This article is an epistemic attempt to correlate two lines of research - a quantitative and a qualitative one in order to corroborate that the recyclables market exhibits great potential in the state of Bahia Brazil It can be analyzed from the perspective of the category Used Territory developed by a Brazilian geographer called Milton Santos Furthermore aiming to reach this qualitative discussion we used the model called Shift-Share coming from the Regional Economy Esteban-Maquillas 1972 version We applied the employed person variable to calculate the components which generate growth for economic sectors and regions Thus it is possible to demonstrate the employability potential of the recycling sector in the state We could also confirm through Milton Santos s theory that this sector will be able to be part of the territorial planning in Bahi
