sort and bail up to 2,100 tons of recyclables per day using an efficient combination of specialized equipment and hand sorting. Along with paper, plastic and glass, Norcal's newly opened construction materials sorting facility can sort wood, concrete and metal. (Justin Sullivan,Image: 72224149, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: FOR NEWSPAPER AND TV USE ONLY, Model Release: no
A worker unloads bales of PET plastic bottles from a truck before they are recycled in the Plastipak Infineo recycling plant in Saint-Marie-La-Blanche, central eastern France, on June 1, 2023.,Image: 781811068, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
