Recycling Industry Jobs
ISRI produces periodic reports detailing information on the state of the U.S. scrap recycling industry. Several recent studies show that the U.S. scrap recycling industry creates and supports hundreds of thousands jobs in the United States and generates billions in revenue for federal, state and local governments across the country.
Currently, the organization estimates 460,000 jobs are supported by the recycling industry in the U.S., and that the industry contributes $90 billion in annual economic benefit.
The organization also tracks jobs created by export of scrap material to overseas markets, where scrap plastics, paper and metal are refined and processed before re-entering the manufacturing stream. According to a study conducted by John Dunham and Associates for ISRI, U.S. scrap exports directly and indirectly support some 162,000 U.S. jobs while having generated $30 billion in export sales in 2010, helping the U.S. balance of trade.
Reports available from the organization include:
Economic Impact of U.S. Scrap Recycling Industry - July 2011
Inside the U.S. Electronics Recycling Industry - October 2011
Economic Impacts and Environmental Benefits of Plastics Recycling - December 2010
Read more about this topic: Institute Of Scrap Recycling Industries
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