Materials Recycling Facilities
List of Municipal MRFs in the UK: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
This page is an updated working list of municipal Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) in the United Kingdom. It has been rebuilt from our original 2013-era list, current MRF reporting sources, regulator guidance, operator information and sector reports. The original post was useful for its time, but it mixed true municipal dry recyclables MRFs with transfer […]
What is a Waste Transfer Station and Inside MRFs and MBTs
What is a Waste Transfer Station? Well, let us explain Waste Transfer Stations, were once simply depots, often not even roofed where the dust carts (now called Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs)) would return after collecting each load of rubbish for their bin collection rounds. The RCVs would, and still do deposit their 3 to 5 […]
