The Big Sort: An Insider’s Tour Of A Recycling Plant

Every day at the Sims Municipal Recycling facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, roughly 800 tons of recyclables meander through a tangle of machines, scanners, and conveyor belts. Mountains of discarded metals, glass, and plastic are sifted, sorted, and bundled into bails, eventually transforming into marketable commodities.

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Produced by Luke Groskin
Music by Audio Network
Additional Stills and Video by
Chittenden Solid Waste District – C.C. BY-NC 3.0
NY City Lens – C.C. BY-NC 3.0
Sims Recycling

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Luke Groskin is Science Friday’s video producer. He’s on a mission to make you love spiders and other odd creatures.

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