Forum Schedule
MRF Operations Forum 2022
05:30 PM – 07:00 PM
Registration Open
General Session
05:30 PM – 07:00 PM
Attendee Meet & Greet
General Session
07:30 AM – 06:30 PM
Registration Open
General Session
07:30 AM – 08:30 AM
Welcome Refreshments
General Session
08:30 AM – 08:45 AM
Opening Comments
General Session
Nat Egosi and Jim Keefe set the stage for this year’s program.


Speaker
James Keefe
Executive Vice President and Group Publisher
Recycling Today Media Group
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08:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Case Studies: New Approaches to MRF Processing
General Session
Many MRF operators are evolving their plants, integrating new technologies and applying older technologies in new ways. It’s all designed to increase recovery and purity while adding flexibility to manage the “evolving ton”. This session presents a series of case studies of what’s being done.



10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Networking Break
General Session
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Opticals: The sorting workhorse
General Session
This panel explores the evolving reality that plant operators are finding optical sorters outperform other option. What does it mean to operate a plant with large numbers of optical units? What are the real-world results?




11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Data & System Intelligence
General Session
From materials characterization to bale counting, what data is available? How is the data being used to improve operations and what are the real-world applications?




12:30 PM – 01:45 PM
Networking Lunch
General Session
01:45 PM – 03:15 PM
Executive Session: Supplying the Market
General Session
Hear senior executives from the major equipment vendors on how they are responding to increased manufacturing costs, reacting to supply chain issues from their OEM’s, meeting delivery schedules, managing service and installations, watching new companies enter the market because they can’t fill the void fast enough, keeping up parts inventories and more.





03:15 PM – 03:30 PM
Networking Break
General Session
03:45 PM – 04:15 PM
Plastic Sorting Systems – A Process Overview
General Session
PRFs are not MRFs. This session will share the processing cycle, identify key operational machinery, and detail its role in meeting output material specifications.

04:15 PM – 05:30 PM
The Next Step: Value Adding Systems
General Session
Making flake is different than making pellets. Going beyond either of those to make finished or semi-finished products requires advanced system engineering. This session will provide detailed insights into system requirements to achieve this.
05:30 PM – 05:45 PM
Closing Comments
General Session
05:45 PM – 07:00 PM
Networking Reception
General Session