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Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

Walk the truck around at 4am before the route starts, ride the back through 200 stops, manually haul anything the automated arm can't grab, compress a full load, drive to the transfer station to dump, fill out a defect report on a brake light, clock out by noon.

Median$48k
Jobs in U.S.139k
10-yr outlook+0.9%
Entry ed.No formal educational credential
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Careers / Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Career · Trades family

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

Walk the truck around at 4am before the route starts, ride the back through 200 stops, manually haul anything the automated arm can't grab, compress a full load, drive to the transfer station to dump, fill out a defect report on a brake light, clock out by noon.

Median$48k
Jobs in U.S.139k
10-yr outlook+0.9%
Entry ed.No formal educational credential
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Get the full brief.

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  • Pay over the career, entry to senior
  • A real day in the life, start to finish
  • Real employers from the last 12 months
  • Related careers worth comparing

Email magic-link sign-in is coming next. For now Google handles the auth — we never see your password and we never ask for your age.

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