New OCC Recycling Center opens with ceremony

OCC sustainability coordinator Mike Carey shakes hands after receiving the “Hanging of the Orange” service award during the OCC Recycling Center dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new center on Thursday.

OCC President Dennis Harkins, left, receives a plaque from Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley as part of the new OCC Recycling Center dedication on Thursday.

Blocks of crushed aluminum cans are stored and ready to ship at the OCC Recycling Center on Thursday.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

City and school officials including OCC President Dennis Harkins, left, and Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley, third from left, wait for Mike Carey (with scissors) to cut the ribbon during the OCC Recycling Center dedication ceremony at the new center on Thursday.

The new OCC Recycling Center as seen during the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.

Leo Stiles, an assistant and multi-task employee, talks about the crushed aluminum soda cans and plastic bottles at the new OCC Recycling Center on Thursday.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Blocks of crushed aluminum cans are stored and ready to ship at the OCC Recycling Center on Thursday.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Doug Bennett, OCC executive director of college advancement, welcomes college and city officials to the new OCC Recycling Center dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.

Crushed aluminum cans are stored and ready to ship at the OCC Recycling Center on Thursday.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Outdated computers and TV sets sit in the back lot at the OCC Recycling Center on Thursday.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)