Single-stream recycling facility reclaims formerly landfilled plasticsSingle-stream recycling facility reclaims formerly landfilled plastics

's new single-stream Philadelphia Material Recovery Facility (MRF), which is itself  part of the company's broader sustainability initiative to increase the amount of recyclable materials it recovers from approximately 8 million tons to more than 20 million tons by 2020. The $20-million-plus 60,000-ft² facility is the largest of its kind in the region and can sort and process more than 20,000 tons of newspaper, cardboard, aluminum, glass, and plastic each month. Philadelphia's single-stream residential collection program, as well as ones other communities and commercial customers in the region, will immediately begin supplying their mixed-waste streams to the plant.