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A [[Material Recovery Facility]] is often referred to as a ‘[[MRF]]’ and is generically a facility that sorts, grades and prepares waste fractions suitable for onward dispatch to [[ | A [[Material Recovery Facility]] is often referred to as a ‘[[MRF]]’ and is generically a facility that sorts, grades and prepares waste fractions suitable for onward dispatch to a [[Reprocessor]]. | ||
==Overview== | |||
A [[Material Recovery Facility]] is often referred to as a ‘[[MRF]]’ and is generically a facility that sorts, grades and prepares waste fractions suitable for onward dispatch to a [[Reprocessor]]. Many also refer to a MRF as a Material Recycling Facility, which is not strictly true in that the MRF separates the material for onward recycling rather than recycling the material in its own right. | |||
==Types of MRF== | |||
There are essentially three broad types of MRF: | There are essentially three broad types of MRF: | ||
*'''"Clean" MRFs''' that accept materials from source separation schemes and [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]] ([[DMR]]). | *'''"Clean" MRFs''' that accept materials from source separation schemes and [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]] ([[DMR]]). | ||
*'''"Dirty" MRFs'''/'''Waste to Fuel MRF''' which extract recyclables from mixed [[MSW]] and [[Commercial Waste]] streams and are generally more focused on producing a [[Waste Derived Fuel]] ([[WDF]]). | *'''"Dirty" MRFs'''/'''Waste to Fuel MRF''' which extract recyclables from mixed [[MSW]] and [[Commercial Waste]] streams and are generally more focused on producing a [[Waste Derived Fuel]] ([[WDF]]). | ||
*'''Material specific MRFs''' for example: | *'''Material specific MRFs''' for example: | ||
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**[[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] | **[[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] | ||
**[[Plastic]] materials and purpose designed '''[[PRF]]s''' ([[Plastics Recovery Facility]] or [[Plastics Recovery Facility | Plastics Recycling Facility]]) | **[[Plastic]] materials and purpose designed '''[[PRF]]s''' ([[Plastics Recovery Facility]] or [[Plastics Recovery Facility | Plastics Recycling Facility]]) | ||
=="Clean" MRFs== | |||
'''"Clean" MRFs''' that accept materials from source separation schemes and [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]] ([[DMR]]). A pictorial overview of one type layout/configuration is shown below<ref>Suez Recycling and Recovery UK</ref>: | |||
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|rowspan=7|[[File:Suez MRF drawing.png|MRF Diagram|link=[[Suez]]]]||1. Material Feed - often delivered via a [[Bag Breaker]] | |||
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|2a.[[Trommel]]/Trommel Screen - normally used to separate off the larger, lighter mixed [[Paper & Card|paper and cardboard]] fractions from the other materials | |||
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|2b.[[Ballistic Separator]] - normally used to separate 2-dimensional light and flat items (such as [[Paper & Card|paper and cardboard]]) from 3-dimensional heavier rigid items such as [[glass]] bottles and cans | |||
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|3a.[[Magnetic Separator]] - used to separate [[steel cans]]/[[Ferrous Metal|ferrous metals]] | |||
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|3b.[[Air Separator]]/Air Classifier - used to separate heavy from light materials, in this case to remove contamination from the [[glass]] fraction | |||
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|4.[[Eddy Current Separator]] - used to separate [[aluminium cans]]/[[Non-Ferrous Metal|non-ferrous metals]] | |||
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|5.[[NIR Optical Sorting]] - Near Infra Red (NIR) light is used to separate materials, often focused on different [[plastic]] types/polymers | |||
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The [[MRF Code of Practice]] applies to all 'Qualifying MRFs' which are those all those MRFs that receive more than 1,000 tonnes per annum of primarily [[DMR]] materials from households and other sources with a similar composition. A list of these MRFs and associated map is set out below which are, on the whole, '''"Clean" MRFs'''. | |||
'''''map and site listing to follow''''' | |||
=="Dirty MRFs"== | |||
'''''content to follow''''' | |||
==Material Specific MRFs== | |||
===[[Construction and Demolition Waste]] and Skip Wastes=== | |||
'''''content to follow''''' | |||
===[[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]]=== | |||
'''''content to follow''''' | |||
===[[Plastic]] Materials and Purpose Designed '''[[PRF]]s'''=== | |||
'''''content to follow''''' | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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