More than meets the eye: Collapsible containers move Alabama steel

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These folding containers are used to bring scrap stainless steel from Mexico to Alabama, where it's melted down and recycled. When emptied and folded, four of the containers can be stacked in the space filled by one full one. (Courtesy of the Alabama Port Authority)

If you’ve carried folded-up shopping bags into your supermarket, you’ll appreciate a new way of moving scrap steel from Mexico to the Port of Mobile. But these collapsible containers hold tons.

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