Recycling Coordinators
Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.
What you’d do
- Oversee recycling pick-up or drop-off programs to ensure compliance with community ordinances.
- Maintain logs of recycling materials received or shipped to processing companies.
- Supervise recycling technicians, community service workers, or other recycling operations employees or volunteers.
- Review customer requests for service to determine service needs and deploy appropriate resources to provide service.
- Provide training to recycling technicians or community service workers on topics such as safety, solid waste processing, or general recycling operations.
- Identify or investigate new opportunities for materials to be collected and recycled.
Skills that matter
- Speaking
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
Also called
- Heavy Equipment Supervisor
- Route Supervisor
- Solid Waste Division Supervisor
- Waste Reduction Coordinator
- Recycle Coordinator
- Recycling Coordinator
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