Materials recovery facility. Facility for the separation of commingled recyclables.
Materials Recovery Facility. A facility that receives materials in a form unacceptable by the marketplace. The MRF separates, removes contamination, sorts, densifies, and stores recyclable material types. Each material is prepared to meet the requirements of a specific market. MRFs are generally considered handlers. (Waste Reduction Strategies for Rural Communities, prepared by the MaCC Group, with support from Tennessee Valley Authority, March 1994).
Materials Reclamation/Recovery Facility. A plant where materials are sorted, separated, baled and sent on to be recycled. Also called a Waste Transfer Station .
Materials Recovery Facility (usually applied to recycling processing facilities)
Materials recovery facility. A term commonly used for a facility that sorts and processes mixed recyclables.
Materials Recovery Facility. Line of business where recyclable material is processed, separated, and sold. This is a facility where recyclable materials are sorted and processed for sale. This process includes separating recyclable materials (manually or by machine) according to type, and baling or otherwise preparing the separated material for sale. Operating costs and revenues for MRF's are accounted for as a separate line of business.
Materials recovery facility. pronounced "merf," it is a facility that accepts, sorts and processes different types of recyclables. The intent of the MRF is to help achieve higher waste diversion goals by more thoroughly sorting and processing waste and recyclables.
Materials Recycling Facility. a facility where waste materials are sorted into their constituent parts such as paper, plastics, glass and metal cans
Materials reclamation facility. a place where materials for recycling are taken for sorting into material types before delivering to reprocessors (companies who recycle).
Materials Recovery Facility. A plant which processes or prepares recoverable materials for shipment to end-users. Incoming material can be co-mingled or source separated as recyclable, reusable and compostable materials. At some MRFs, materials are extracted from mixed waste.
Materials Reclamation Facility - an industrial unit designed to sort and prepare waste materials (e.g. metals, paper, card, plastics, etc) in order to produce secondary materials that can be reprocessed or used for the manufacture of new products.
Materials Recovery Facility. A facility for separating co-mingled collected recyclables, with emphasis on separating and processing waste materials.
Materials Recycling Facility. Facility where a waste stream is separated to allow recyclable components to be removed.
Mold risk factor. A number derived from temperature and relative humidity data over a period of time which expresses the likelihood and severity of mold growth on susceptible collection materials.
Materials Recovery Facility. A facility where recyclable materials are sorted from the general waste stream for recycling.
Materials Reclamation Facility. Often pronounced ' murf' this is a place where materials are taken to be sorted and stored before they are sent to be recycled
MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY. A recycling facility that sorts and processes collected mixed recyclables into individual streams for market. Also known as an intermidiate processing center (IPC).
See: Materials recovery facility.
A Materials Recovery Facility, where solid waste is sorted out for recycling or disposal in landfill.
Materials Recovery Facility. a site where recyclables are sorted and prepared into marketable commodities for manufacturing.
Materials recovery facility. a facility for separating commingled recyclables by manual or mechanical means. Some MRFs are designed to separate recyclables from mixed MSW. MRFs then bale and market the recovered materials.
Material Recycling Facility
Materials Recovery Facility. A facility that processes residentially collected mixed recyclables into new products available for market.