{"id":6224,"date":"2010-03-18T11:07:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T17:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=6224"},"modified":"2010-03-18T11:07:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T17:07:29","slug":"pedal-powered-recycling-pick-up-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/pedal-powered-recycling-pick-up-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedal-Powered Recycling and Trash Pick-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Pedal People rider makes his pick-ups<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recycling does create energy savings<\/a> overall, but if you watch those big trucks rolling through your neighborhood on pick-up day, you probably realize that there may be even more efficient ways to handle the collection of these materials. A couple in Northampton, Massachusetts, has found one: pick up those recyclables by bike.<\/p>\n

Alex Jarrett and Ruthy Woodring\u2019s cooperative business, Pedal People Cooperative, Inc.<\/a>, started with a love of cycling and a desire to make a difference in 2002. Northampton had no municipal trash or recycling pick-up service, and it just so happened that the Norwottuck Rail Trail<\/a> led right to a transfer station. Jarret and Woodring had been looking for career alternatives that better suited their values, and saw an opportunity in pedal-powered trash and recycling hauling.<\/p>\n

Eight year later, the company now has eleven worker-owners, and seven bike trailers.<\/p>\n

Read more about this unique (and green) recycling pick-up service<\/a> at the Sundance Channel’s SUNfiltered blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking to pedal-power more of your own life? Check out our selection of Bianchi bikes<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Image credit:<\/strong> Alex Jarrett and Pedal People Cooperative, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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