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materials recovery facility

materials recovery facility noun: a waste recycling plant.

Noun

materials recovery facility (plural materials recovery facilities)

  1. A waste recycling plant.
    • They pass through Walsall and on to neighbouring Aldridge where they visit a former foundry that was recently converted - "recycled", according to its owners - into the country's largest "materials recovery facility"(MRF, pronounced "merf").2009 February 26, Leo Hickman, “The truth about recycling”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    MRF

Synonyms of materials recovery facility

Forms of materials recovery facility

pluralmaterials recovery facilities

Questions about materials recovery facility

What does materials recovery facility mean?
Materials recovery facility means a waste recycling plant.
What part of speech is materials recovery facility?
Materials recovery facility is a noun.
What is the plural of materials recovery facility?
The plural of materials recovery facility is materials recovery facilities.

Words near materials recovery facility in the dictionary

  1. materialography
  2. materials
  3. materials chemistry
  4. materials handling
  5. materials recovery facilities
  6. materials recovery facility
  7. materials science
  8. materials sciences
  9. materiarian
  10. materiarians
  11. materiate

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