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RDF (REFUSE DERIVED FUEL) Return to list of terms

The fuel component of municipal solid waste (MSW), which is the by-product of shredding MSW to a uniform size, screening out oversized materials and isolating ferrous material in magnetic separation. The resulting RDF can be burned as a fuel source.

Source: California Energy Commission