RECYCLING COORDINATOR

Responsibilities

Responsible for planning, implementation and management of all aspects of PGS’s Residential and Commercial Recycling Program

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Waste Audits/Field Work

Technical Assistance - Provide technical assistance to businesses, apartments and schools via site visits, phone and email, including alerting businesses and schools to local container grant opportunities and assisting with the application process
Waste Audits - Perform annual waste audits - For general assessment and SB1383, AB 341 and AB 1826 compliance.
Contamination Issues - Inspect contaminated bins/carts reported by driver, follow up with customer, process all resulting work orders accordingly
Outreach Campaigns - Implement new outreach campaigns and services
Sign Up New Customers - Sign up new recycling and food waste customers and help customer right-size their trash service
Trainings - Train customers and their employees as needed
Distribute Resources - Distribute instructional materials and complimentary City-funded indoor recycling containers to businesses, schools and MFDs
Attend and participate in festival/fair weekend events as necessary
Presentations - Do recycling presentations at businesses, table events and on limited basis conduct school assemblies
Monitoring – Check up on recycling at businesses, restaurants, schools and apartments. Frequent monitoring, as often as weekly, at key challenging sites (see list)
Prepare Proposals - Prepare Cost/Savings estimates for customers adding recycling and/or organics collection (estimates done upon request).
Scheduling - Schedule and conduct food waste trainings

Office/Reporting

Follow Ups - Follow up with businesses on audits and site visits
Processing - Processing/Tracking – Process/track audits performed and due
Work Orders - Process work orders for new recycling and organics starts, contamination incidents, container repairs, driver issues, etc.
Reports/Data - Prepare Recycling Program reports and provide program data for City, Cal Recycle, and StopWaste
- City quarterly reports, including quarterly Recycling Activity Report + list of businesses audited during quarter
- StopWaste data requests
- Cal Recycle data requests
- City data requests
- Assist in development of Public Education Budget and track budget expenditures
Website - Revise and update website content as needed
Monitor and update PGS Facebook page
Attend monthly City coordination meetings
Other Duties as Assigned