Waste Collection is the Public Investment That Pays for Itself

Earth911
Jul 6, 2026, 7:00 am119 ptsTrending
The U.S. recycling industry generates $184 billion annually and supports more than 603,000 jobs built on infrastructure that the federal government estimates is only half-ready for the growing waste challenge as it needs to be. That gap between what the system does and what it could do represents one of the…

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