Dive Brief:

• The Department of Sanitation has officially opened its new recycling center in Brooklyn, New York.
• The facility marked the largest expansion in the city's recycling program in the past quarter of a century.
• ​The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility cost $110 million to build.

Dive Insight:

Sims Municipal Recycling will handle all of the recycling. The innovative facility is processing the city's metal, glass and plastic recyclables, with paper materials continued to be processed in Staten Island.