Scrap Metal Recycling. As Growing Industries Go, It’s Not Too Shabby.
Posted: June 9th, 2011 | Author: peeladmin | Filed under: CARI, Good Recycling Practices, Scrap Metal Recycling, Scrap Wire Recycling | Tags: Bureau of International Recycling, Bureau of Labour Statistics, environment, export sales, ISRI, jobs, metric tons, Natural Resources Canada, raw material, Robin Wiener, Scrap Recycling Industries | No Comments »Following the release of new data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) reported last month that the scrap recycling industry is a healthy one.
In the U.S. the industry grew 40 % between 2009 and 2010 adding about 10,000 jobs to an industry that now employs about 113,000 people. Revenues from 130 million metric tons of scrap metal, plastic, glass, textiles, rubber and electronics were more than $77 billion U.S as the industry provided raw material for consumers in the United States and more than 155 countries around the world. It contributed nearly $30 billion U.S. in export sales alone.
