Creating a Neighborhood Recycling Workforce for Communities In Need of Recycling Education and Proper Usage

Abstract

Record ID: 150

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Abstract: The amount of garbage waste that humans produce is increasingly becoming detrimental to Earth. Recycling is one way to reduce waste and that material is used to create new items. Although this is a helpful resource, there are many residents and workplaces that don't have access to recycling bins, or the knowledge necessary for effective recycling readily available to them. Some districts and communities are lacking this resource, therefore my research question is: Can jobs be created to educate people in Cincinnati about recycling? Looking into other areas around the United States area in which they have already set up neighborhood recycling programs give ideas on whether certain areas in Cincinnati, or the whole of Cincinnati, could adopt similar action plans. In accordance with the Green Cincinnati Plan, under the priority action of Zero Waste and Recycling, communities in Cincinnati with potential can get ideas from other communities to set up neighborhood recycling workforces. These jobs can be made available to those who are living in the area, creating new job opportunities, which in turn can bring recycling education to the neighborhood.