How do they match: Recycling and Reclamation Workers

Prepare and sort materials or products for recycling. Identify and remove hazardous substances. Dismantle components of products such as appliances.

Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling.
Sort metals to separate high-grade metals, such as copper, brass, and aluminum, for recycling.
Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up broken glass and loose paper debris, or moving barrels and bins.
Clean materials, such as metals, according to recycling requirements.
Clean, 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.
Collect recyclable materials from curbside for delivery to designated facilities.
Collect and sort recyclable construction materials, such as concrete, drywall, plastics, or wood, into containers.
Dismantle wrecked vehicles by removing parts and labeling and sorting parts into containers.
Operate automated refuse or manual recycling collection vehicles.
Operate balers to compress recyclable materials into bundles or bales.
Operate 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.
Operate processing equipment, such as fiber-sorters and grinders, to sort, crush, or grind recyclable materials.
Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products.

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