MRFs

Higher-than-expected costs, recycling market turbulence and other factors led to the recent shutdown of a Maine mixed-waste processing plant. Stakeholders...

Two large publicly held waste and recycling companies are taking in higher residential volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they...

MRFs that are early participants in a glass certification program recently described the benefits of the new initiative. The Glass...

A MRF and municipality may feel their contract is fair, until a dive in commodity prices or spike in contamination...

Coronavirus infections among workers have caused a MRF to shutter and delayed collection of recyclables elsewhere. The federal government and...

As of last October, the Canadian city of Winnipeg has been sending its household recyclables to a technology-heavy MRF that...

GFL Environmental reported the first-quarter average recyclables price was down 32% year over year. But since then, the price has...

Many recycling facilities track throughput, materials composition, contamination and other data points. One operator in the Northeast is now bringing...

RRS analyzed MRF ownership in North America and found that over 50% of facilities are operated by one of four...

With material buyers today paying less for recyclables but demanding higher quality, some recycling companies have cut back or closed....