Summary Report for:
53-1021.01 - Recycling Coordinators
Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks
- 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.
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand.
Employment data collected from First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand.
| Median wages (2008) | $20.18 hourly, $41,970 annual |
| Employment (2006) | 182,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) | 
Average (7% to 13%)
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| Projected need (2006-2016) | 60,000 additional employees |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 wage data
and 2006-2016 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2006-2016). "Projected need" represents job openings due to growth and net replacement.