New York City's Recycling Center
About 17 percent of the city's trash tonnage gets recycled.
Metal, glass, plastic, and cartons collected citywide are taken to
the Brooklyn's Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility. There the recyclables are sorted by eddy current separators and optical scanners, then baled for sale. Clear glass is sold to bottlers and colored glass is sold as construction aggregate.
-- Municipal Recycling facility in Brooklyn
New York City's Recycling Center
About 17 percent of the city's trash tonnage gets recycled.
Metal, glass, plastic, and cartons collected citywide are taken to
the Brooklyn's Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility. There the recyclables are sorted by eddy current separators and optical scanners, then baled for sale. Clear glass is sold to bottlers and colored glass is sold as construction aggregate.
-- Municipal Recycling facility in Brooklyn