MRF Processes – Understanding Material Sorting

Understanding Material Sorting aims to educate readers about how packaging placed in kerbside collections gets detected and sorted by recovery facilities, from the entrance hall, right through to the final baled materials. The case study looks at common issues such as small items, which get lost early in the process and end up with the glass recycling, as well as a detailed breakdown of how near infrared spectroscopy is used to determine which polymers packaging is made from to capture the packs for recycling.