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Base recycling center harnesses the power of the sun

Lance Cpl. Daniel Boothe

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

The largest recycling center within the Department of Defense saves a number of natural resources every year and will also soon produce enough solar energy to consistently power 12 average US homes.

Nearly 400 solar panels, spanning more than 6,600 total square feet, will top Camp Pendleton’s $3.5 million recycling center before the fall.

“Recycling not only saves natural resources, but it reduces our need to exhaust environmental assets,” said Charles P. Bradshaw, recycling program manager, Camp Pendleton Recycling Center, which produc...

 

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