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On-Site Labor

CRI inside your building. Balers, sort lines, dock moves, custom programs that keep your recycling streams clean and your floor running.

Recycling That Runs at Production Speed

When recycling volume gets big, the bottleneck stops being the trailer outside, it becomes everything between the production line and the dock. Bales sit. Gaylords pile up. Grades cross-contaminate. Operators run balers off the side of their desk and grade discipline drops.

CRI puts trained labor inside your building to own that link. Crews operate balers and compactors, run sort lines, swap trailers, walk the plant capturing recyclables at the source, and manage dock orchestration around your shipping windows. The result: cleaner grades, fewer dumpster diversions, faster turns, and a partner accountable for the whole stream from generator to mill.

Programs are custom-built. Some clients run a single CRI operator on a baler. Others embed full crews on multiple shifts. We scope to your throughput, your safety program, and your operating model.

On-Site Programs

From a single baler operator to a full multi-shift recycling crew, CRI sizes the program to match your operation.

Baler & Compactor Operation

Trained crew running your equipment around the clock so cardboard, plastic, and paper move at production speed

Sort Lines

Manual sort and quality-control labor that keeps grades clean and rebate-eligible at high-volume DCs and MRFs

Dock & Container Moves

Trailer swaps, gaylord rotations, and dock orchestration coordinated with your shipping windows

Floor Sweeps & Stream Capture

Crews that walk the plant capturing recyclables at the source so they never end up in the dumpster

Project & Cleanout Crews

Surge labor for line moves, building cleanouts, racking changes, and one-off recycling projects

Custom Programs

Joint-engineered staffing models for tenants of distribution networks, manufacturers, and contract packagers

On-Site Labor FAQ

Common questions about embedded CRI labor inside your facility.

When does on-site labor make sense?+
When the volume and complexity of your recycling streams justify dedicated staffing inside your building. High-throughput DCs, manufacturing plants with multiple grades, and contract packagers running mixed lines all see better grade discipline, lower contamination, and faster dock turns when CRI runs the recycling operation directly.
Are CRI crews CRI employees or contractors?+
Programs are scoped per client. CRI can deploy direct employees, partner with vetted staffing agencies, or operate hybrid models, whichever produces the best fit for your operating environment, safety requirements, and union or non-union context.
What about safety, training, and on-site compliance?+
All on-site personnel work to your facility's safety program. CRI handles equipment training, OSHA-required certifications, PPE, and any site-specific orientation your facility mandates. Insurance, EMR, and incident reporting are coordinated with your EHS team.
Do you handle the equipment too?+
Yes. On-site labor pairs naturally with CRI's equipment placement: balers, compactors, gaylords, totes, and trailers. Running the equipment we placed lets us tune throughput, maintenance, and grade quality together rather than coordinating across vendors.
How is pricing structured?+
Most on-site programs are priced as a labor line item with rebate offsets from the recyclables the crew captures. The cleaner and higher-volume the streams, the more rebate value flows back, often offsetting much of the labor cost. CRI quotes the program transparently after a walk-through.

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