Recycling and Reclamation Workers

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up broken glass and loose paper debris, or moving barrels and bins.
2. 02Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, power lifts, or front-end loaders to load bales, bundles, or other heavy items onto trucks for shipping to smelters or other recycled materials processing facilities.
3. 03Clean, inspect, or lubricate recyclable collection equipment or perform routine maintenance or minor repairs on recycling equipment, such as star gears, finger sorters, destoners, belts, and grinders.
4. 04Operate automated refuse or manual recycling collection vehicles.
5. 05Sort metals to separate high-grade metals, such as copper, brass, and aluminum, for recycling.
6. 06Deposit recoverable materials into chutes or place materials on conveyor belts.
7. 07Operate balers to compress recyclable materials into bundles or bales.
8. 08Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products.
9. 09Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling.
10. 10Extract chemicals from discarded appliances, such as air conditioners or refrigerators, using specialized machinery, such as refrigerant recovery equipment.
11. 11Collect and sort recyclable construction materials, such as concrete, drywall, plastics, or wood, into containers.
12. 12Collect recyclable materials from curbside for delivery to designated facilities.

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