As of June 2026, Recycling Coordinators has an AI-exposure score of 66/100 (High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Recycling Coordinators
More exposed than 84% of the roles we track.
How you compare to similar Transportation roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Coordinate recycling collection schedules to optimize service and efficiency.
- Schedule movement of recycling materials into and out of storage areas.
- Provide training to recycling technicians or community service workers on topics such as safety, solid waste processing, or general recycling operations.
- Prepare bills of lading, statements of shipping records, or customer receipts related to recycling or hazardous material services.
- Create or manage recycling operations budgets.
- Review customer requests for service to determine service needs and deploy appropriate resources to provide service.
- Operate recycling processing equipment, such as sorters, balers, crushers, and granulators to sort and process materials.
- Assign truck drivers or recycling technicians to routes.
- Coordinate shipments of recycling materials with shipping brokers or processing companies.
- Prepare grant applications to fund recycling programs or program enhancements.
- Develop community or corporate recycling plans and goals to minimize waste and conform to resource constraints.
- Oversee campaigns to promote recycling or waste reduction programs in communities or private companies.
- Operate fork lifts, skid loaders, or trucks to move or store recyclable materials.
- Maintain logs of recycling materials received or shipped to processing companies.
- Inspect physical condition of recycling or hazardous waste facility for compliance with safety, quality, and service standards.
- Oversee recycling pick-up or drop-off programs to ensure compliance with community ordinances.
- Investigate violations of solid waste or recycling ordinances.
- Identify or investigate new opportunities for materials to be collected and recycled.
- Negotiate contracts with waste management or other firms.
- Supervise recycling technicians, community service workers, or other recycling operations employees or volunteers.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (70%).
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