E-waste recycling is an opportunity to create meaningful employment

At the same time there is an emerging movement for jobs that help the environment, “green jobs,” that is led by Van Jones, Majora Carter, and their NGO Green for All. The Green Collar Jobs (GCJ) movement strives not just for general low-wage, or dead-end labor but to develop green industry for meaningful career-track jobs that can lift people out of poverty. 

Meta-Actor: Scientific Community

Source Document: https://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:102219/datastream/PDF/view

Date: May 2009

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"The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that an increased focus on recycling electronics as opposed to disposal could lead to over 1 million new jobs by the year 2030. Electronic Asset Recycling is proud to be at the forefront of the movement to create a greener earth through the safe, legal recycling of electronic waste."

Meta-Actor: Other

Source Document: http://info.earecycling.com/electronic-waste-recycling-creates-jobs-heres-how

Date: October 28, 2015

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How to structure e-waste recycling job creation? »How to structure e-waste recycling job creation?
E-waste recycling is an opportunity to create meaningful employment
Green for All »Green for All
Natural Resources Defense Council »Natural Resources Defense Council
Electronic Asset Recycling  »Electronic Asset Recycling
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