What makes waste and recycling sites uniquely dangerous A materials recovery facility (MRF), transfer station, or recycling centre is a fundamentally different safety environment from a standard warehouse. The materials are unpredictable, the equipment is heavier, and the interaction between people and machines is more complex. The tipping floor: where most of the risk concentrates The tipping floor is the heart of any MRF or transfer station, and it's also the most dangerous
