GFL Environmental Awarded NWRA 2026 Recycling Facility of the Year

GFL Environmental (GFL) received the National Waste & Recycling Association’s 2026 Recycling Facility of the Year award for its Montréal-East facility.

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GFL Environmental (GFL) received the National Waste & Recycling Association’s 2026 Recycling Facility of the Year award for its Montréal-East facility. This is the third time since 2020 that a GFL material recovery facility has received the award. The Montréal, Quebec facility has capacity to process up to 220,000 tons of single-stream residential materials.

Key Figures

Eco-hub area: 23 acres MRF size: 120,000 square feet Processing capacity: Up to 220,000 tons +1 more

Eco-hub area

23 acres

Montréal-East recovery hub

MRF size

120,000 square feet

New single-stream residential facility

Processing capacity

Up to 220,000 tons

Single-stream residential materials

Quebec curbside recycling volume

25%

Facility capacity as a share of Quebec's total curbside recycling volume

Key Terms

material recovery facility, single-stream

2 terms

material recovery facility technical

"Montréal-East Material Recovery Facility in Montréal, Quebec."

A material recovery facility is a specialized plant where mixed waste and recyclables are mechanically and manually sorted into separate material streams—paper, plastics, metals, glass and organics—for resale, reuse or further processing. Investors care because the facility’s throughput, sorting quality and contract terms determine how much saleable material is produced, the price it fetches and the operating costs and regulatory risks, so performance directly affects revenue, margins and asset value.

single-stream technical

"new 120,000-square-foot single-stream residential MRF"

A collection system for recyclable materials in which all paper, plastic, metal and glass are placed together in one container by the generator and later separated at a materials recovery facility (MRF) by mechanical and manual sorting. Single-stream reduces the need for households or businesses to separate recyclables, lowering collection costs and increasing participation, but it also raises the risk of contamination and typically requires more complex sorting equipment and can produce lower-quality reclaimed materials than dual-stream (separated) systems.

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MIAMI BEACH, FL, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE: GFL) (TSX: GFL) ("GFL" or the "Company") today announced that it has been awarded the National Waste & Recycling Association ("NWRA") 2026 Recycling Facility of the Year for its Montréal-East Material Recovery Facility in Montréal, Quebec.

The prestigious award recognizes leading material recovery facilities ("MRF") across North America based on key factors such as innovation, partnership, public education, and environmental impact.

"We are proud to receive the NWRA 2026 Recycling Facility of the Year award," said Patrick Dovigi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GFL. "This marks the third time since 2020 that one of our MRFs has received this honor. We have consistently invested heavily in technology to deliver sustainable solutions for our customers, and our teams continue to push the envelope in this effort. This award reinforces our vision of combining entrepreneurial spirit with state-of-the-art technology to provide industry-leading resource recovery services."

GFL's Montréal-East MRF anchors a 23-acre eco-hub, co-locating the new 120,000-square-foot single-stream residential MRF alongside GFL's construction and demolition materials recovery facility, creating a centralized, multi-stream recovery hub. The new MRF has the capacity to process up to 220,000 tons of single-stream residential materials, which would represent approximately half of Montréal's households and 25% of Quebec's total curbside recycling volume. The facility's strategic central location significantly reduces hauling emissions while keeping valuable materials within the local circular economy.

Engineered to meet regulatory requirements for the recovery of recyclable materials, the MRF can process diverse material streams into high-quality commodities for North American end-markets. Built with cutting-edge automation and designed for workplace safety, the facility features climate-controlled quality control cabins and an advanced automated fire suppression system.

Through its significant scale, technological innovation, and worker-centric design, the Montréal-East MRF sets a new benchmark for modern resource recovery operations across North America.

About GFL

GFL is the fourth largest diversified environmental services company in North America, providing comprehensive solid waste management services from its platform of facilities throughout Canada and 19 U.S. states. GFL has a workforce of more than 17,000 employees across its organization.

For further information:

Patrick Dovigi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
+1 905-326-0101
pdovigi@gflenv.com

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SOURCE GFL Environmental Inc.