materials recovery facility

noun

A waste recycling plant.

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MRF
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Meanings

nounmaterials recovery facility (plural materials recovery facilities)

plural materials recovery facilities

  1. A waste recycling plant.

    They pass through Walsall and on to neighbouring Aldridge where they visit a former foundry that was recently converted - "recycled", according to its owners - into the country's largest "materials recovery facility"(MRF, pronounced "merf").

    2009 February 26, Leo Hickman, “The truth about recycling”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: MRF

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA waste recycling plant.

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MRF

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 材料回收設備 /材料回收设备
  • 材料回收設備 /材料回收设备 (cáiliào huíshōu shèbèi)waste recycling plant
Finnish kierrätyslaitos, kierrätyskeskus
  • kierrätyslaitoswaste recycling plant
  • kierrätyskeskuswaste recycling plant
Spanish planta de recuperación de residuos
  • planta de recuperación de residuoswaste recycling plant
Cite this entry
APA

materials recovery facility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materials%20recovery%20facility

MLA

“materials recovery facility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materials%20recovery%20facility. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “materials recovery facility,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materials%20recovery%20facility.

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