Job Description:

• 1) Plans and participates in activities concerned with study, development, and inspection of solid-waste resource recovery systems and marketability of solid-waste recovery products: Conducts studies of chemical and mechanical solid-waste recovery processes and system designs to evaluate efficiency and cost-effectiveness of proposed operations.

• 2) Inspects solid-waste resource recovery facilities to determine compliance with regulations governing construction and use.

• 3) Collects data on resource recovery systems and analyzes alternate plans to determine most feasible systems for specific solid-waste recovery purposes.

• 4) Prepares recommendations for development of resource recovery programs, based on analysis of alternate plans and knowledge of physical properties of various solid-waste materials.

• 5) Confers with design engineers, management personnel, and others concerned with recovery of solid-waste resources to discuss problems and provide technical advice.

• 6) Coordinates activities of workers engaged in study of potential markets for reclaimable materials.

• 7) Lectures civic and professional organizations and provides information about practices to media representatives to promote interest and participation in solid-waste recovery practices.