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A Day in the Life at a Recycling Facility

June 27, 2020June 29, 2020 wmadmin
A Day in the Life, Recycling

The most recent edition of the Recycle Smart MA newsletter featured Ed Conley, Waste Management plant manager at a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Massachusetts. In the story, he shares what a typical day looks like for him at the MRF (pronounced “murf”) to help us better understand what happens to our recyclables after we […]

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