Single Stream Municipal Recycling Facility:
Davis Street’s Mean New Recycling Machine: 95% More Efficient – 100% Effective
Waste Management and the Davis Street Transfer Station are excited about the new Single Stream Materials Recovery Facility’s (MRF) that went into operation in the Fall of 2006. The $9 million single stream recycling facility (also known as fully commingled recycling) allows for all household recyclable materials to be mixed together and then processed at the new facility. To learn more, you can watch a short video about residential single-stream recycling and our new facility. You will need a video player to watch this. If you don't have one, you can download a Windows Media Player for free.
Single stream recycling has become very popular with the cities that we serve, and it allows consumers a simple and easy way to recycling more by taking the need for separate bins out of the equation. Residents simple place all of their recyclables into one container.
This $9 million resource uses technology and manpower to process recyclable materials from households all over the Bay Area. The new facility also helps us to recover and divert 350 tons of material every day from local landfills.
Waste Management has a history of leadership in the recycling industry. The launch of our new Single Stream Materials Recovery Facility exemplifies our commitment to recycling and diversion through our innovative ideas, leading-edge technology, and advanced systems.
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