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Recycling means to use something again. Newspapers can be used to make new newspapers. Aluminum cans can be used to make new aluminum cans. Glass jars can be used to make new glass jars. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of recycling. Recycling is estimated to create almost five times as many jobs as waste disposal. Recycling requires businesses that collect, haul, and process recyclables, as well as businesses that manufacture products from recycled materials. People employed in the recycling industry may be material sorters, truck drivers, sales representatives, process, engineers, or chemists. The National Recycling Coalition reports that recycling supports 1.1 million jobs in the U.S. Recycling programs are growing across the United States. The media and the environmental movement have focused attention on our mounting waste problem. Now recycling has become the in thing to do. Americans recycled just 6 percent in 1960 and 16 percent in 1990, but we recycle about......

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