Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Learn More about WPBS Passport! Click Here
HomeVideoRecycling in the city that never sleeps

Recycling in the city that never sleeps

Sims Municipal Recycling in Brooklyn handles recycling for nearly all of New York City. Take a tour of their facility with Sam Silver, Sims head of education, and learn how they use sustainable design practices to process over 700 tons of recyclables every day while minimizing environmental impact.

Produced by Cait Foster, Julian Szetela, Talia Somner, Althea Collier, Kaylin Smith, Althea Collier, Lindsay Levene, Hannah Heeger, Laurence Lieblich, Jared Landeros, and Bill Swift at the Computer School in New York, New York. Instruction provided by SRL Connected Educator Eresha Kissoon. Mentoring provided by WNET.