Sarasota recycling contract goes to FCR.
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FCR, which operates its own materials recovery facility A materials recovery facility or materials reclamation facility (MRF -- pronounced "murf") is a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end-user manufacturers. (MRF MRF Markov Random Field
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MRF Movement for Rights and Freedoms ) in Sarasota, has provided processing services to the county for nine years. Sarasota County manages a curbside curb·side
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1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb.
2. A sidewalk.
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Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: collection program that generates 40,000 tons per year of dual commingled streams.
A national residential recycling facility operator, FCR operates 23 MRFs in the eastern U.S. end processes more than 1 million tons of recyclables each year. FCR is a subsidiary of Casella Waste Systems Inc., Rutland, Vt., a regional, non-hazardous solid waste services company (www.casella.com).
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