What are the responsibilities and job description for the Waste Study Sorter (Temporary Project Role – Manual Labor) position at CLP Circular Services?
Seattle, WA: January 26-February 1, 2026
Salary: $25/hour, plus daily $25 meal allowance
About Circular Services:
Circular Services is the largest privately held recycling and organics service provider in the U.S. It operates over 25 facilities serving major long-term municipal and commercial contracts. The mission of Circular Services is to keep valuable materials in circulation and minimize the cost and environmental impact of landfills. The company services municipal contracts with some of the largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. including New York City, Austin, San Antonio, and Phoenix.
About the Role:
Circular Services conducts waste audits that typically last for one week and we are seeking temporary assistance on this project. The Waste Study Sorter is responsible for ensuring proper sorting and placement and sorting of materials from bagged waste into separate containers. This work is similar to duties and responsibilities associated with commercial janitorial work and involves opening waste bags to sort the items found inside.
Responsibilities:
Stand at an outside area workstation sorting items from waste bags and place them into designated bins for the study for a period of 2-4 hours.
Quickly identify items and safely remove them to bins.
General cleanup at the end of each shift.
Qualifications:
Familiarity with the use of basic Personal Protective Equipment like a hard hat, reflective vest, boots, ear and eye protection, utility gloves, and arm preferred.
Required basic English speaking and reading for safe communication & training
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:
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 & move within the outdoor workspace for 2-4 hours
Vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.
Disclaimer: The above statements are statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills.
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.