04/18/23

EZ SolutionEMOPLYMENT ECONOMICS

ENVIRONMENT

C&CW Associates LLCP.O. Box 1193Bessemer City, NC 28018(704) 300-2747Email: greenwave@officeliveusers.comWeb: www.greenwaveezsolution.comCheryl Wingo, Manager

Disclaimer: The document presentation is a research andeconomic development tool, based on recent studies forthe purpose of promoting employment, economic andenvironmental sustainability.

Cheryl Wingo

EMPLOYMENT

Employment Features: Performance Value

The number of new jobs preserved and created within local/ regional communities, increases the economicand employment value for re-building local industrythrough community-based recycling and relatedindustries.

(EPA 2007 reports)• Recycling creates 6 jobs for every 1 created in the

waste management and disposal industries.

• 10X more jobs than land filling or incineration

• Every 1 job collecting recyclables, 26 jobs are created in sorting and processing.

• Manufacturing new products with recycled content sustains an additional 12X jobs as disposal.

Employment Benefits: High performance, income producing activity

• The recycling workforce industry requires a broad range of semi to highly-skilled professionals to meet the labor demands of the material recovery systems.

• Occupational services range from material handling, new technology to environmental engineering. A broad scope of responsibility presents expanding possibilities for career building and cross-career training opportunities in reshaping the landscape of the 21st Century workforce.

• Total participation in a ‘Buy Recycle ‘ economy e.g., homes, recycle content products

‘Made in America’ for completing the cycle of environmental and economic responsibility.

Employment Impact: New Job Industry

• As of Oct.,2009, the national unemployment rate of 9.8%, indicates the employment climate is at an all time low with heavy fading. The demands on the economy is equal to, or exceeded only by the demand for immediate relief through a new work industry.

• Recycling is the new work industry. Jobs ‘Made In America’ to produce economic growth and sustainability…

• The greater number of new, permanent jobs created locally Any Town, USA, will have a greater impact on local/ regional economies to have significant, direct impact on the national/ global economies.

• The inherent value of people working toward economic and environmental renewal, empowers people to grow as highly productive citizens, in turn, preserve quality of life.

• Economic Features: EZ Solution Strategies

• The economic value of the recycling and related industry‘s capacity to create substantial revenue streams for producing sufficient amounts of revenue provisions to drive industry toward economic sustainability.

• Recycling protects jobs, expands industry and increases opportunities for markets and global competitiveness.

• Recycling impacts all major industries, local market stabilization, economic growth with

expanding possibilities for building global networks and economies.

Economic Benefits: Energy Resources Saved

Manufacturing recycled materials, saves energy,water and produces less air and water pollution thanmanufacturing with virgin materials:

• There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can may be recycled.

• It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than raw materials

• Motor oil never wears out, It get dirty and can be recycled, re-refined and used again

• Steel saves 60%

• Newspaper saves 40%

• Plastics 70%

• Glass saves 40%

• One glass bottle recycled is enough to light a light bulb for 4 hours and CFL bulb for 13 hours

• One ton of steel recycled conserves 2,500 pounds of iron ore

• 1,400 pounds of coal

• 120 pounds of limestone

Economic Impact: (EPA 2007 Report)

• Ruse and support Industries have payrolls of $50 billion plus and produce $173 billion in receipts.

• America’s manufacturing and non-manufacturing sector represents more than 856,000 entities, employ more than 12.6 million people and contributes more than 2.5 trillion annually to the US economy.

• Commercial recycling employs 64 million people in 732,000 companies throughout the US.

• Economic modeling estimated that nearly 1.4 million jobs are maintained in the Reuse support businesses provide jobs that pay an average wage $32,700 approximately $3,000 per year more than the national average.

• Estimates recycling and remanufacturing industries account for approximately one million manufacturing jobs and more than $100 billion in revenue.

Commercial Recycling • The paper recycling industry, employing 139,000 people and grossing nearly $49 billion in estimated annual

sales; the steel recycling industry, employing 245,000 people and grossing $62 billion in estimated annual receipts; The plastics recycling industry, employing 179,000 people and grossing nearly $28 billion in estimated annual revenue.

Industrial Construction and Demolition Recycling • A trillion industry (2004) The sector includes building

construction, highway construction, heavy industrial construction (e.g., tunnels, airports, and dams), municipal utility construction (e.g., waste water treatment plants), and special trades such as plumbing heating and demolition contractors.

Summary of Current Trends and Economic Condition • Curbside collection is the current leading trend or

receiving up to 30% greater recovery rate.

• The National Green Community Program, designed to recover displaced workers and materials as valued added resources for building regional community recycling industry nationwide.

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Features: Fuel Energy Saved

Recycling produces value and saves energy fuelby avoiding green house emissions. Recycling preserves natural Resource conserve energy,prevents pollution and saves landfill space.

Average Family Recycling is equivalent to BTU Energy Saved • Newspaper - 187 pounds 26 gallons gasoline• Aluminum - 150 6-packs 22 gallons gasoline• Steel cans - 210 cans 4 gallons

gasoline• Plastic bottles - 240 bottles 4 gallons gasoline• Glass bottles – 113 bottles 1 gallon

gasoline

Total savings 57 gallons gasoline

Environmental Benefits: Improved Environmental Quality (Air, Water and Soil)

Recycling and composting diverts millions of tons fromlandfills, reduce greenhouse gases and emissions thatcontribute to global climate change and the effects on theenvironment. Most common GHGs are (CO2 – carbondioxide) and (CO4 – global methane) produced by garbageand landfills

• Methane - 20x more potent than CO2 • CO2- Absorbed by plant life that produces oxygen

• Newspaper - 187 pounds 804 pounds CO2 • Aluminum - 150 6-packs 429 pounds CO2 • Steel cans - 210 cans 33 pounds CO2 • Plastic bottles - 240 bottles 44 pounds CO2 • Glass bottles - 113 bottles 5 pounds CO2

Total savings equivalent to 1,315 pounds CO2

Environmental Impact:

• Every ton of newsprint or mixed paper recycled is the equivalent of 12 trees.

• Every ton of office paper recycled is the equivalent of 24 trees.

• Every ton of solid waste recycled saves 17 trees

• 3,700 Pounds of lumber.

• Every ton recycled, 7000 Gallons of water conserved.

• 4,200 Kilowatt hours of electricity conserved

• 60 pounds of Air pollution prevented

• 3.3 Cubic yards of landfill

• 3 Barrels of oil saved

• 100 gallons of gasoline saved

References

Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009www.recovery.gov

EPA’s Sector StrategiesDivision/www.epa.gov/sectors/>

US EPA Recycling EconomicInformation Study (Beck 2001)<http://epa.gov/wasteconserve/rrr/rd/index/htm>

The Office of the FederalEnvironmental Executive<www.ofee.gov/sb/fqb_report.pdf>

Municipal Solid Waste 2007 FACTs and Figures<http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nohaz/municipal/msw99.htm#links>

• Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (trade association)

• Worldwide list of recycling trade associations

• National Recycling Coalition • Institute of Local Self-Reliance • Grass Roots Recycling Network • Container Recycling Institute>

National Recycling Coalition805 19th Street, NW Suites 425Washington, DC 20005<http://www.nrc.recycle.org>Phone 202-789-1430/fax 202-789-1431

Northeast Recycling Council, Inc.Email:<info@nerc.org>Web:<www.nerc.org>Phone: 802-254-3636Fax: 802-254-5870

Business Directories and MarketStudies for the US<http://epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/rmd/bizasst/bizdir.htm>

Global Recycling NetworkEmail: <queries@grn.com>Web <http://grn.com/grn/Fax: +1-516-286-5551