About the Recycling Facilities in Kentucky Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Recycling Facilities in Kentucky Market Research Report
Definition of the Recycling Facilities in Kentucky?
Recycling facilities separate and sort recyclable materials like paper, plastic and glass from waste streams. These facilities also sort commingled recyclable materials into distinct categories and refine goods into recycled commodities, such as converting plastic bottles into raw plastic and selling recycled materials to manufacturers and wholesalers. This industry doesn't include government bodies that directly provide these services to the public.
What’s included in the Recycling Facilities in Kentucky?
The Recycling Facilities in Kentucky includes recyclable material recovery and processing, sale of recycled materials and collection services. Related terms covered in the Recycling Facilities in Kentucky industry report includes a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for further processing or sale to downstream wholesalers and manufacturers, a facility where separated recyclable materials received from a material recovery facility are broken down and reformed into commodities that can be used as inputs in the production of new goods, nonhazardous waste produced by households and commercial and retail operations, municipal solid waste, excluding food waste, yard trimmings and other organic wastes, electric currents that create magnetic fields, which are used to pull metal objects off conveyor belts while sorting recyclable materials and a system in which bottles purchased from retailers come attached with an added deposit cost. consumers can return these bottles to recycling facilities to redeem this cost.
Industry Performance of the Recycling Facilities industry in Kentucky
Benchmark the Recycling Facilities in Kentucky industry performance with all KY county and national performance.
Recycling Facilities in Kentucky
#20 in Highest Revenue 1.8% of state's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
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Recycling Facilities in the US
Revenue (2025)
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Key Drivers of the Recycling Facilities industry in Kentucky
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Kentucky Economic Indicators
Population
New Business Formation
Unemployment Rate
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US Key External Drivers
Consumer spending
Producer Price Index: Paper
Trade-weighted index
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County Data of the Recycling Facilities industry in Kentucky
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Key Statistics of the Recycling Facilities industry in Kentucky
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