Dive Brief:

• Recology, a resource recovery company based in San Francisco, CA, has opened a material recovery facility in Seattle, WA.
• The 75,000 square-foot plant is capable of handling over 90,000 tons of materials every year.
• The new MRF will be operated by Recology CleanScapes, a subsidiary of the company. 

Dive Insight:

The new plant will accept household and commercial recyclables.

Cities across the country are adding new MRFs to the landscape as a number of regions create goals to divert recyclables from landfills. Sims opened a new facility in Brooklyn, NY on May 14, 2014, while a new $35 million plant opened in Montgomery, AL just a month earlier. Republic Waste received approval to begin construction on its new MRF in Sonoma, CA, where the county anticipates a diversion rate of 90% by 2020.