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2. Materials recovery facility - Wikipedia

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   A materials recovery facility for the recycling of domestic waste Clean materials recovery facility recycling video. A materials recovery facility, materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility or multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized waste sorting and recycling system [1] that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end ...

3. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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   Recycling is via a steelworks: scrap is either remelted in an electric arc furnace (90-100% scrap), or used as part of the charge in a Basic Oxygen Furnace (around 25% scrap). [20] Any grade of steel can be recycled to top quality new metal, with no 'downgrading' from prime to lower quality materials as steel is recycled repeatedly. 42% of ...

4. Recycling - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Converting waste materials into new products This article is about recycling of waste materials. For recycling of waste energy, see Energy recycling. "Recycled" redirects here. For the album, see Recycled (Nektar album). The three chasing arrows of the universal recycling symbol Municipal ...

5. Scrap - Wikipedia

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   Scrap metal rusts in the snow (Finland) The metal recycling industry encompasses a wide range of metals. The more frequently recycled metals are scrap steel, iron (ISS), lead, aluminum, copper, stainless steel, and zinc. Steel [10] is the most recycled due to its sustainable properties. There are two main categories of metals: ferrous and non ...

6. Wrecking yard - Wikipedia

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   A scrapyard is a recycling center that buys and sells scrap metal. Scrapyards are effectively a scrap metal brokerage. [1] They typically buy any base metal. For example, iron, steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, aluminum, zinc, nickel, and lead would all be found at a modern-day scrapyard. Scrapyards will often buy electronics, appliances ...

7. Upstate Shredding - Wikipedia

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   In 2015, Upstate Shredding bought a 5.6 million stake in Metalico Inc., a Cranford, New Jersey–based scrap metal processing company. [ 10 ] Various other acquisitions took place during 2012 to 2016, including acquisitions of a scrap yard in New Castle, Pennsylvania , [ 11 ] a port facility in Albany, New York, [ 5 ] and Empire Recycling in ...