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Sims Municipal Recycling has been featured in many videos, articles, and news stories. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our Brooklyn sorting facility and education center all in one place on our Youtube playlist, or one of the sites below:

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Sims Municipal Recycling on Youtube

Featuring over a dozen videos about Sims and NYC recycling by Scholastic News, Business Insider, Mashable, NowThis, Ars Technica, Sesame Street, and more.

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Curbed

NEW! View on Curbed: “Where Do NYC’s Recyclables Go?” [5:03]

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Cool Hunting

View on Vimeo: Cool Hunting “Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility” [3:40]

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NYC Media, “Urban Green: Recycling”

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Brandon Brown, “Renewal in Sunset Park”

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NY1: How NYC Works

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Published Articles

New York Times, “A Grace Note for a Gritty Business” (November, 2013) Read Article
NYT “A New Home for Recycling” Slideshow Read Article
Urban Omnibus, “Marketing Waste: Recycling New York City” (April, 2014) Read Article
Gizmodo, “A Tour of the Largest Commingled Recycling Plant in the U.S.” (January, 2014) Read Article
The New Yorker, “Clean Up Crew” (May 2014) Read Article
The Atlantic, “What Actually Happens to a Recycled Plastic Bottle (December 2015) Read Article

NY Times, “In Brooklyn, Fertile Ground for a Windmill” (January, 2015) Read Article
Resource Recycling, “MRF of the Month” (August, 2017) Read Article
Recycling Today, “Largest MRFs in North America (August, 2017) Read Article
The Dieline, “Designing with Recyclability in Mind” (November, 2017) Read Article
NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, “Global Vision | Urban Action” (March, 2018) Read Article

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