The MRF/TS shall be a solid waste transfer station or sorting station, drop-off center, composting and recycling facility where recovered or recyclable material is diverted or retrieved from the municipal solid waste delivered by the LGU for the purpose of collection, processing, and use as a raw material in the manufacture of a recycled product. The MRF/TS shall be capable of handling different types of recovered or recyclable material including newspaper, ferrous scrap metal, non-ferrous scrap metal, used oil, corrugated cardboard, aluminum, glass, office paper, tin cans, plastic, and other materials.
[Provide specific technical descriptions of the MRF/TS. For this purpose, it is important to have a medium to long term Materials Recovery Policy (MRP). The MRP should set goals that seek to limit the volume of waste to be landfilled over time. The MRP and the type of curb side waste (recycling) collection will determine the characteristics of the MRF/TS which can function as a picking and selection center, classification center, or a true recovery, packing or pre-processing center.
Setting up a transfer station facility as part of the MRF will depend largely on the size of the town, the volume of waste generated, the distance to the SLF, and the cost of transport. A rule- of-thumb is that a cost-benefit analysis should be done when the SLF is more than 20 km away.]