For 28 years, Sorter Elsa Leal has been making the vast areas served by Casella's Charlestown, MA Material Recovery Facility cleaner and greener. Embracing every aspect of her role, Leal finds fulfillment in her work and is dedicated to removing contamination from the waste stream, ensuring recyclable materials are being processed effectively.
El pasado mes de marzo fue mi aniversario de 28 años. Llegué a trabajar aquí hace 28 años e incluso traje a mis hijos a trabajar aquí. Empecé como clasificadora, luego me convertí en supervisora en el edificio comercial y luego decidí volver a ser clasificadora. Estoy contenta y feliz donde estoy.
This past March was my twenty-eighth anniversary. I came to work here 28 years ago and even brought my children to work here. I started as a sorter, later became a supervisor in the commercial building, and then decided to go back to being a sorter. I am content and happy with where I am at.
Mi trabajo es separar el material que entra. Por ejemplo, si estoy trabajando en la estación de plásticos, tengo que retirar cosas como aluminio y periódico para asegurarme de que solo pasen plásticos. En otras estaciones, saco los desechos de la linea, asegurándome de que lo que pasa sean solo elementos que se puedan reciclar. Una vez que saco toda la contaminación, solo queda el reciclaje.
My job is to separate the material that comes in. For example, if I am working at the plastics station, I have to remove things like aluminum and newspaper to make sure only plastics are going by. At other stations, I take out waste from the stream, making sure what goes through is just items that can be recycled. Once I pull all the contamination out, we are left with recycling.
No tengo una parte favorita de mi trabajo. Disfruto de todo. Me gusta trabajar en todas las estaciones.
I don’t have a favorite part of my job. I enjoy everything. I like working on all stations.
Muchos de nosotros somos hispanos en mis instalaciones y, por supuesto, estábamos nerviosos por la barrera del idioma. Cuando me enteré de que había gente que hablaba español, me sentí muy bien porque teníamos aún más apoyo. Tenemos un grupo de personas genial en nuestras instalaciones.
A lot of us are Hispanic at my facility, and we were, of course, nervous about a language barrier. When I found out that there were people around who spoke Spanish, I felt great because we had even more support. We have such a great group of people at our facility.
Una cosa que me ha encantado de trabajar aquí es que nos brindan muchas oportunidades para crecer. Especialmente si eres joven, aprovecha esto.
One thing I have loved about working here is that we are provided with so many opportunities to grow. Especially if you are young, take advantage of this.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., headquartered in Rutland, Vermont, is one of the largest recyclers and most experienced fully integrated resource management companies in the Eastern United States. Founded in 1975 as a single truck collection service, Casella has grown its operations to provide solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling, and organics services to more than one million residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers and provides professional resource management services to over 10,000 customer locations in more than 40 states.
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