title: Quantifying solid waste and recycling employment in Florida, USA: Trends in public and private sectors.
abstract: Measuring and tracking the numbers of jobs in solid waste management and recycling industries over time provide basic data to inform decision makers about the important role played by this sector in a state or region's 'green economy'. This study estimates the number of people employed in the solid waste and recycling industry from 1989 through 2011 in the state of Florida (USA), applying a classification scheme based on the Standard Industrial Code (SIC) and utilizing the National Establishment Time Series (NETS) database. The results indicate that solid waste and recycling jobs in the private sector steadily increased from 1989 to 2011, whereas government employment for solid waste management fluctuated over the same period.
authors.affiliation: School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Sunjoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA yi.201@osu.edu.
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Feiock
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D017149:Private Sector / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D017150:Public Sector / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D059027:Recycling / Q000191:economics*; D062611:Solid Waste / Q000191:economics*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste
keywords: Green economy; green jobs; policy; recycling; solid waste; waste management