The UK recycling industry has been boosted by calls to increase municipal recycling rates.
Friends of the Earth (FoE) has urged the coalition government to increase its target recycling rate for 2025 from 55 per cent to 70 per cent.
The group argue that this would create 51,400 new jobs in the sector, while the lower rate will only create 32,500 new roles.
Julian Kirby, FoE's waste campaigner, claimed an increase in recycling targets would show the government is serious about creating green jobs.
She said: "The Government must be ambitious in setting recycling rates – better product design, as well as action to stop supermarkets and producers selling products that can't be recycled, means that we could easily achieve upwards of 75 per cent recycling rates by 2025."
The FoE's study, entitled More Jobs, Less Waste, alluded to research which shows that the recycling industry provides ten times more jobs per tonne of waste processed compared to the landfill and incineration sectors.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the animal feed industry includes; elevators – bucket elevators – valves
