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If you thought that states with bottle deposit programs created more jobs, you are absolutely correct!
A study that was recently released called “Returning to Work: Understanding the Domestic Jobs Impacts from Different Methods of Recycling Beverage Containers,” shows that bottle deposit programs create 11 to 38 times more jobs than curbside recycling systems for beverage containers.
“We found that if we had a nationwide container deposit program, that would support 90,000 jobs,” said Susan Collins, executive director of the Container Recycling Institute (CRI). “That’s worthy of note, and that’s just for containers,” (WasteRecyclingNews).
One driver of container-recycling jobs equates to the number of full-time workers needed to collect, sort and transport the materials. Bottle deposit programs, in which containers are handled more or less individually, employ an average of 7.34 full-time employees per 1,000 tons of containers. On the other hand, curbside systems use 1.66 full-time employees in an automated system and 4.46 in a manual system.
A handful of states have bottle bill deposits. Michigan has a nearly 97% return rate with a 10-cent deposit, while California’s redemption rate is 88%.
To read more about this, click on this link: http://www.wasterecyclingnews.
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