Study says recycling could create thousands of jobs in Indiana – USA

Posted on December 9, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste News

Study says recycling could create thousands of jobs in Indiana – News – Plastics News.

Nearly 1.4 million tons of plastic gets tossed into landfills or burned in incinerators each year in Indiana, accounting for about a sixth of all waste handled in the state.

But diverting a fraction of those plastics, and other recyclables and compostable materials, could provide thousands of new jobs, a new study suggests.

The Indiana Recycling Coalition is out with a new examination of the issue that suggests that 10,000 jobs could be had if 25 percent of plastics, paper, metals, glass and other recyclable material now headed for landfills and incinerators is instead reclaimed.