What You'll Do

  • Oversee recycling pick-up or drop-off programs to ensure compliance with community ordinances.
  • Supervise recycling technicians, community service workers, or other recycling operations employees or volunteers.
  • Assign truck drivers or recycling technicians to routes.
  • Coordinate recycling collection schedules to optimize service and efficiency.
  • Coordinate shipments of recycling materials with shipping brokers or processing companies.
  • Create or manage recycling operations budgets.
  • Design community solid and hazardous waste management programs.
  • Develop community or corporate recycling plans and goals to minimize waste and conform to resource constraints.
  • Implement grant-funded projects, monitoring and reporting progress in accordance with sponsoring agency requirements.
  • Investigate violations of solid waste or recycling ordinances.

Essential Skills

Speaking 3.88/5
Management of Personnel Resources 3.75/5
Active Listening 3.62/5
Critical Thinking 3.62/5
Coordination 3.62/5
Time Management 3.62/5
Reading Comprehension 3.5/5
Monitoring 3.5/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.38/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.25/5
Writing 3.12/5
Active Learning 3.12/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.88/5
Oral Expression 3.88/5
Speech Recognition 3.75/5
Speech Clarity 3.75/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.62/5
Information Ordering 3.5/5
Written Comprehension 3.38/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.38/5

Technologies & Tools

Email software Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word Operational databases SAP software Web browser software Work scheduling software

How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Agency Operator Corporate Recycling Manager Heavy Equipment Supervisor Materials Manager Recycle Coordinator Recycle Supervisor Recycling Center Operator Recycling Coordinator Recycling Crew Supervisor Recycling Manager Recycling Operations Manager Recycling Operator Recycling Program Manager Recycling Sorter Recycling Specialist Recycling Supervisor Recycling Technician Recycling Worker Route Rider Supervisor Route Supervisor Solid Waste Division Supervisor Solid Waste Program Manager Waste Reduction Coordinator

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

This page shows the role itself. To see personal fit, use the assessment to compare your interests, motivations, and strengths against this career and against the role you are in now.

Can this help if I want to stay in my field

Yes. Many people use career pages like this to compare nearby roles in the same field and see whether they need a full switch or a better-fit version of the work they already know.

What should I compare first

Start with the daily tasks, the preparation level, and the work-style signals on this page. Then use the assessment to see whether this role looks like a stronger fit than your current role or just a different title.