Compost Route Collection

We’re hiring! COMPOST COLLECTIONS & OPERATIONS 

$20/hr
8-24 hours/week

Start date: Immediately

We are looking for a contract worker excited about composting and sustainability! New Earth Farm/CompostSTL is part of the fast growing community composting movement that is spreading across the country. We offer residential and commercial composting services and maintain a small, experimental urban farm. We are in a learning/growing phase and looking for like-minded folks to help us grow a greener St. Louis!

Job Description:
New Earth Farm/CompostSTL is looking to add a contract worker that will have two primary responsibilities:

1. Material Collection: Collection of residential organic material from households in the Saint Louis metro area.

2. Operations: Emptying residential buckets into larger bins for composting and cleaning residential buckets.

Responsibilities

• Collect organic waste from residents throughout the Saint Louis metro area. Deliver coffee, biobags, finished compost, and other items ordered by subscribers.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs safely
• Record detailed collections data using an internal app
• Complete your collection route by 4pm each day. The compost collection route can take 5-6 hours to complete up to 60 stops
• Stay on top of inventory related to bins, bags, and other collection related items.
• Immediately alert supervisor of any problems with collection or processing that have the potential of harming/delaying daily operations
• Relay comments, kudos, and criticism from subscribers
• Leave workspace clean and tidy before ending for the day

Potential Growth into other Responsibilities:

• Event/Education outreach
• Commercial account relationships and networking
• Social media
• Gardening/farm responsibilities
• Physically processing/screening small batch compost

About You

• Must have clean driving record
• Must have own vehicle able to hold 60 buckets, must be van, truck, or large SUV
• Must use internal app for pickups and deliveries and additional communication app
• Willing and able to work outside in all of elements…rain, snow, cold, etc.
• Friendly and polite when interacting with subscribers
• Detail oriented, good problem solver, can work independently, good communicator

Job comes with free household compost subscription