In addition to the primary duties listed below, the Recycling Information Intern will be expected to communicate with team members via the CIRT Slack workspace, and manage tasks assigned to them in Asana. The Intern is responsible for checking Slack and Asana frequently, and recording their progress in these platforms.
The Recycling Information Intern will be primarily responsible for contacting Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) to gather information about what materials are accepted for recycling in the facility, the wasteshed from which the facility collects, and any special recycling rules or procedures at the facility. Information may be gathered from online research, email communications, phone calls, and other various methods of survey distribution. The information that is collected will be communicated clearly on a regular basis to the Recycling Information and Data Manager.
Once a month the Recycling Information Intern will participate in a rolling update of the CIRT database. During this time the Recycling Information Intern will be tasked with reviewing the recycling rules currently recorded in the CIRT database and marking any wastesheds where rules need to be changed.
The Recycling Information Intern will be able to contribute to news articles and blog posts on the CIRT website. Written work will be approved by the Recycling Information and Data Manager prior to publication, but the Intern will have freedom to choose topics and a publication frequency that suits their interests and schedule.
The Recycling Information Intern has the authority to do the following without receiving confirmation from the Recycling Information and Data Manager:
The Recycling Information Intern does not have the authority to do the following without receiving confirmation from the Recycling Information and Data Manager: