User:CmdrDan/Events/Sims Recycling Resources

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Background Materials for VITRUAL tour 2022-04-25 at Noon:

Touring this facility: Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Sims Metal Management is the owner of this facility.

Educational Resources[edit]

Source: Sims Muni Recycling Education

Videos--Elementary and Middle School[edit]

This video offers footage of operations at Sims Municipal Recycling Facility, featuring close-ups of our sorting equipment and descriptions of how we sort and sell NYC’s recycling, and what the materials might become in their next life!
Learn what is and is NOT recyclable in all of New York City in this video created by Sims’ own Recycling Education Center!
This animated video describes where NYC’s recyclables go, how Sims Municipal Recycling sorts them, and what happens to them after they leave Sims Municipal Recycling Facility.
This video looks at the bigger picture of not just recycling, but reducing and reusing, also touching on where materials come from, where they go when they become waste, and how we might cut down on the waste we create.
Featuring tips for recycling right in NYC! (Note, paper coffee cups CAN be placed into PAPER recycling if they are mostly clean–no coffee or drinks inside please.)

Videos--High School and College[edit]

This video includes close-ups of the sorting technology at Sims Municipal Recycling Facility, along with descriptions of how Sims sorts NYC’s recycling. It also touches on the Chinese National Sword, China’s ban on importing recyclables, and how that has affected the recycling industry.
(Note! This video states that NYC’s residential recycling rate is 44%. It is actually 18% as of 2019. The other percentages in the video are correct.)
This video includes a description of how Sims Municipal Recycling sorts NYC’s recyclables, along with close-ups of the sorting technology.
Follow NY 1 reporter Roger Clark as he embarks on the journey of a recyclable package, from the grocery store, to your home, into your recycling bin, to Sims Municipal Recycling, and then beyond where the material is used to make new products that end up back on the shelf for purchase.
This video reviews Sims’s operations and recycling in NYC, featuring footage of Sims Municipal Recycling’s Brooklyn Materials Recovery Facility and a breakdown of its sorting technologies.
This video touches on a wide range of topics including the history of Sims and Sims Municipal Recycling in NYC, a basic description of how Sims sorts NYC’s recycling, bio plastics, the history of plastic recycling in NYC, glass recycling, and notes NYC’s capture rate of 44% (Note: that rate is currently about 50%). It also touches on landfill, incineration, Sims’s relationship with the city, and the use of recycled materials over raw materials.
This video features a quick overview of how Sims Municipal Recycling sorts NYC’s recycling. It goes on to mention energy savings from recycling, recycling rates, the amount of waste created by NYC and by the whole country, along with items that are problematic for recycling. It also brings attention to differences in recycling programs.
Learn what is and is NOT recyclable in all of New York City in this video created by Sims’ own Recycling Education Center!
This video focuses on glassrecycling and how a glass bottle can be used to make a new glass bottle.
This video covers the process at Sims Municipal Recycling, offering in-depth descriptions of the Sims technology and how Sims sorts NYC recycling, with slow motion footage of this technology.
This video offers a short overview of the size, capacity, automation, transportation methods, and customers of Sims Municipal Recycling.

DSNY (NYC Dept of Sanitation) Recycling Info[edit]

Information for:

  • Residents and Apartment Managers
  • Schools
  • Businesses
  • [City] Agencies and Nonprofits


* Businesses[edit]

DSNY Publications: DSNY Business Guidebook (24 pgs)[edit]

* [City] Agencies and Nonprofits[edit]

although this page: Recycling Plans and Reports for Agencies clearly states:

All Mayoral and non-Mayoral agencies must submit a Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Plan and Annual Report (due each July 1).

and has instructions for how to file reports there is no link, no reference whatsoever, to reports that have been filed.

  • Searching for these required reports has proven to be difficult.


DSNY: Free Stuff: Reusable bag[edit]

Take a pledge and get a Reusable bag to haul your stuff[edit]

This isn't an oath, it's a pledge; and you get to select as many as many as you'd like:

The pledge--select from amongst the following[edit]

  • I Pledge to (Select as many as apply)
    • Recycle my metal, glass, and plastic, paper & cardboard
    • recycle my food scraps and yard waste
    • Recycle my Electronic Waste
    • Safely dispose of harmful household products
    • Reduce waste by using reusable Shopping Bags, Bottles, and Mugs
    • Donate my Clothing and Textiles


Output: Sims Products[edit]

Recycled materials play an important role in the circular economy, enabling manufacturers to use recycled plastic, glass and metal in lieu of virgin materials.

Source: https://www.simsmunicipal.com/buy-recycled-materials/

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE #2)[edit]

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE #2)

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET #1)[edit]

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET #1)

Aluminum[edit]

Aluminum

Tin[edit]

Tin

Glass[edit]

Glass

Forms[edit]

Release and Waiver for In-Person Visit[edit]

When in-person visits resume you'll need to sign this three-page release and waiver to attend.

Mar 2, 2022: Closed Loop Partners acquires Sims Municipal Recycling[edit]

Breaking News: Sims Municipal Recycling was acquired by "a consortium of investors" led by Closed Loop Partners, or rather a fund created by Closed Loop Partners. March 2, 2022 Announcement by Closed Loop Partners

Closed Loop Partners "Closed Loop Partners is a New York based investment firm that provides equity and project finance to scale products, services and infrastructure at the forefront of the development of the circular economy." Source: https://www.closedlooppartners.com/

Closed Loop Foundation: https://www.closedlooppartners.com/impact/closed-loop-foundation/

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