Quantifying solid waste and recycling employment in Florida, USA: Trends in public and private sectors

Sunjoo Park; Hongtao Yi; Richard C. Feiock

doi:10.1177/0734242X15607423

Quantifying solid waste and recycling employment in Florida, USA: Trends in public and private sectors

Sunjoo Park, Hongtao Yi, Richard C. Feiock

School of Public Administration

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Measuring and tracking the numbers of jobs in solid waste management and recycling industries over time provide basic data to inform decision makers about the important role played by this sector in a state or region's 'green economy'. This study estimates the number of people employed in the solid waste and recycling industry from 1989 through 2011 in the state of Florida (USA), applying a classification scheme based on the Standard Industrial Code (SIC) and utilizing the National Establishment Time Series (NETS) database. The results indicate that solid waste and recycling jobs in the private sector steadily increased from 1989 to 2011, whereas government employment for solid waste management fluctuated over the same period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1127-1131
Number of pages	5
Journal	Waste Management and Research
Volume	33
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X15607423
State	Published - 1 Dec 2015

Keywords

Green economy
green jobs
policy
recycling
solid waste
waste management

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