One of the responsibilities of the Urban Local Bodies, as highlighted by the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, is setting up material recovery facilities (MRFs). An MRF, also known as a material reclamation facility or materials recycling facility, is a plant that separates and prepares single-stream recycling materials to be sold to end buyers. Material recovery facilities sort a wide range of recyclable materials like plastics, cardboard, paper, newspapers and magazines, office papers and mixed papers, glass bottles, metal containers, aluminum, and steel cans, as well as cartoons. To know about the types of MRFs and their advantages and disadvantages, read this blog. ...