Growth Opportunities in North American Material Recovery Facilities
Policies2Platforms Drives Investment for Deploying Advanced Processes to Enhance Efficiency and Productivity
In this study, Frost & Sullivan analyzes North America's material recovery facilities (MRFs). MRFs are integral to the well-organized circular economy, acting as the intermediary processing step between waste collection and reuse/recycling. This means they play a vital role in the solid waste management value chain by processing recyclable materials to sell to recyclers or manufacturers of new products.
The revenue forecast refers to the combined capital and operating expenditure (CAPEX and OPEX) of MRF operators across North America, with CAPEX share divided by new-build and refurbishment projects.
Frost & Sullivan based the growth analysis on the 6P framework, comprising Policies, Products, Processes, People, Partnerships, and Platforms. The report also includes a detailed competitive analysis of major MRF operators, with examples of key growth accelerators and companies to watch. The study concludes by thoroughly analyzing the top three growth opportunities for the North American MRF market.
Key Features
The study’s main objective is to analyze investment opportunities in existing and new-build MRFs across North America. The study includes:
Notable investment trends across MRF operators
Market drivers and restraints
A detailed analysis of MRF solutions to support ongoing operational efficiency and processing capacity
Data on the number of MRFs by country in 2023, with forecasts up to 2030
The total volume of materials processed by MRFs and the volume of recovered materials, with the average material recovery rate stated using percentages
- Strategic Imperatives
- Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
- The Strategic Imperative 8™
- The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the North American Material Recovery Facilities Industry
- Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
- Growth Opportunity Analysis
- Scope of Analysis
- Market Definitions
- The Role of MRFs in Circular Economy
- Key Processes at MRFs
- Key Players Along the MRF Value Chain
- Growth Metrics
- 6P Framework Supports Sustainability and Circular Economy Across MRFs Based on the Policies2Platforms Approach
- Objectives of Investments Across MRFs
- Key Investment Focus of MRF Operators
- Factors Impacting the Operational Efficiency of MRFs
- MRF Solution Stacks Supporting Operational Efficiency
- Growth Drivers
- Growth Restraints
- Forecast Assumptions
- Number of MRFs in the Top 10 States in the United States
- Number of MRFs in the Top 5 Provinces in Canada
- Number of MRFs in North America by Country
- Table MRFs: Number of Plants Forecast by Country, North America, 2020-2030
- Material Processing and Recovery Volume Forecast
- Table MRFs: Material Processing and Recovery Volume Forecast, North America, 2020-2030
- Role of MRFs Across Different Material Categories
- Revenue Forecast
- Table MRFs: Revenue Forecast, North America, 2020-2030
- Revenue Forecast by CAPEX and OPEX
- Table MRFs: Revenue Forecast by CAPEX and OPEX, North America, 2020-2030
- CAPEX Forecast by New-build and Refurbishment
- Table MRFs: CAPEX* Forecast by New-build and Refurbishment, North America, 2020-2030
- Revenue Forecast Analysis
- Competitive Analysis and Companies to Watch
- Competitive Environment
- Revenue Share
- Revenue Share Analysis
- Companies to Watch
- Growth Opportunity Universe
- Growth Opportunity 1: AI-based and Robotic Material Sorting and Separation
- Growth Opportunity 2: End-to-end Data Analytics Platforms for MRFs
- Growth Opportunity 3: Real-time Material Flow Analyzers
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