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A Material Recovery Facility is often referred to as a ‘MRF’ and is generically a facility that sorts, grades and prepares waste fractions suitable for onward dispatch to Reprocessors. Many also refer to a MRF as a Material Recycling Facility, which is not strictly true in that the MRF separates the material for onward recycling rather than recycling the material in its own right. "Clean" MRFs accept materials from source separation schemes and Dry Mixed Recyclables (DMR). ‘Dirty’ MRFs extract recyclables from mixed MSW and Commercial Waste and are generally more focused on producing a WDF. There are other MRFs which are focused on particular waste streams as well – for example Construction and Demolition Waste and skip wastes, and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

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	A Material Recovery Facility is often referred to as a ‘MRF’ and is generically a facility that sorts, grades and prepares waste fractions suitable for onward dispatch to [[Reprocessors]]. Many also refer to a MRF as a Material Recycling Facility, which is not strictly true in that the MRF separates the material for onward recycling rather than recycling the material in its own right. "Clean" MRFs accept materials from source separation schemes and [[Dry Mixed ~~Recyclable~~]] ~~materials~~ ([[DMR]]). ‘Dirty’ MRFs extract recyclables from mixed [[MSW]] and [[Commercial Waste]] and are generally more focused on producing a [[WDF]]. There are other MRFs which are focused on particular waste streams as well – for example [[Construction and Demolition Waste]] and skip wastes, and [[Waste Electronic ~~and Electrical~~ Equipment]].		A Material Recovery Facility is often referred to as a ‘MRF’ and is generically a facility that sorts, grades and prepares waste fractions suitable for onward dispatch to [[Reprocessors]]. Many also refer to a MRF as a Material Recycling Facility, which is not strictly true in that the MRF separates the material for onward recycling rather than recycling the material in its own right. "Clean" MRFs accept materials from source separation schemes and [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]] ([[DMR]]). ‘Dirty’ MRFs extract recyclables from mixed [[MSW]] and [[Commercial Waste]] and are generally more focused on producing a [[WDF]]. There are other MRFs which are focused on particular waste streams as well – for example [[Construction and Demolition Waste]] and skip wastes, and [[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]].