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You also have to get up early to be a RB correspondent. And then you can be first.
Please recycle all the “letters” contained in this comment. Thank you.
Doncha just love entrepreneurs with souls?
Recycling is actually gaining some ground in construction all over. Many municipalities are requiring recycling operations as part of demo and new-build projects. So now we’re only wasting a zillion tons of stuff per year, instead of a zillion and a half (hey, progress is progress).
That truck is a scream. But it’s only got four tires and two axles! What’s the max gross weight? Even a nine-ton usually needs dual rear wheels.
I think I’d go find me a (very) used 10-wheel Transtar 4300 if I had that kind of work in mind. You never know when you might want to haul away 10 tons of something. Probably a lot easier to find parts too.
The main reason NATO and other such organizations choose the MB Unimog is because it quite simply just never breaks down. You might not find a spare part at your local scrap yard but a quick search will usually find you what you need - here in North America. In Europe and Africa this is less of a problem.
I learn something here every day.
I’d send you a key fob if I had any.
The guy has a great idea. I’d consider starting something similar here but I would like to know what the business model behind that is; how does he make money? Or is it all humanitarian goodwill? Did Steve have to pay to have his windows picked up?
There is a franchise up here in the Great White North that picks up just about anything and then redistributes the stuff to the appropriate facilities for recycling, resale, or reuse, but they charge a fee per cubic foot of space your junk occupies on their truck.
So when do we, the less fortunate, who can’t get to SxSW get to see the new RB goodies?
He picked up all the storm windows for free…
Excellent show today, dude!
great concept. i work at a restaurant and it bothers me just how much crap that could go in the recycling gets put in the garbage.
It has great marketing potential because of the “recycling” aspect of it. What he isn’t mentioning is that he gets paid by the ton to bring this stuff into the recyclers.
If you ever want to make some serious cash go into recycling. You can start small with something like a truck and a room for an office. Then as you start getting some reoccurring cash flow you setup official shop. Look up corrugated recycling.
By the way, great episode.
Interesting story today, especially after reading in the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper about demolition of local housing developments, where useful items that could be salvaged are just thrown away. You can read it here:
http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/library-143/1204698210267450.xml&coll=1
ain’t he an unsung hero
I just love those survivalists! They’re sooooo coooool! Being always ready to a catastrophe. Out of a Mad Max movie. I love post-apocalyptic stories in whatever media - books, comics, film and computer games.
There will be a day when resources (metals, for example) to build everyday things like electronics, vacuum cleaners, cooking pots, and et cetera will be gone or rare. The reclamation biz can only get bigger and better from here on out. I actually wrote those exact words under my high school year book picture for favorite quote!
I see from exploring the SPM link: that Paul Gurspan has quite an impressive and varied background in humanitarian work; as well as a Master’s degree, along with many honors; as well as a cable show that he created, produced, and hosted. And now he’s adding ‘junk collector’ to his resume. My kinda guy! But facetiousness aside, I do believe in my heart: that saving stuff from the dumpster (ultimately bound for the landfill) is the road to take. Landfill mining (to reclaim what has already been buried), I predict, will become a viable biz someday soon, too.
To everyone at Rocketboom: have a great time at South by Southwest! I lived in Austin for a while (whom hasn’t?) in ‘02 and ‘03. It’s a blast to walk around 6th/Red River/4th Streets during SXSW week, as I’m sure you well know. Wish I was there–I really miss the bike paths along the Colorado Riverside! Trying to ride a bike along the vile and indifferent Naugatuck River here right now is an extremely treacherous endeavor.
To be a Rocketboom correspondent “all you need is a camera, a computer, and a good idea.” Hey! That really would be of interest to me! I have a camera! I have a computer! I have a, er, um, well; humph. Hey two out of three aren’t bad, right? Peace out.
Just curious — is there a law in Massachusetts that requires everyone in Boston to wear Red Sox paraphernalia?
Colour me a jaded bastard, but…
Nah, no buts.
is it summer in boston?
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