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Large quantities of sorted metal are visible, including a significant heap of aluminum car rims stacked on the left and massive coils of thick industrial wiring or cables in the center.
The interior of the warehouse contains tall stacks of compacted metal scrap cubes (bales) secured with wire. Many of these bales feature handwritten weight or tracking numbers, such as "1,257.5" and "945".
The photograph presents a busy, raw, and authentic scrap processing environment—showing large quantities of recyclable metal ready for sorting or processing.
The machine has a heavy press chamber in the middle where scrap metal is compressed, with thick metal plates and hydraulic components visible at the top. The front lower section has a grid-like door, likely where compressed metal blocks (bales) are formed and ejected.