Recycling Coordinators

Oversee recycling pick-up or drop-off programs to ensure compliance with community ordinances.

Assign truck drivers or recycling technicians to routes.

Maintain logs of recycling materials received or shipped to processing companies.

Create or manage recycling operations budgets.

Prepare bills of lading, statements of shipping records, or customer receipts related to recycling or hazardous material services.

Supervise recycling technicians, community service workers, or other recycling operations employees or volunteers.

Inspect physical condition of recycling or hazardous waste facility for compliance with safety, quality, and service standards.

Negotiate contracts with waste management or other firms.

Coordinate shipments of recycling materials with shipping brokers or processing companies.

Operate recycling processing equipment, such as sorters, balers, crushers, and granulators to sort and process materials.

Review customer requests for service to determine service needs and deploy appropriate resources to provide service.

Operate fork lifts, skid loaders, or trucks to move or store recyclable materials.

Schedule movement of recycling materials into and out of storage areas.

Oversee campaigns to promote recycling or waste reduction programs in communities or private companies.

Provide training to recycling technicians or community service workers on topics such as safety, solid waste processing, or general recycling operations.

Coordinate recycling collection schedules to optimize service and efficiency.

Develop community or corporate recycling plans and goals to minimize waste and conform to resource constraints.

Prepare grant applications to fund recycling programs or program enhancements.

Identify or investigate new opportunities for materials to be collected and recycled.

Investigate violations of solid waste or recycling ordinances.

Implement grant-funded projects, monitoring and reporting progress in accordance with sponsoring agency requirements.

Make presentations to educate the public on how to recycle or on the environmental advantages of recycling.

Design community solid and hazardous waste management programs.