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State Recycling Economic Reports

EPA maintains a list of state and local recycling economic studies; reports are not available for all states. You can search for your state in the table below.

For additions, changes or updates, please send new reports to ORCRMeasurement@epa.gov.
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State Reports
Alabama A Plan for Boosting Residential Material Recovery and Recycling in Alabama (118 pp, 2.87 MB, About PDF)
Tennessee

The Economic Impact of the Recycling Industry in Tennessee (11 pp, 457.6 KB, About PDF)

Characteristics of Tennessee's Recycling Economy (40 pp, 4.24 K, About PDF)

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