Reduce wrapping, reduce waste: Speaker Carl Heastie and the Assembly must approve plastics bill

Reduce wrapping, reduce waste: Speaker Carl Heastie and the Assembly must approve plastics bill

For a decade now, the metal, glass and plastic that New Yorkers put in blue recycling bins at their homes for pickup by the Sanitation Department has been taken by truck or barge to the privately-run plant in Brooklyn on the Sunset Park waterfront operated by Sims on a long-term contract with the city. The facility is open for tours and it is a fascinating process to watch, with the only smell being a slight sweet odor. The automated plant sorts…