Thousands of tonnes of recycling to be transported interstate after fire at ACT processing facility
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#679GA)
Materials Recovery Facility near Canberra had processed 60,000 tonnes of waste a year which will be moved to other capital cities
Thousands of tonnes of waste will have to be transported from the Australian Capital Territory to other metropolitan capitals after a fire at one of the largest recycling centres in Australia.
The fire largely destroyed the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Hume on Monday night - another setback for the nation's recycling efforts, which have been struggling to keep pace with demand.
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