(About the recycling Technical Assistance Program) Pennsylvania boasts land recycling as well, and this means the recycling and re-development of old industrial sites. The Program has managed to set an example by setting standards within the law, so that human health and the environment are protected completely, both today, and for tomorrow. Potential developers are provided with clear clean up standards that are based on risk, and it must be noted that the Land Recycling Program in Pennsylvania is a veritable model to other states that wish to implement a program of this kind in their hometowns. For example, Pennsylvania has, since 1995, conducted 864 successful cleanups at 769 sites, and in addition to the potential environmental benefits, these cleanups have managed to create more than 20,000 jobs for the people of the state. The Program has been hailed as one of the '1997 Innovations' Government Awards. (Pennsylvania's Land Recycling Program: an Overview)

In Pennsylvania, loans and loan guarantees with low interest are provided for those individuals who are interested in setting up a recycling unit, or anything similar, and this in itself can be an encouraging factor for the state, in its various recycling efforts. (Lucia, 6) Technological assistance is also provided to those who need or desire it, and all this...

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Recycling saves natural resources. Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection.

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