Ever Wondered How Brooklyn Handles All Of It's Recycling? | BK Stories

Have you ever wondered just where all of your recycling goes? And what does the recycling process look like? We went into The Sims Materials Recovery Facility in Sunset Park to see the advanced technology and methods they're using to ensure that New Yorkers reduce their impact.
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[stevedeseve]

40% of NYC's recyclables go into the trash. How much of this could be reused, or just put into the right bin? A 50 cent deposit on plastic bottles and containers would help a lot.

[pieter]

Love these kinds of videos.
Genuinely curious: how feasible would it be to take *all* of NYC's garbage, including compost, recyclables, and other trash, and process them in one giant facility?

[Colmoreilly]

Glass can be recycled infinitely when it is not crushed like it is in this facility. And you call this advanced technology?