Materials Recycling Facility (MRF)

Recovery for co-mingled waste and recyclables

Efficient separation and recovery for recycling and reprocessing waste

For a variety of reasons, some businesses need to put all their rubbish into one bin or skip, which contaminates otherwise recyclable materials. General waste at most businesses will include paper and cardboard, packaging materials, plastics and metals alongside other items.

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Ideal solution for limited spaces

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Improved recycling rates

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Efficient separation & recovery of recyclables

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100% landfill diversion

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In-house recycling for all separated materials

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Environmentally friendly

How does a Materials Recycling Facility work?

A Materials Recycling Facility or MRF is a deceptively simple – yet vital – facility for recycling waste. Its objective is to produce clean, sorted and segregated materials as efficiently as possible, ready for further recycling. By accepting co-mingled waste, we reduce the amount of space required on your sites for bins or skips, and the separation – both manual and mechanical – and subsequent recycling is all done at our facilities.

Tipping

On initial tipping – or totting – larger items are picked and separated: brick, rubble, cardboard and plastics.

Yorkshire Materials Recycling Facility - cardboard and paper recycling

Paper & Cardboard

Papers, packaging, boxes, magazines, envelopes etc. are removed and baled on-site, ready for further processing and final recycling.

Yorkshire Materials Recycling Facility – ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovery and recycling

Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals

Ferrous metals (e.g. steel cans) are recovered by an overhead magnet system, ready for baling or recycling. Non-ferrous (e.g. copper, aluminium) is hand-sorted.

Plastics

Recyclable plastics are removed for onward processing, granulation and recycling, and the ‘non-recyclable’ plastics (single-use, films etc.) are used by our board manufacturing facility – closing the loop on plastic waste.

Glass

Separated glass is either sent for onward recycling or used to make 100% recycled concrete products at our Goole site.

Further screening

Organic fractions, sand, aggregates, pebbles, smaller stones and glass are recovered through screening ready for further processing at our inerts facility.

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Retain site space, save time and money and get environmentally responsible zero waste to landfill with co-mingled waste and recycling services for your business.

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