Recycling could add 1.5 million jobs

“Recycling proponents have joined this fray by sponsoring the "Less Pollution, More Jobs" report, prepared by the nonprofit research group Tellus Institute.

The report finds that waste diversion, unlike disposal, is more labor intensive and thus 85 % of the new jobs result from collecting, processing, and composting trash as well as making new products with recycled materials. It says a 75% recycling or diversion rate would generate 2.3 million jobs by 2030 -- 1.1 million more jobs than would occur if the United States kept on it current recycling pace and nearly 1.5 million more jobs than existed in 2008.”

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