Study Includes Key Data and Demographics; Estimated 30,000
Employed in Burgeoning US Industry
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., (ISRI) has released preliminary findings of a new survey of the US electronics recycling industry. Unveiled at the DC-based trade association’s 2011 Convention and Expo in Los Angeles, the initial report concludes that the United States is well-equipped and has the infrastructure to collect, manually repair and refurbish and mechanically process the exponentially increasing volume of used and end-of-life electronics equipment generated in the United States.
Additionally, the $5 billion-a-year industry and US market continue to be driven by commercially generated electronics scrap and US companies are embracing third-party certifications such as ISO 14001and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s- (EPA) sponsored “R2” (Responsible Recycling) program to distinguish their companies and improve their bottom lines. ISRI worked with EPA, state governments, associations and other stakeholders to develop the R2 program.
Importantly, the electronics recycling industry in the United States employs approximately 30,000 workers. Although most of the companies in the electronics recycling industry are relatively small (i.e., fewer than 50 employees), most of the industry volume is processed by a relatively small number of larger companies.
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