{"id":13008,"date":"2000-02-09T16:20:56","date_gmt":"2000-02-09T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/recycling-means-business-job-creation-through-product-reuse\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T16:41:02","slug":"recycling-means-business-job-creation-through-product-reuse","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/recycling-means-business-job-creation-through-product-reuse","title":{"rendered":"El reciclaje es un negocio: creaci\u00f3n de empleo mediante la reutilizaci\u00f3n de productos"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13008","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-job-creation","topics-recycling","topics-right-to-repair","authors-ilsr"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[91,112,115],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"<p>Product reuse is even more job-intensive than recycling. It is a knowledge-based industry, with a premium placed on accurate sorting and pricing, and good inventory management.&hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/recycling-means-business-job-creation-through-product-reuse\/\" aria-label=\"Recycling Means Business: Job Creation Through Product Reuse\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[622]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p>La reutilizaci\u00f3n de productos requiere a\u00fan m\u00e1s mano de obra que el reciclaje. Se trata de una industria basada en el conocimiento, en la que se da mucha importancia a la clasificaci\u00f3n y la fijaci\u00f3n de precios precisas, as\u00ed como a una buena gesti\u00f3n del inventario.<\/p>\n<p>Una empresa dedicada a la reutilizaci\u00f3n es Urban Ore, con sede en Berkeley, California. Esta empresa maneja una amplia gama de productos reutilizables, desde materiales de construcci\u00f3n hasta libros y obras de arte. Los materiales se clasifican, limpian y, en ocasiones, se reparan. En su mayor parte, lo que no se vende se convierte en chatarra. Urban Ore calcula el valor a\u00f1adido mensual, que oscila entre 301 y 601 pesos. Esto refleja la gran contribuci\u00f3n que su personal y su sistema de gesti\u00f3n aportan a sus ingresos mensuales. Al igual que en el reciclaje, Urban Ore es el primer eslab\u00f3n de una cadena de valor a\u00f1adido en la que participan y trabajan cientos de contratistas de remodelaci\u00f3n y paisajismo, artistas, inventores, constructores, coleccionistas, administradores de propiedades, propietarios de viviendas y comerciantes de segunda mano.<\/p>\n<p>La industria de la reutilizaci\u00f3n compite con productos comercializados masivamente, como pa\u00f1ales, llantas y envases de pl\u00e1stico, vidrio y metal para bebidas. Cada a\u00f1o, los estadounidenses gastan miles de millones de d\u00f3lares en estos productos nuevos. Parte de este dinero permanece en las comunidades donde se compran los productos, pero la mayor parte sale de la comunidad y va a parar a las oficinas centrales de las empresas. Un pu\u00f1ado de empresas dominan los mercados de refrescos, pa\u00f1ales desechables y llantas nuevas.<\/p>\n<p>Por el contrario, las alternativas de la industria de la reutilizaci\u00f3n \u2014plantas de lavado de botellas rellenables, servicios de pa\u00f1ales de tela, empresas de recauchutado de neum\u00e1ticos\u2014 generan riqueza y empleo para las comunidades locales. Estas empresas de reutilizaci\u00f3n suelen ser peque\u00f1as y de propiedad y gesti\u00f3n local, lo que proporciona empleo local y aumenta la retenci\u00f3n de capital. La reutilizaci\u00f3n es, por lo tanto, una herramienta para miniaturizar las econom\u00edas mundiales y nacionales, haci\u00e9ndolas m\u00e1s sostenibles.<\/p>\n<p>Hay 1,700 operaciones de recauchutado de llantas en Norteam\u00e9rica. Aproximadamente 95% de ellas son peque\u00f1as empresas. Los servicios de pa\u00f1ales reutilizables emplean entre 10,000 y 12,500 personas. Cada empresa emplea entre 5 y 50 trabajadores. Un cambio completo a los servicios de pa\u00f1ales generar\u00eda 72,000 empleos en todo el pa\u00eds solo en esta industria de servicios.<\/p>\n<p>Otras iniciativas de reutilizaci\u00f3n pueden tener efectos similares. 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