U.S. - Materials recovery facilities - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	937	26.6%	7.9%	3.0%	16,215	76.9%	37.0%	16.4%
	2007	884	24.2%	7.2%	3.1%	14,514	75.9%	36.0%	16.6%
	2006	803	26.2%	7.8%	3.2%	15,820	78.9%	43.0%	25.5%
	2005	765	26.7%	7.1%	3.7%	14,744	78.8%	40.0%	24.7%
	2004	783	24.6%	6.8%	2.8%	14,673	77.8%	41.5%	24.6%
	2003	785	23.8%	6.1%	2.8%	13,638	77.2%	37.8%	21.2%
	2002	693	18.3%	5.8%	3.0%	12,744	79.5%	55.5%	45.4%
	2001	609	20.9%	6.7%	3.4%	12,928	80.7%	57.1%	44.7%
	2000	653	19.6%	6.0%	3.4%	12,185	79.7%	55.4%	45.8%
	1999	703	18.1%	6.3%	3.6%	13,113	80.2%	58.7%	45.9%
	1998	771	19.1%	5.7%	3.0%	12,485	78.3%	49.6%	40.6%