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The Southern Materials Recovery Facility was featured on the War on Waste documentary (Season 3, Episode 1) and was hailed “one of the country’s best facilities”. This is great recognition for our state-of-the-art facility and is a testament to the vision and leadership of our Board, Joint Venture Partner Re.Group and our Constituent Councils, the cities of Onkaparinga, Marion and Holdfast Bay. Click Here to watch https://iview.abc.net.au/show/war-on-waste

The Southern Recycling Centre is now receiving general waste from the public. Green waste, timber, clean spoil, concrete, bricks and pavers are also being accepted.

The Southern Materials Recovery Facility won the Outstanding Facility Award at the Waste Innovation and Recycling Awards. This national award is great recognition for the largest and most technically advanced MRF in South Australia!

The Southern Recycling Centre is currently not receiving General Waste from the public due to damaged infrastructure. Green waste, timber, clean spoil, concrete, bricks and pavers are still being accepted.

SRWRA’s Saturday Trading Hours are changing.
The new Trading Hours will be 8.00am to 12.00pm, commencing Saturday 27 November 2021.

The perfect way to kick-off #NationalRecycleWeek with the Southern Materials Recovery Facility (SMRF) officially opening today.

South Australia’s largest and most advanced household recyclables facility was officially opened by Senator Andrew McLachlan, with the Southern Materials Recovery Facility (SMRF) able to process 60,000 tonnes of yellow bin recyclables every year.

The state-of-the-art 6,000m2 SMRF deploys world-leading advanced screening and optical sorting technologies to process 25,000kg of recyclables every hour including cardboard, plastic and glass, and is designed to meet the highest standards of recycling purity to ensure that nothing goes to waste.

The SMRF is Australia’s first major materials recycling facility designed to meet the Council of Australian Government’s Export Ban requirements, which ensures waste is processed and reused in Australia rather than being shipped overseas.

Located in Seaford Heights, the SMRF is a joint initiative of Australian recycling and resource recovery specialist Re.Group and the Southern Region Waste Recycling Authority (SRWRA), which is a joint subsidiary of the City of Holdfast Bay, City of Marion and City of Onkaparinga.

A Federal Government Community Development Grant worth $5.35 million has allowed the facility to expand beyond processing the recyclables of the three partner councils to also service other regional councils and commercial businesses.