Relying on the theory of representative bureaucracy, this study examines whether increasing the number of women public officials overseeing local recycling programs will increase women’s willingness to cooperate with government by recycling, thus coproducing important policy outcomes.  It goes beyond previous studies by probing the symbolic effects of representative bureaucracy on citizen’s cooperative behavior and, importantly, by focusing on the behavior of women in response to gender diversity in a policy area that is not clearly gendered, in the sense of an agency or program targeted only to women.  Using a survey experiment in which we manipulate the first names of public officials, we find a clear pattern of increasing willingness on the part of women to coproduce when female names are more represented in the agency responsible for recycling, particularly with respect to the more difficult task of composting food waste. Overall, men in the experiment were less willing to coproduce across all measures and were less responsive to the gender balance of names.  Our findings have important implications for the theory of representative bureaucracy and for efforts to promote the coproduction of public services.