materials recovery facility

English

Noun

materials recovery facility (plural materials recovery facilities)

1. A waste recycling plant. Often shortened to MRF
   • 2009 February 26, Leo Hickman, “The truth about recycling”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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").

Translations

waste recycling plant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 材料回收設備／材料回收设备 (cáiliào huíshōu shèbèi)

• Finnish: kierrätyslaitos, kierrätyskeskus
• Spanish: planta de recuperación de residuos f