Materials Recycling Facilities

These centres are the first ports of call for recyclable material - such as paper, glass, cans and plastics - that have been carefully segregated by members of the public and left for collection at the kerbside.

MRFs receive these recyclables, sort and segregate them further where necessary, and bulk them up for shipment to specialist processors. Some mixed waste streams can be further sorted by hand, or by using machinery, in order to increase the amount of value that is extracted from the waste that we all generate.

"The role played by material recycling facilities - know as MRFs - is a vital one in the war on waste."

To find out more, visit our compost section.