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Materials Recycling Facility (MRF)

 
a loading shovel and a mountain of recycling material
Your recycling material goes straight from the trucks into a large reception area at the MRF. We often receive material that piles up to form a 20-foot high mountain.


Separating and sorting

shovel moving material into bag splitter – click on image to view it full-size in a new browser window
An operator drives a loading shovel and loads the mixed material into a bag splitter. This rips open the bags and sends the mixed recycling material off to the other machines.
Bag splitter – full-size image

Each piece of equipment removes (separates) a particular type of material for recycling. Follow these links to find out about the machines and what happens at each stage:

  1. Separating paper and containers
  2. Separating cans
  3. Separating glass
  4. Further sorting of paper
  5. Further sorting of plastic
  6. Baling

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Contact the recycling team

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