View a gallery of images from a tour of the Hamm’s recycling facility, Feb. 17, 2016.

photo by: Nick Krug

A worker sorts through a large heap of recycling materials for pieces of trash and other larger recycling items, such as a plastic bucket that need to be removed, before being scooped up with a loader and dumped into a complex sorting machine on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road.

photo by: Nick Krug

A worker uses a loader to scoop up a pile of recycling materials to dump into a complex sorting machine on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road.

photo by: Nick Krug

Snap, one of the Rice Krispies elves, peers out of a tightly packed bail on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road.

photo by: Nick Krug

A sorter pulls a plastic bag of shredded paper from a conveyor belt on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road. A previous version of this cutline incorrectly stated that the facility was unable to accommodate such bags.

photo by: Nick Krug

A worker sorts through recycling materials on a conveyor belt as they are sent through a complex sorting machine on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road.

photo by: Nick Krug

Recycling materials are pulled up a conveyor to be sent through a complex sorting system on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road, that processes Lawrence's recyclable materials.

photo by: Nick Krug

Workers sort through recycling materials on a conveyor belt as they are sent through a complex sorting machine on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road.

photo by: Nick Krug

A bin full of trash begins to pile up on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Hamm's Recycling Facility, 26195 Linwood Road.