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U.S. scrap recycling industry's employment by stream 2017
Number of scrap recycling industry jobs in the U.S. in 2017, by sector
by T. Wang,
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Nov 17, 2017
This statistic depicts the number of people employed by the U.S. scrap recycling industry in 2017, broken down by stream. There were over 155,600 people employed directly by the scrap recycling industry in the country as of this year.
Number of scrap recycling industry jobs in the U.S. in 2017, by sector
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by T. Wang,
last edited
Nov 17, 2017
This statistic depicts the number of people employed by the U.S. scrap recycling industry in 2017, broken down by stream. There were over 155,600 people employed directly by the scrap recycling industry in the country as of this year.
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