Willamette Week Podcast

Episode 49: "Trash Wars" (Sophie Peel)

December 04, 2021 Willamette Week Season 1 Episode 49
Willamette Week Podcast
Episode 49: "Trash Wars" (Sophie Peel)
Show Notes

In this episode of the Dive Podcast, reporter Sophie Peel takes us behind the scenes of the Portland "trash wars." The city employees responsible for moving your trash are trying to prevent a private company from entering the market. The startup Ridwell offers a subscription product that allows you to recycle things like batteries and lightbulbs - stuff the city garbage handlers will just throw in a landfill. Portland trash haulers say this isn't fair. We break it all down. 

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