User:CmdrDan/Events/Sims Recycling Resources

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
Source: Sims Muni Recycling Education

Videos--Elementary and Middle School

 * Scholastic News: Follow That Bottle: 5:26
 * 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!


 * Sims Muni Recycling: Recycling Questions Answered: What Is and Is Not Recyclable: 7:45 Cannot add to play list as this is marked: Content for Kids. Ugh.
 * Learn what is and is NOT recyclable in all of New York City in this video created by Sims’ own Recycling Education Center!


 * Josh Peters of Between Pixels The Story Of A Recycled BottleNOT: 2:37
 * 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.


 * GrowNYC's Recycling Champions GrowNYC's Recycling Champions: 5:07
 * 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.


 * Mashable Deals 3 Ways You Can Improve Your Recycling Routine: 3:00 2018-04-20
 * 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

 * Curbed: article: Tour a Brooklyn recycling facility, where NYC’s trash gets a new life, Feb 2, 2018
 * Curbed: Systems: Sunset Park MRF: 5:03 video from above
 * 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.)


 * coolhunting Cool Hunting Video: Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility: 3:40
 * This video includes a description of how Sims Municipal Recycling sorts NYC’s recyclables, along with close-ups of the sorting technology.


 * Jessica Steiner of NY1 How NYC Works: Metal, Glass & Plastic Recycling-HD: 7:39
 * 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.


 * BRIC TV: Ever Wondered How Brooklyn Handles All Of It's Recycling? | BK Stories: 4:33
 * 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.


 * Ars Technica: Ars tours the Sims Municipal Recycling facility in Brooklyn, NY: 6:09
 * 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.


 * NowThis News: What Happens to Your Recycling After It's Collected? | NowThis: 5:46
 * 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.


 * Sims Municipal Recycling: Recycling Questions Answered: What Is and Is Not Recyclable: 7:45 CANNOT SAVE as this is KIDS content
 * Learn what is and is NOT recyclable in all of New York City in this video created by Sims’ own Recycling Education Center!


 * Planet Money: Secrets From The Recycling Plant: How A Used Bottle Becomes A New Bottle: 3:09
 * This video focuses on glassrecycling and how a glass bottle can be used to make a new glass bottle.


 * SciFri The Big Sort: An Insider's Tour of a Recycling Plant: 4:43
 * 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.


 * Business Insider How NYC Recycling Works: 1:57
 * 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
Information for:
 * Residents and Apartment Managers
 * Schools
 * Businesses
 * [City] Agencies and Nonprofits

* Businesses

 * Overview for Businesses

DSNY Publications: DSNY Business Guidebook (24 pgs)

 * DSNY Business Guidebook: 24 pages

* [City] Agencies and Nonprofits
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.

Take a pledge and get a Reusable bag to haul your stuff
This isn't an oath, it's a pledge; and you get to select as many as many as you'd like:
 * Take the Zero Waste Pledge – Get a free reusable bag!

The pledge--select from amongst the following

 * 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
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)
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE #2)

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET #1)
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET #1)

Aluminum
Aluminum

Tin
Tin

Glass
Glass

Release and Waiver for In-Person Visit
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
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/


 * CLF @ Guidestar EIN: 47-2452889 Ruling year: 2015
 * CLF 990 for 2019: 29 pages
 * CLF 990 for 2018: 24 pages
 * CLF 990 for 2017: 36 pages


 * CLF @ Pro Publica EIN: 47-2452889 Tax Exempt since: Nov 2015


 * CLF @ Open 990