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CLP Circular Services

Sorter (1st Shift)

Frisco, TX · On-site

$12.75 - $16/hr

The Recycling Sorter is responsible for ensuring proper placement and sorting of materials on the conveyor line. Benefits: * Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance * 401K Matching * FSA * Vacation & Sick ...

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Sorter-PM

Fort Myers, FL

$600 - $900/wk

Ft. Myers, FL Salary Range: $600 to $900 weekly More about this job > Description A sorter duties are to pick up trash and recycling and transport it to a landfill, sorting facility, or recycling ...

CLP Circular Services

Sorter

Austin, TX · On-site

$13 - $16.50/hr

The recycling Sorter works in a fast-paced warehouse setting, separating recyclable materials on a conveyor line to ensure proper sorting and quality standards. This role helps operation by removing ...

CLP Circular Services

Sorter

Little Rock, AR · On-site

$12 - $15.25/hr

The recycling Sorter works in a fast-paced warehouse setting, separating recyclable materials on a conveyor line to ensure proper sorting and quality standards. This role helps operation by removing ...

CLP Circular Services

Sorter (2nd Shift)

Frisco, TX · On-site

$12.75 - $16/hr

The Recycling Sorter is responsible for ensuring proper placement and sorting of materials on the conveyor line. Benefits: * Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance * 401K Matching * FSA * Vacation & Sick ...

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Sorter

Tampa, FL · On-site

$16/hr

A sorter duties are to pick up trash and recycling and transport it to a landfill, sorting facility, or recycling center. You may pick up trash cans by hand or operate hydraulic components of the ...

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As of Aug 8, 2026, the average hourly pay for recycle sorter in the United States is $14.80, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $12.98 and $16.35 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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To thrive as a Recycle Sorter, you need attention to detail, good hand-eye coordination, and physical stamina, often with a high school diploma or equivalent. Familiarity with conveyor belts, personal protective equipment (PPE), and basic sorting machinery is typically required, though most training is provided on the job. Reliability, teamwork, and a strong work ethic are valuable soft skills for success in this role. These skills are important to efficiently and safely sort recyclables, minimize contamination, and maintain effective workflow within recycling facilities.

What does a recycle sorter do?

As a Recycle Sorter, your typical day involves standing at a conveyor belt or sorting station, manually separating recyclable materials from non-recyclables and ensuring items are properly categorized. You’ll routinely wear safety gear and may rotate between different sorting lines or work areas to keep the process smooth and efficient. The environment is usually active, requiring you to stay alert and work cooperatively with a team to meet daily sorting goals. Regular breaks, safety briefings, and ongoing support from supervisors help make the work safe and structured. This role plays a crucial part in the recycling process and provides hands-on experience that can lead to advancement opportunities within recycling and waste management organizations.

What is a recycle sorter?

A Recycle Sorter is responsible for identifying and separating recyclable materials from waste at a recycling facility. They work on a conveyor belt or sorting station to distinguish paper, plastic, glass, and metals, ensuring materials are processed correctly. This job requires attention to detail, the ability to stand for long periods, and adherence to safety protocols. Recycle Sorters help reduce landfill waste by ensuring reusable materials are properly categorized and sent for further processing.

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Sorter (1st Shift)

CLP Circular Services

Frisco, TX • On-site

$12.75 - $16/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 19 days ago

Job description

Sorter – NEW FACILITY OPENING

1st Shift from 5:00am to 2:30pm

About Circular Services:

Circular Services is a leading developer and operator of circular economy infrastructure and services and the largest private recycling company in the U.S. with operations across the country. We help businesses and municipalities reduce and divert waste, lowering disposal costs and fueling local supply chains by ensuring materials are recovered, recycled, and reused.

About the Role:

The Recycling Sorter is responsible for ensuring proper placement and sorting of materials on the conveyor line.

Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • 401K Matching
  • FSA
  • Vacation & Sick Time
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

  • Stand at a station along a conveyor belt doing quality control on mixed recyclables.
  • Quickly identify non-conforming items for removal from a fixed station and safely remove them into designated chutes or bins.
  • General warehouse cleanup at the end of each shift.
  • Processing equipment cleanup at the end of each shift.

Minimum Job Qualifications:

  • Familiarity with the use of basic Personal Protective Equipment like a hard hat, reflective vest, steel toe boots, ear and eye protection, utility gloves, and arm preferred.
  • Previous experience in an industrial recycling facility preferred.

Other Duties:

All job requirements in this job description provided indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or abilities deemed necessary to perform the job competently. Job descriptions are an overview of the duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the position. Employees may be required to perform other job-related assignments as requested.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

The normal work environment is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud, requiring necessary precautions, including PPE.

The physical demands described here are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

  • Regularly use hands and fingers to handle or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms
  • Frequently required to sit, walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, squat, kneel, crawl, speak and hear.
  • Must frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
  • Must be able to stand for long period of time
  • Vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
  • The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud

Job Type: Full-time

EEOC: Circular Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Circular Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Circular Services are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Circular Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.