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Worlds Biggest Shredder

Experience the mighty mega shredder. The world's largest recycling machine takes the floor space of an entire factory. It will reduce the equivalent of 450 cars an hour to an unrecognizable pulp. And that's just one part of the 9 million tons of scrap metal spit from the jaws of the world's biggest metal shredder every year. Hauling away the fragments of what were once refrigerators and other household goods demands the services of a gargantuan gantry crane. In only 72 hours that crane will fill a 30,000 ton cargo ship that in turn will lug the precious scraps onto the world metal recycling market.

English
  • Originally Aired June 19, 2008
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network National Geographic
  • Created July 23, 2010 by
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