How to become a Garbage and Recycling Collector or Refuse Sorter
Official title: Garbage and Recycling Collectors and Refuse Sorters
Refuse collectors and recycling sorters collect and remove waste, and buy and sort recyclable materials.
Main tasks
- Collect rubbish and recyclables from homes, businesses, streets and other public places and put them in bins, rubbish trucks and recycling trucks
- Ride with rubbish and recycling trucks to collect rubbish and recyclables
- Sort paper, glass, plastic, aluminium and other recyclables
- Sell recyclable or reusable materials
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$389,000 a year
- Demand for Other elementary occupations jobs is projected at about 801,000 in 2024 and about 801,000 in 2030. (+0%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a Garbage and Recycling Collector or Refuse Sorter earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$389,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Garbage and Recycling Collector or Refuse Sorter a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 0% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Garbage and Recycling Collector or Refuse Sorter?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026