A study released by the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance's Recycling Business Assistance Center shows that growth continues among recycling business in the state.
According to the study, North Carolina supports 14,490 private-sector recycling-related jobs, an increase of 13.4 percent since 2003. The study also found that the annual payroll of recycling businesses in North Carolina exceeds $376 million dollars. Additionally, 45 percent of recycling businesses surveyed anticipate creating more jobs during the next two years. Of the business surveyed, 39 percent report manufacturing a product using recycled material.
The study is a follow-up to previous studies conducted in 1994, 2000 and 2004. North Carolina-based recycling businesses listed in the state's free, online Recycling Markets Directory (www.p2pays.org/dmrm/start.aspx) received an invitation to participate in the 2008 Recycling Business employment study update. Additional recycling employment data from the N.C. Employment Security Commission and Harris Infosource was included in the study for recycling-related businesses not listed in the Recycling Markets Directory.
A copy of the study can be found at www.p2pays.org/ref/46/45998.pdf.
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