MRWMD: The MRF 2.0 Single Stream Video

Monterey Regional Waste Management District: The Materials Recycling Facility 2.0 Single Stream Video
The Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) is the centerpiece of the District’s publicly-owned infrastructure for recycling and reuse. Over the last 20 years, the District’s first MRF diverted more than 1.6 million tons of recyclable and re-usable materials from landfill disposal.
The new MRF 2.0 opened February 2018. The new facility dramatically expands our capacity to divert materials from disposal.
The MRF processes recyclables collected from the residential and commercial sectors of the Monterey Peninsula region, construction and demolition debris, and commercial mixed waste. The MRF also receives clean loads of source separated green and wood waste, mattresses, tires, and appliances.
The MRF 2.0 will support local communities in compliance with State recycling requirements and help achieve the 75% recycling goal by 2020. The construction and demolition material processing helps ensure compliance with the CalGreen 65% diversion requirement for new construction and demolition projects.
The Monterey Regional Waste Management District covers a total of 853 square miles. District jurisdictional boundaries include the cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Sand City, Seaside, and the unincorporated areas of Big Sur, Carmel Highlands, Carmel Valley, Castroville, Corral De Tierra, Laguna Seca, Moss Landing, Pebble Beach, San Benancio, and Toro Park. We serve an area with a population of approximately 170,000 residents and several thousand businesses and institutions.
The year 2016 marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Monterey Regional Waste Management District. Our mission today, Turning Waste into Resources, reflects a theme that has guided our
operations from the beginning.
The first order of business when we were initially formed back in 1951 was to find a suitable site for a sanitary landfill. We're extremely fortunate that our Board of Directors had the vision to buy the large 475-acre parcel of land we have occupied since 1965, at 14201 Del Monte Blvd., Marina, CA 93933.
We hope that the videos you will find on this UA-cam channel will help illuminate the history of our programs, while shining a light toward the future. From our early cardboard recycling in 1953, the first production of electricity from landfill gas in 1983, the establishment of the Last Chance Mercantile in 1991, to our Materials Recovery Facility that came on-line in 1996 and is currently being comprehensively updated.
The integrated facilities we operate today embody our mission and provide essential community infrastructure to reduce, reuse, recycle, and safely dispose of non-hazardous municipal solid waste. Our mission is to Turn Waste Into Resources in the most cost effective and environmentally sound manner to benefit the community.
To find out more about the District please visit us at www.MRWMD.org