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What happens at a Materials Recycling Facility? (MRF) - How does our sorting machine work?
Devon Contract Waste
A short tour of a UK materials recycling facility showing how mixed recyclables are mechanically and optically sorted. Aluminum, ferrous metal, glass, paper, and trash come out as separate streams.
HN links it as a concrete example of the scale and speed of automated recycling sorting.
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