“Take Out the Papers and the Trash” – But This Co-Op Loves It

The Coasters didn’t like their fathers telling them this, but this workers’ co-op loves what they do. “They ride like the pro cyclists you see on TV, logging long hard miles, day in and out, but you won’t see them at the Tour De France. Instead, they tow 8-foot trailers stacked with over 300 pounds of trash through the streets, 365 days a year.”

“Will Malcolm is a professional cyclist at Pedal People, a bike-powered garbage collection business combining human power, zero-emissions transportation, and a worker-owned cooperative model, making it one of the most unconventional jobs in America. This is the story of how Pedal People is changing the way we think about waste management, cycling careers, sustainability, and what it means to take out the trash.”
~ Quote from Grassroots Economic Organizing
Read in GEO Co-op

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