A U.S. ban on the export of some types of e-scrap to developing countries could create as many as 42,000 new jobs - at least according to a new study commissioned by the Coalition for American Electronics Recycling. The study, which was conducted by DSM Environmental Services, Inc., surveyed current CAER member companies and estimated employment at 6,850, with a payroll of approximately $250 million. The study estimated that 1.2 billion pounds of e-scrap were processed by CAER members in 2011, out of a U.S. EPA-estimated total of 4.8 billion pounds of e-scrap processed, landfilled or exported in 2011. Banning exports, the study says, would create an additional 21,000 recycling jobs with a payroll of $772 million.
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