The recycling industry is generating three jobs for every one in landfill as the federal government works to meet ambitious waste reduction targets.
Employment in recycling is on the rise, with the industry generating three jobs for every job in landfill as the federal government scrambles to meet ambitious waste reduction targets.
The government is aiming to massively and rapidly increase plastic recycling to 70 per cent of all waste produced by 2025 under itslaunched a $250 million Recycling Modernisation Fund last year The fund has generated 865 jobs so far in NSW, 416 in Victoria, 487 in Queensland, 556 in South Australia and more in other states and territories.
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