The recycling facility is part of New York City’s Solid Waste Management Plan, which establishes a system for managing the city's solid waste for the next 20 years. The facility, located at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park, will minimize the distance that collection trucks travel between pickup sites and receiving centers. The location also allows Sims to expand its barge and rail-based transport systems as well as to create 100 jobs when the facility is opened, which is expected in December 2011. Sims Metal Management is investing $44 million to create the new 100,000-square-foot facility, which will include processing and storage buildings and a visitor education center. The facility will receive collections from Brooklyn by no more than 100 trucks per day, while the remainder of the city's metal, glass and plastic recyclables will be delivered to the facility via barge from two existing Sims facilities in the Bronx and Queens.

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Dec 06, 2015 Ars Technica's John Timmer takes a tour of the Sims Municipal Recycling facility in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, NY, and learns about the state of recycling in. Sims Municipal Recycling. Municipal recycling division of Sims Metal Management. NYC, NJ, and Chicago. Posting from our Brooklyn Material.

The facility will operate 24 hours per day, six days per week. Hytrol Conveyor Co. Has named Chuck Waddle vice president of Business Development. In his position Waddle will be responsible for expanding Hytrol’s brand awareness and capabilities through increased interaction with the company’s partners and end users. According to a release, Hytrol notes that Waddle also will work to open new markets, attract strategic accounts, develop market segmentation and create ways to add value to the company’s products and services.

Waddle has been involved in the material handling industry for more than 30 years, having previously worked for FKI Logistex, Mathews Conveyor, Crisplant and VanDerLande Industries. Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), based in Eugene, Ore., has been awarded a 2010 Emerald Award for Innovation by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce. According to, “The Emerald Awards is a program honoring businesses in the Eugene/Springfield area that contribute to our community’s vitality and quality of life by implementing sustainable business practices.

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Those practices include significant financial, social and environmental contributions to the community.” The awards categories are growth, community caring, environmental values and innovation. BHS, which was founded in Eugene in 1976, designs, manufactures and installs patented sorting components and systems for the solid waste and recycling industries.

The company won its first Emerald Award in 2008 in the growth category. The company’s “history of pairing innovation with plain common sense has enabled thousands of companies to literally cut through their clutter,” judges said. “Today it is one of the leading and most innovative manufacturers of recycling processing equipment in the world.” BHS CEO Steve Miller says, “This is an award that really honors our employees. All of our innovation, success and growth rest with our dedicated employees, who are excited about what we are doing and keep us moving forward.” The company describes the award as another high point in a year of growth and honors.

BHS is currently installing its largest system to date, a $15.7 million material recovery facility (MRF) in San Carlos, Calif. This facility will be the largest municipal-owned MRF in North America, according to the company. In the last two years, BHS systems also have received the Gold Award in Excellence for innovation in recycling systems from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), with the Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago County MRF in Appleton, Wis., receiving the honor in 2010, and the GreenWaste Recovery MRF in San Jose, Calif., nabbing the award in 2009. BHS also has moved into its new headquarters this summer. The company remodeled an existing facility, emphasizing environmentally friendly practices and using recycled and sustainable materials throughout the building. The move expands the company’s production and office space in Eugene to more than 100,000 square feet.

Tramac, Statesville, N.C., has introduced the newest addition to its line of heavy breakers, the V4500, which is already being distributed through dealers throughout the United States and Canada. “Our customers wanted us to take the next step with our heavy breaker products,” says Joe Forth, general manager of Tramac.

Complete Electronic Recycling Services Sims offers complete consumer electronic recycling services including:. Certified electronics and computer recycling facilities conveniently located in major population centers.

Convenient pick-up - Sims provides roll-offs to eliminate the need to palletize. Permanent collection sites to support long term recycling programs. Single point of contact to streamline communications and enhance accountability.

Extended partnerships with electronics manufacturers for complete product stewardship.