# Talk:Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility

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Reviewer: Unexpectedlydian (talk · contribs) 21:13, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'll be reviewing this article. Looks good so I shouldn't have too much to say! I'll record my general comments and update the table below as I go. Unexpectedlydian (talk) 21:13, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
General comments


### Lead
"As of July 2017, it is the largest commingled recycling facility in the United States" – I think July 2017 is now a tad out-of-date. The Sims website is not dated but suggests the facility is still the largest in the U.S. (and in fact, it states that it is the largest in North America).
It's a good point, but I'd rather not go by the superlatives claimed by the company itself. I found another source from last month which has this claim. It's quoting a company spokesperson, and appears to be a so-so industry site, but that still seems a little better than just citing the official site, I suppose. Importantly, I haven't seen any reason to doubt the claim.
Thanks for looking into this, I think the claim on the official site plus this newer secondary source in enough to substantiate the claim.  Done


### Construction and facilities
"The 11-acre property" – Use a convert template to also display area in metres squared.
 Done
"The buildings are further raised above four feet of recycled glass and stone" – I was a bit confused reading this whether the buildings are raised a further four feet above the requirement to be resilient against rising water levels (i.e., eight feet in total)? Or are the buildings at the same level as the pier?
 Done
"four feet of recycled glass and stone from the development of the Second Avenue Subway project" – Recommend this is amended to specify it's "glass and stone left over from the development..."
 Done
"The administrative building includes an education center which includes exhibits explaining how the plant operates for student and tour groups and connects to the main processing building for public viewing via elevated pedestrian walkway." – Sentence is a bit long and difficult to follow. I suggest splitting it into two.
 Done
"30,000 square feet" − Another convert template to m2.
 Done
"As of July 2017, it is the largest commingled recycling facility in the United States." – See comment above about this same statement.
 Done


### Activity
"The facility's primary purpose is to sort the materials it receives, before selling to other processors." – Extremely picky suggestion for the sake of clarity: "The facility's primary purpose is to sort the materials it receives before selling them to other processors."
 Done
"which reduces the mileage sanitation trucks had to travel previously by about 240,000 miles." – For clarity, I suggest specifying that this is "the combined mileage".
 Done, with "total"
"240,000 miles" – Another convert template to km.
 Done
"Another machine grinds glass small enough to fall from the mixed stream to a dedicated one." – Is the glass falling to a dedicated stream below the mixed stream? If so, probably worth adding "below" to the end of the sentence.
 Done - and added a cite.
WikiLink Optical sorting
 Done
The URL for Ref 12 (10 fun facts about the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility, Untapped New York) does not automatically display all pages at once. Perhaps this URL works instead: https://untappedcities.com/2015/12/10/10-fun-facts-about-the-sunset-park-material-recovery-facility-nycs-state-of-the-art-municipal-recycling-facility/?displayall=true
 Done
"1983 bottle bill" – Probably worth expanding on what this is (perhaps linking to or referencing Container-deposit legislation?) as an outside reader will likely not be familiar.
 Done


### Images
Good quality, aid understanding of the article, licenses look ok. All of them require alterative descriptions.
 Done


### Interim comments
This is an interesting and well-constructed article. Please do let me know if you have any questions about my comments, and I look forward to hearing from you! Unexpectedlydian (talk) 22:33, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
@Unexpectedlydian: Thanks for the review! I think I've addressed everything above. :) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:22, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Oops. Fixing ping, sorry: @Unexpectedlydian:. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 02:23, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


### Final comments
@Rhododendrites: Sorry for my delay in responding to your amendments. Thank you for addressing everything so swiftly - happy to promote this to GA. Well done! Unexpectedlydian (talk) 21:47, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

The article misses a very important aspect of the process. It discusses material brought in but leaves the reader hanging as to how it goes out and to where ("mostly by train") Djflem (talk) 20:47, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

This is a good point. I'm curious to know the answer to where all the materials go. I read that the recycled paper goes to the Visy Industry plant on Staten Island. Thanks for bringing this up and I hope the information can be found and added to the article. --Wil540 art (talk) 11:48, 7 September 2022 (UTC)