Would You Want to Work in a Recycling Facility?

Would You Want to Work in a Recycling Facility?

While the recycling industry does provide real, living-wage jobs for many thousands of people, not all these jobs would be considered suitable by many people. For instance, the front line jobs on the sorting line of a recycling facility are usually smelly, noisy and sometimes, downright dangerous.

In urban areas where recycling is an emerging and growing industry, one solution to the problem of finding people to take these jobs is to preferentially give them to homeless people who need to establish a job history. This has worked well in many areas, though turnover rates continue to be rather high, despite relatively high wages.

Of course, the feasibility of any recycling program is dependent upon a skilled workforce that is capable of providing a very pure product. This takes some time on the line to develop the skills necessary to make spot-decisions regarding recycled materials.

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