The Role of Materials Recovery Facilities in Recycling

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A MURF is MRF, the materials recovery facility. Secondary MURFs are objects that we all know probably have some resale value or some use. So this material recovery facility concept is really, I think, the game changer in recycling. And they sprung up organically in the form of thrift stores because they had some value.

Jason starts the show by discussing First Citizens acquiring SVB’s assets (2:03) before diving into a Reddit post detailing how generative AI changed a 3D artist’s job overnight (9:09). Jason wraps by interviewing Sarika Bajaj, the CEO, and Co-founder of Refiberd, as she dives into the reality of the recycling process, how they are using spectroscopy to recycle textiles, and more (20:28)!

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(2:03) A breakdown of First Citizens’ purchase of SVB

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(9:09) Reddit Post: A radical change for 3D artists

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(20:28) Sarika Bajaj, CEO of Refiberd joins Jason

(21:00) What happens to our textiles?

(25:20) Refiberd’s solution

(30:31) Solving for inefficiencies in the recycling process

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(39:33) The state of recycling today

(49:23) Raising capital in today’s market