The Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida (UF) conducted research on the current and historic state of materials recovery facilities’ (MRFs) contamination rates. MRF’s across Florida operate to serve communities that institute either single stream (SS) or dual stream (DS) recycling programs. We collected information from these MRFs on the types and masses of waste incoming into and output from the facility. The data was used to quantify historic contamination rates, which is defined in this study as the percent of total inbound mass landfilled.
