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A Material Recovery Facility is often referred to as a | 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 [[Reprocessors]]. 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. | ||
There are essentially three broad types of MRF: | |||
*'''"Clean" MRFs''' that accept materials from source separation schemes and [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]] ([[DMR]]). | |||
*'''"Dirty" MRFs''' which extract recyclables from mixed [[MSW]] and [[Commercial Waste]] and are generally more focused on producing a [[Waste Derived Fuel]] ([[WDF]]). | |||
*'''Material specific MRFs''' for example: | |||
**[[Construction and Demolition Waste]] and skip wastes | |||
**[[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] | |||
**[[Plastic]] materials and purpose designed '''[[PRF]]s''' |