# Zero Waste Operator at CookUnity

> Run daily waste audits, sorting, and donation pickups to keep recycling, compost, and food waste diversion on track.

- Company: CookUnity (cookunity.com)
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Places: New York, United States
- Posted: 2026-10-09
- Work mode: On site
- Apply: https://careers.cookunity.com/open-roles?gh_jid=8019414003
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/zero-waste-operator-cookunity-kn7cm822sejq5q59zaq2zp2tqx8hdb8f

## The posting

Zero Waste Operator
CookUnity · New York, New York, United States

### About CookUnity:

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: **empower Chefs to nourish the world.**

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.

#### **About the Role**

The **Sustainability Operator** plays a key role in ensuring that daily waste‑management procedures are executed correctly across the NEW YORK facility. This role supports the operational execution of recycling, compost, waste audits, and donation processes, helping maintain clean, compliant, and efficient waste‑diversion systems.

The Zero Waste Operator is responsible for carrying out daily walkthroughs, completing waste‑audit forms, preparing and coordinating donations, and ensuring correct sorting and disposal of materials in all kitchens and work areas. This role provides essential operational support to the facility by monitoring compliance, identifying contamination, and reinforcing correct waste‑handling behaviors among staff.

Key responsibilities include executing daily waste audits, preparing food waste for donation or internal use, coordinating donation pick‑ups with partner organizations, maintaining Green Stations, and ensuring all supplies needed for proper waste diversion are available and correctly used. This role ensures that Zero Waste procedures are followed consistently and effectively, contributing to CookUnity’s environmental goals and operational priorities.

**Summary**

Execute daily operational tasks related to recycling, compost, waste audits, and donation management within the LA facility, ensuring compliance with processes and sustainability standards.

### **Responsibilities:**

- **Daily Waste Audits** : Perform daily trash audits across workstations and document findings.
- **Correct Waste Disposal** : Ensure proper waste disposal procedures are followed in all kitchens.
- **Food Waste Handling** : Classify, weigh, and dispose of food waste, including donations, compost, garbage, and family meals.
- **Facility Walkthroughs** — Conduct daily walkthroughs of kitchens, green stations, fulfillment, and market areas; complete the DAILY AUDIT BIN FORM to identify contamination.
- **Contamination Control** — Check recycling and compost streams to ensure they are free of incorrect materials.
- **Material Sorting** — Separate and move recyclable and compostable materials according to facility standards.
- **Donation Management** : Collect, weigh, record, and pack donations; receive partners and hand off prepared products.
- **Food Waste Preparation**: Condition and prepare food waste for donation or internal reuse (back to market).
- **Food Donation support:** Coordinate donation pick‑ups with partnered non‑profit organizations.
- **Daily Reporting:** Complete daily trackers for recycling, compost, and donation volumes.
- **Zero Waste Compliance:** Follow all safety, cleanliness, and Zero Waste pro