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==Overview== | ==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. | 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. | ||
The key elements of MRF design and operation include: | |||
* Throughput capacity - measured in both weight and volume due to differing bulk densities of materials that impact the sorting machinery specification and the capacity of conveyors and storage areas | |||
* Reliability - the operational availability of the plant and the time required to maintain it | |||
* Quality of Outputs - high quality outputs ensure a solid, higher value market for the materials recovered | |||
* Adaptability - the ability to adjust to changing inputs over time | |||
In all of these factors, the quality of the input materials clearly has a major influence. Poor quality materials, or materials that are heavily contaminated at the input stage, can lead to lower quality outputs and/or higher levels of rejects as part of the process. | |||
==Types of MRF== | ==Types of MRF== | ||
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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'''. | 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. This has allowed the performance of MRFs t be compared, including the level of contamination and associated rejects from each MRF. | ||
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''''' | '''''map and site listing to follow''''' | ||