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Summary
An unidentified man walks down an aisle between bales of wastepaper stacked in a 130,000 square foot warehouse owned by Allan Company, Commerce, California.

Until recently, trucks have been unloading 600 tons of the wastepaper at the warehouse for storage, where it would sit until it was sold and shipped to China. Once in China, the paper would have been recycled into new packaging for products to be resold in America.

Prices for the material have plunged as much as 75% in the last six weeks.

Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times, found at: Los Angeles, Copyright 2008 Los Angeles Times.