{"id":457,"date":"2010-10-01T16:06:45","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T20:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cswd.net\/beta\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T09:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:18:51","slug":"materials-recovery-facility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cswd.net\/chittenden-county-solid-waste-facilities\/materials-recovery-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"CSWD Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Location:<\/strong> 357 Avenue C, Williston, VT 05495
\nHours:<\/strong> Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Certain holidays may affect hours of operation.
\nPhone: <\/strong> (802) 651-5481<\/a>
\nFee:<\/strong> $85\/ton as of July 1, 2023<\/p>\n\n

About the Materials Recovery Facility<\/h2>\n

The Materials Recovery Facility, or MRF (rhymes with “smurf”), is where large loads of blue bin recycling<\/a> are sorted and prepared for market. The MRF is owned by Chittenden Solid Waste District and operated under contract by Casella Waste Management.<\/p>\n

Commercial haulers must have a current CSWD Hauler License<\/a> to bring materials to the MRF.<\/p>\n

How the MRF works<\/h2>\n

The MRF is engineered to mechanically separate bottles, cans and other containers from mixed paper and cardboard. After the initial sort, workers manually separate recyclables (with the exception of glass) into different material types. After sorting, like materials are compacted into bales and shipped to market to be made into recycled products.<\/p>\n

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Glass is crushed to create aggregate that is used in place of natural stone aggregate for civil engineering applications such as sub-base layers, utility trench bedding, or backfill\/drainage applications.<\/p>\n