The phrases "joblessness" and "budget cuts" have been in newspaper headlines as well as on the lips of politicians locally and nationally as unemployment remains at a stubbornly-high 9 percent. But if two more words could make their way into policymakers' actions, namely "recycling" and "investment," it could result another phrase becoming a reality: "jobs created." As politicians scramble for a way to jump-start the economy, they could be well-advised to adopt policies that direct valuable materials from landfills and towards economic activity. Scores of academic studies, conducted in different parts of the country, all reach similar conclusion: Investments in recycling create jobs and economic activity.
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