We Turn Missed Value Into Revenue
Every MRF leaves recoverable commodities in mixed paper, residue, and overs. We identify it, quantify it, and help you capture it — without disrupting your operation.
Material Sorting for MRFs
Smarter Sorting. Higher Recovery. Real Results.
We help MRFs unlock more value from the material they already process. Through advanced sorting systems, precision data, and hands-on operational expertise, we deliver measurable improvements in recovery, throughput, and profitability.
What We Do
Recovery you can measure on the floor and in the books.
Three things define how we work with every MRF: we find value others miss, we engineer for the realities of the line, and we hand back the data your operations and finance teams need to act on.
Built for Real-World MRF Conditions
Our systems and processes are engineered for the realities of the floor: variable feedstock, aging equipment, staffing challenges, and nonstop production demands.
Data You Can Act On
We provide clear, defensible data that supports capital planning, staffing decisions, and operational improvements.
Our Process
State-of-the-art sorting, run by veteran teams.
At our Riverbank facility, we sort and re-sort material through optical sorters, balers, and screens — managed by experienced operators who know how to extract value from feedstock primary MRFs leave behind.
How material moves through Unitus
Loads in. Commodities out. Data on everything.
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Commodity streams identified & reported
Equipment in use
- →Optical sorters
- →Balers
- →Screens
- →Manual QC stations
All operated by experienced sorting teams trained on the realities of variable feedstock and shifting commodity demand.
Commodities we identify & report
PET
HDPE
Aluminum
Mixed Paper
PP
PS
Metal
Cartons
Film
Waste Characterization & Recovery Studies
A report your CFO and your plant manager can both use.
Composition data on the left, capital decisions on the right. Every study we produce ties what's in your stream to the investments that move the recovery rate.
Recovery Study — Sample
MRF #042
Q3 Characterization
PET64% capture
HDPE52% capture
Aluminum78% capture
PP31% capture
Film14% capture
Illustrative — actual study values vary by facility.
Every study delivers
- Detailed composition analysis
- Transparent, verifiable data
- Commodity capture rates
- Residue loss quantification
- Recovery opportunity modeling
- ROI projections for equipment upgrades
- Executive-ready reporting packages
- Reporting aligned with CAA, CalRecycle, and OEM requirements
Proven Impact
More recovery. Less residue. Better margins.
Our work consistently delivers operational and financial improvements MRF operators can measure in the next quarter.
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Increased commodity capture
More aluminum, PET, HDPE, and PP making it into your finished bales — not your residual stream.
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Reduced residue disposal cost
Less material going to the landfill means lower tipping fees and tonnage-out fees, month after month.
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Extends landfill life
Recovering more of what's already coming in helps preserve dwindling regional landfill capacity.
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Improved throughput and uptime
Sortation strategies and equipment recommendations designed around the realities of your shift schedule.
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Better material-flow visibility
Defensible composition data that operators, planners, and finance teams can all reference.
Where we work
California is the job site.
Unitus operates from Riverbank in the Central Valley, within reach of the MRFs that move most of California's recovered material. Loads come in from across the state; commodities and data go back out.
- Secondary sorting of MRF residue
- Waste characterization and recovery studies
- Recovery data MRFs can put in front of regulators
Who We Serve
Built for the operators, planners, and programs running modern recycling.
Municipal MRFs
City- and county-operated facilities looking to improve recovery, meet diversion targets, and defend program performance to councils and stewardship bodies.
Privately Operated MRFs
Independent and corporate operators focused on commodity revenue, residue cost, and capital decisions on equipment retrofits or expansion.
EPR & Stewardship Groups
Producer responsibility organizations and stewardship programs that need defensible data on system performance to drive program design and reporting.
About Us
Engineers, operators, analysts, and technicians — all under one roof.
We are a team of industry veterans — engineers, operators, analysts, and technicians — dedicated to helping MRFs run smarter.
With decades of combined experience across system design, fabrication, installation, and operations, we understand the challenges facing modern recycling facilities and deliver solutions that work on the ground, not just on paper.
Meet the team
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Ready when you are
See what's still in your residual stream.
Tell us about your facility and what you are trying to improve. We will scope a characterization study with you.
Call (925) 548-3093 or send us a message.