160812-N-MY901-017 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 12, 2016) Sailors from Waste Management use a Compress Melt Unit to compress plastics in the midship trash station aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington, homeported in Norfolk, is underway conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Krystofer Belknap)