School of recycling
Abstract
1.20 pounds of material is recycled per person per day in the state. In FY16, each South Carolinian recycled 439 pounds of material. 1,094,569 tons of paper, aluminum cans, plastic bottles and other material were recycled in FY16. South Carolinians recycle about 211,342 tons of paper annually – more than any other recycled material. Nearly 20 million tons of material have been recycled since 2001. The state recycles 25.4% of its waste. There are more than 22,000 recycling-related jobs in South Carolina.
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Date
2017-04Metadata
Show full item record| Creator | South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control | |
| Date Accessioned | 2017-04-28T12:46:26Z | |
| Date Available | 2017-04-28T12:46:26Z | |
| Date of Issue | 2017-04 | |
| Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10827/24287 | |
| Description | 1.20 pounds of material is recycled per person per day in the state. In FY16, each South Carolinian recycled 439 pounds of material. 1,094,569 tons of paper, aluminum cans, plastic bottles and other material were recycled in FY16. South Carolinians recycle about 211,342 tons of paper annually – more than any other recycled material. Nearly 20 million tons of material have been recycled since 2001. The state recycles 25.4% of its waste. There are more than 22,000 recycling-related jobs in South Carolina. | |
| Item Format | application/pdf | |
| Media Type | Document | |
| Item Language | English | |
| Publisher | South Carolina State Library | |
| Digital Collection | South Carolina State Documents Depository | |
| Rights | Copyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. | |
| Subject | Recycling (Waste, etc.)--South Carolina | |
| Title | School of recycling | |
| Type | Text | |
| Digitization Specifications | This South Carolina State Document was either saved from a document available publicly online in PDF format or converted to PDF using Adobe Acrobat DC. |