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Overview
Recycling specialists inspect waste-handling routines, support recycling equipment, supervise recycling workers and advise organisations on better procedures for sorting, records and compliance.
In job descriptions, look for waste management, recycling rules, site inspections, environmental legislation, circular economy, equipment use, staff training, recycling records and health and safety routines.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Recycling specialist work often connects office advice with site-level inspection. The role may review waste streams, recycling equipment, worker routines and records, then help an organisation adjust procedures so sorting and disposal are controlled.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes waste management, environmental legislation, recycling records, circular economy concepts, hazardous-substance controls and practical communication with staff who handle containers, collection areas and processing equipment.
Salary context
Pay expectations are shaped by whether the role is advisory, inspection-focused or supervisory, the size of the waste operation, responsibility for compliance records and the amount of staff training or equipment oversight.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward environmental engineering support, waste-program coordination, recycling-site supervision, sustainability reporting or specialist work on reducing waste streams in production, service or public operations.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the actual waste setting: office audits, collection sites, recycling plants and internal staff training are different jobs. Strong adverts name the materials, records, inspections and equipment involved.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Recycling and Reclamation Workers
53-7062.04
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETRecycling Coordinators
53-1042.01
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
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Alternative labels
solid waste division supervisor
trainee recycling co-ordinator
recycling and waste reduction specialist
recycling development co-ordinator
supermarket recycling co-ordinator
senior recycling co-ordinator
recycling research specialist
recycling equipment specialist
waste recycling co-ordinator
recycling manager
recycling and reclamation coordinator
recycling specialist advisor
recycling supervisor
recycling management specialist
recycling equipment technician
filling station recycling co-ordinator
recycling team supervisor
recycling and reclamation co-ordinator
waste recycling specialist
recycling programe manager
community recyling coordinator
garden centre recycling co-ordinator
recycling policy specialist
department store recycling co-ordinator
recycling co-ordinator
recycling director
recycling development coordinator
community recycling co-ordinator
hypermarket recycling co-ordinator
reycling development co-ordinator
recycling policy advisor
household recycling coordinator
waste consultant
recycling coordinator
recycling programme manager
outlet centre recycling co-ordinator
waste management consultant
recycling operations manager
recycling inspector
household recycling co-ordinator
waste recovery specialist
Occupation group
environmental engineer (2143.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7a523273-9fff-4f11-beb6-110eeaec1436 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2143.1.3 |
| ISCO group | 2143 |
| Concept type | Occupation |