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Tour of the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility

Sunset Park MRF (Sims Municipal Recycling)

472 2nd Ave New York

40.6605506 -74.00506969999998

Description

On Thursday, November 19th at 6pm, join us for our new Untapped Cities Behind the Scenes NYC Tour with NYCEDC of the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility is a state-of the-art, city-owned recycling facility located at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT).Completed in 2013 using sustainable design practices, the reactivated site processes all plastic, metal, and glass collected by the Department of Sanitation and helps traffic the City of New York’s recyclables while creating jobs for the local community. Eadaoin Quinn, Education Coordinator at Sims, and Patrick Thrasher, Assistant VP in NYCEDC’s Asset Management Division, will take Untapped Cities behind the scenes of the recycling plant, which currently occupies 11 acres of SBMT. Join us for a 90-minute tour and get a first-hand look at the City’s recycling process. Operated by Sims Municipal Recycling, the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility is New York City's principal recycling center receiving approximately 20,000 tons of residential metal, glass, plastic and paper every month. The facility features state-of-the-art equipment, award-winning architectural design, interactive educational displays, a 600kW solar panel array and NYC’s first commercial-scale wind turbine.

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Start: 2015-11-19T18:00:00-05:00

End: 2015-11-19T19:30:00-05:00

Tickets

Tour of the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility 25.0 USD 30