About the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)

In 2005, Coffs Coast Waste Services built a new, $7million Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) to house the full recycling service which will operate alongside the Biomass Facility at the Coffs Coast Resource Recovery Park on Englands Road.

Although operational since November 2005, the facility was officially opened by NSW Minister for Local Government Kerry Hickey on 9 February 2007.

Mr Hickey praised the state-of-the-art MRF as the most technologically advanced recycling facility of its type in Australia.

The Materials Recovery Facility sorts recyclable goods and materials into a form suitable for transport to reprocessing facilities.

By early 2007, more than 230 tonnes of recyclable materials were collected each week from 40,000 households and some commercial premises, and sorted at the MRF.

About 15 people are employed full-time on the MRF sorting team. Some of these employees have been recruited by the Challenge Foundation.

Visit the MRF
School groups and community groups can visit the MRF, which has an education centre set up to offer education programs for students, business and the wider community.

Please refer to the group/school visits page for further information.