# Recycling and Reclamation Workers > Prepare and sort materials or products for recycling. Identify and remove hazardous substances. Dismantle components of products such as appliances. - Code: 53-7062.04 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 53-7062) - Family: [Transportation & Material Moving](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-53), one of its 57 occupations - Tasks: 14 tasks (5 core and 9 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/53-7062.04 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/53-7062.04.json ## What the work is made of 1. Sort materials, such as metals, glass, wood, paper or plastics, into appropriate containers for recycling. Core task · Task 17872 · Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012 2. Clean recycling yard by sweeping, raking, picking up broken glass and loose paper debris, or moving barrels and bins. Core task · Task 17884 · Rated by 66 people who do the job, July 2012 3. Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, power lifts, or front-end loaders to load bales, bundles, or other heavy items onto trucks for shipping to smelters or other recycled materials processing facilities. Core task · Task 17878 · Rated by 66 people who do the job, July 2012 4. Sort metals to separate high-grade metals, such as copper, brass, and aluminum, for recycling. Core task · Task 17882 · Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012 5. Clean, inspect, or lubricate recyclable collection equipment or perform routine maintenance or minor repairs on recycling equipment, such as star gears, finger sorters, destoners, belts, and grinders. Core task · Task 17886 · Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012 6. Collect and sort recyclable construction materials, such as concrete, drywall, plastics, or wood, into containers. Supplemental task · Task 17885 · Rated by 64 people who do the job, July 2012 7. Extract chemicals from discarded appliances, such as air conditioners or refrigerators, using specialized machinery, such as refrigerant recovery equipment. Supplemental task · Task 17871 · Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012 8. Deposit recoverable materials into chutes or place materials on conveyor belts. Supplemental task · Task 17874 · Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012 9. Operate balers to compress recyclable materials into bundles or bales. Supplemental task · Task 17877 · Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012 10. Clean materials, such as metals, according to recycling requirements. Supplemental task · Task 17883 · Rated by 63 people who do the job, July 2012 11. Record logs of recycled materials or waste chemicals removed from products. Supplemental task · Task 17881 · Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2012 12. Operate processing equipment, such as fiber-sorters and grinders, to sort, crush, or grind recyclable materials. Supplemental task · Task 17879 · Rated by 64 people who do the job, July 2012 13. Collect recyclable materials from curbside for delivery to designated facilities. Supplemental task · Task 17873 · Rated by 64 people who do the job, July 2012 14. Operate automated refuse or manual recycling collection vehicles. 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