In the current era of low commodities pricing and lighter products filling curbside carts, recycling processing companies are having a harder and harder time making a profit. This phenomenon has materials recovery facilities (MRFs) thinking of ways to lower costs, and one solution utilized by some facilities is a concept called direct baling. The ability to load clean, homogenous loads of materials directly into a baler, and therefore avoiding sorting lines and manpower, is a pathway to efficiency and profitably, according to MRF operators. The process is particularly powerful for materials recovered via dropoff collection and when large generators of just a few material types see incentives to deliver clean shipments.
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