06/18/2026
Ever wonder what happens after your recycling cart hits the curb? 🚛💨
It travels straight to our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)—pronounced "Murph"! Inside this engineering marvel, a mix of advanced optical sorters, magnets, and incredible human workers sort through tons of materials every single hour .But here’s the catch: a MRF is only as efficient as what YOU put in your bin. When non-recyclables enter the stream, they cause downstream contamination. This can break heavy sorting machinery, cause dangerous battery fires, and force an entire batch of clean recyclables into the landfill.
How you can help the MRF team today:
1.) Keep it loose: Never bag your recyclables. Plastic bags wrap around and jam spinning facility gears.
2.)Empty and dry: Leftover liquids degrade valuable cardboard and paper streams.
3.)No batteries: Keep lithium-ion batteries entirely out of your bins to prevent facility fires.
4.) Remember that anything smaller than a credit card falls through machinery and gets lost (or damages) machinery. Keep those small items out of the bin.
Let's work together to keep our recycling stream clean and our partner MRF operations running smoothly! ♻️✨
