Also called: Redemption Center Owner, Can and Bottle Return Operator
Runs a center in a 'bottle bill' state where people return cans and bottles for their deposit money, counting, sorting and shipping them for recycling.
Customers line up with garbage bags of cans and bottles. You feed them into counting machines or count by hand, pay out nickels and dimes, and sort by brand. At day's end you bale the cans and call the distributors to pick them up.
Owners earn from handling fees; employees are paid hourly.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No degree required; many are small business owners.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Business (optional).
Growing about average. Only 10 states have bottle deposit laws, so jobs exist only there.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Reverse vending machines already count many containers, so fewer workers may be needed.
Classes: Business, Math, Environmental science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-2011.
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