A professional who plans and participates in activities concerned with study, development, and inspection of solid-waste resource recovery systems and marketability of solid-waste recovery products. Responsibilities include:

• Conducts studies of chemical and mechanical solid-waste recovery processes and system designs to evaluate efficiency and cost-effectiveness of proposed operations.
• Inspects solid-waste resource recovery facilities to determine compliance with regulations governing construction and use.
• Collects data on resource recovery systems and analyzes alternate plans to determine most feasible systems for specific solid-waste recovery purposes.
• Prepares recommendations for development of resource recovery programs, based on analysis of alternate plans and knowledge of physical properties of various solid-waste materials.
• Confers with design engineers, management personnel, and others concerned with recovery of solid-waste resources to discuss problems and provide technical advice.
• Coordinates activities of workers engaged in study of potential markets for reclaimable materials.
• Lectures civic and professional organizations and provides information about practices to media representatives to promote interest and participation in solid-waste recovery practices.