The study found that in a single year, recycling and reuse activities in the United States accounted for: 681,000 jobs, $37.8 billion in wages, and. $5.5 billion in tax revenues. This equates to 1.17 jobs per 1,000 tons of materials recycled and $65.23 in wages and $9.42 in tax revenue for every ton of materials recycled. Sewing box with create, repair, reuse and recycle text surrounded by sewing tools, fabric and thread. Craft, repurpose and upcycle textiles and clothing to reduce waste for sustainable living. A woman mends jeans, sews a patch on a hole, hands close-up.Mending clothes concept,reusing old jeans. Rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, repair and recycle. Not as catchy as “reduce, reuse and recycle” but it gives us more options to limit our waste production. Look to incorporate the 6Rs into The Sustainability R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and More. This week I heard an educator for sustainability from the United Arab Emirates talk via skype at the CELF summer institute about the 6R’s of sustainability, rather than the more familiar 3R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle). Respect and refuse were two of the additional R's she listed, but .

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