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Recycling is the First Link in the Manufacturing Supply Chain
(Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today joins in the nationwide celebration of National Manufacturing Day by highlighting the essential role of the recycling industry to the U.S. manufacturing landscape.
“National Manufacturing Day helps call attention to the essential role recycling plays in America’s economy, and the industry’s potential for new innovations and job creation,” said ReMA President Robin Wiener. “As the first link in the manufacturing supply chain, the recycling industry provides a critical source of raw material to manufacturers. The need for which has proven greater than before as recycled materials have been transformed into essential tools for use in critical healthcare supplies and other needs for today’s world,” Wiener added.
Recycling operations are an essential part of critical manufacturers' supply chain, supplying 40 percent (on average across all commodities) of their raw material needs.
Without the continued supply of specification‐grade scrap into these operations, many companies would be forced to curtail their operations.
Additionally, the recycling industry is a leader in economic output, job creation, resource sustainability, energy savings, and global trade. Approximately 164,154 jobs are being directly supported by the recycling and brokerage operations of the scrap industry in the U.S. In addition, 367,356 jobs are indirectly supported by the industry through suppliers and the indirect impact of the industry’s expenditures. The indirect jobs include thousands of people in other sectors such as servers in restaurants, construction workers, teachers, and other professionals.
National Manufacturing Day occurs on the first Friday of October. It encourages American manufacturers to come together to address their collective challenges so they can help their communities and future generations thrive.
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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) is the "Voice of the Recycling Industry™." ReMA represents 1,300 companies in 20 chapters in the U.S. and more than 40 countries that process, broker, and consume scrap commodities, including metals, paper, plastics, glass, rubber, electronics, and textiles. With headquarters in Washington, DC, the Institute provides education, advocacy, safety and compliance training, and promotes public awareness of the vital role recycling plays in the U.S. economy, global trade, the environment and sustainable development. Generating nearly $110 billion annually in U.S. economic activity, the scrap recycling industry provides more than 500,000 Americans with good jobs.