Transportation53-1042.01Specialization

Recycling Coordinators

Supervise curbside and drop-off recycling programs for municipal governments or private firms.

$60,500
Median Pay
Less than 6 months
Training
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High Disruption Risk

This is a specialization of

Transportation Supervisors

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AI Impact Assessment

AI Resilience Score

Score 1/6: high AI task exposure, limited human advantage creates significant risk from AI disruption (estimated from legacy data)

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How we calculated this:

AI Exposure
High+0

85% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Stable+1

0% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Weak+0

EPOCH score: 9/25

Total Score1/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09

Key Responsibilities

  • 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.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Time to Job Ready

0-1 years

Based on Job Zone 2. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

Warehouse management systemsMicrosoft OfficeScheduling softwareInventory trackingSafety documentation

Key Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionSpeech RecognitionSpeech ClarityDeductive ReasoningInformation OrderingWritten ComprehensionProblem SensitivityInductive ReasoningNear Vision

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Compensation Details

$39,510
10th Percentile
$60,500
Median
$92,110
90th Percentile

Based on 603,350 employed workers

Also Known As

Agency OperatorCorporate Recycling ManagerHeavy Equipment SupervisorMaterials ManagerRecycle CoordinatorRecycle SupervisorRecycling Center OperatorRecycling CoordinatorRecycling Crew SupervisorRecycling Manager

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 53-1042.01