by Rebecca Walker — September 17, 2010—A new study shows at least 500,000 new jobs would be created in Europe if countries recycled 70 percent of their waste.
Taken from a Friends of the Earth study titled More Jobs, Less Waste, the report goes on to claim that recycling creates around ten times more jobs per tonne than sending rubbish to landfill or incineration.
Currently, the EU’s recycling target is 50 percent by 2020—significantly lower than the 70 percent figure cited by Friends of the Earth.
Previous research conducted by the group seems to back their call further, with figures showing that by recycling materials the EU currently buries or burns, the equivalent of 148 million tonnes of climate changing emissions would be saved.
For a download of the report or more information, see the Friends of the Earth Web site.
