How a Materials Recycling Facility Sorts Mixed Recyclables

Devon Contract Waste · Documentary · 3 min · 2013 · YouTube title: What happens at a Materials Recycling Facility? (MRF) - How does our sorting machine work?

Why it's here

HN links it as a concrete example of the scale and speed of automated recycling sorting.

What it covers

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.