Services
Waste sorter
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.9% (BLS).
The job
Refuse sorters (ISCO 9612). Refuse sorters identify, collect and sort discarded items suitable for recycling at dump sites and recycling enterprises or in buildings, streets and other public places.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
29 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- car breaker
- car dissasembler
- commercial waste reclamation worker
- grader
- household waste reclamation worker
- household waste recycling site operative
- household waste recycling site worker
- reclamation worker
- recycler
- recycling metal sorter
- recycling operative
- recycling site labourer
- recycling site operative
- recycling site sorter
- recycling site sorter labourer
- recycling site worker
- recycling worker
- sort belt operative
- sort line operative
- sorter
- sorter labourer
- textile sorter
- vehicle breaker
- vehicle dismantler
- waste reclamation worker
- waste recycling site operative
- waste recycling site worker
- yard labourer
- yard operative
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.