more than 10 years ago, the team at g.e. considered the paper that ends up in u.s.ulls and look forward to ways to capture more of that for use. the initial focus was on paper cups which have been traditionally harder to recycle because of the lining that keeps the contents from leaking. the team was able to successfully recover paper fiber from those cups, but realized there were some supply chain challenges to collecting only paper cups so they expanded the scope of the project to collect more paper-based waste from fast food restaurants, amusement parks and other facilities, cups, napkins, food wrappers, etc. a pilot plant was built in georgia in 2013. that plant has successfully processed waste generated in all those facilities, fast food restaurants, airports, etc. from there, the team designed and secured permits to build the first processing unit in toledo oregon. it started up operations this past may, and is currently processing waste from the region. the juneau technology process starts with collecting waste from those kinds of commercial resources that ty