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Resource Futures is an employee-owned, ethically driven company which works on sustainable waste management and resource efficiency projects.

Equality in employment is important to us, and we are striving to attract a workforce that reflects the population of the areas we work in - we will consider and fairly assess your application whatever your background.

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All our current vacancies are listed on this page:

Waste Composition Operatives

Short Term Contracts

 

Waste Composition Operatives (various temporary work)

£7.35 per hour (guaranteed 7 hours per working day)

The Waste and Recycling Operations team are looking for people to join our pool of casual staff, to carry out waste composition work.  We are particularly looking for experienced drivers of large vehicles such as long wheel base Ford Transits and Mercedes Sprinters.

You will collect household waste and recycling, transport it to a local depot, hand sort it into different categories and record the results.  You will be part of a small friendly team which will travel from our Bristol depot to different parts of the UK, generally for five consecutive days work.

The work helps improve local authority knowledge and understanding of the household waste stream and provides practical waste operations experience for anyone looking for a career in the environment or waste industry.

Accommodation, subsistence expenses and protective clothing are provided.  The work would suit people that want flexibility in their work commitments and are happy to work away from home for short periods.

You must be reliable, motivated, practical, methodical and used to getting your hands dirty.

For more information about this work, please contact Jane Tily. You will need to provide us with details of your driving experience, your address and phone number.

Telephone: 0117 914 1283.  jane.tily@resourcefutures.co.uk

Forthcoming contracts include Milton Keynes, Northampton, Lancashire and Bath.

 

 Short Term Contracts

We are often looking for staff for short term contracts in the following roles in different areas of the country:

Recycling canvassers:

You will talk to people on their doorstep promoting recycling or othe waste issues, for example explaining about a new recycling service and answering questions about it.

Doorstep surveyors:

You will carry out monitoring of individual household recycling using a   doorstep questionnaire to find out how people use the recycling system and barriers to recycling.

 Participation/contamination monitors:

You will monitor the doorstep set out rates for various dry recycling and composting kerbside collection systems.

For more information about this work, please contacy Jane Tily

tel. 0117 914 1283

jane.tily@resourcefutures.co.uk

 

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