Description
GreenLabs Recycling, a rapidly expanding laboratory plastic recycling company in the Boston Area, is looking for a part-time employee to join our team. Over 1 million pounds of single use plastic moves through scientific labs around Boston each year, and almost all of it unnecessarily ends up in landfills or is incinerated, adding substantially to humanity’s carbon footprint. GreenLabs Recycling’s mission is to improve sustainability in scientific research by collecting and recycling this plastic directly from labs.
Job Description
The associate will aid in the collection and processing of lab plastic and will be expected to drive our collections vehicle along the route. Our warehouse is located in Concord, MA and cities served include Cambridge, Boston, Watertown, Waltham and Natick Massachusetts. The time commitment is currently split between Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday but will likely span Monday-Friday by the end of the summer months. This is an in-person position in which you will be interacting with 1-2 other GreenLabs Recycling staff members as well as personnel within lab buildings.
15-20 hours per week at $17 per hour. Expected 30-35 hours /week by end of the year.
Starts as soon as possible.
Responsibilities:
Visit and walk through research facilities daily to assist in collecting and transporting plastic from customers to our processing facility
Aid with sorting and processing the plastic
Deliver plastic to our recycling partner in Leominster, MA
Document metrics such as pounds of plastic collected and plastic type
Intellectually contribute to business development and expansion
Qualifications
Ability to lift at least 35 pounds
Clean driving record, non-CDL driver’s license
Comfortable driving a 10 foot box truck in city conditions
Personable, able to communicate effectively with clients
Strong desire to help promote sustainability in science
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