Waste management worker

Waste management workers collect and handle refuse and recycling. The work is heavy and physical: collecting waste and recycling, operating and loading collection vehicles, working routes in all weather, and ensuring waste is gathered and disposed of properly, often starting early.

They work for waste management companies and municipalities. The role suits strong, reliable, hardworking people who don't mind heavy physical work in all conditions, can keep up the pace of collection routes, work safely with vehicles and waste, and provide the essential, often unappreciated service of keeping communities clean by collecting their waste reliably.