Josh Schleier, of East Madison, scans the ditch for recyclable cans and bottles while picking up along Route 104 in Skowhegan on Tuesday. If they aren’t damaged, the cans and bottles are worth from 5 cents to 15 cents. Schleier said he starting picking up cans when he was 5, teaming up on the project with his grandpa. At 17 he’d saved about $4,000 from years of picking up, using some of the money to buy his first car, a 1996 Chevy Beretta.
Josh Schleier, of East Madison, Maine scans the ditch as he bags recyclable cans and and bottles while picking up along Route 104 in Skowhegan on Tuesday. If they aren’t damaged, the cans and bottles are worth from 5 cents to 15 cents. Schleier said he starting picking up cans when he was 5, teaming up on the project with his grandpa. At 17 he’d saved about $4,000 from years of picking up, using some of the money to buy his first car, a 1996 Chevy Beretta.
Josh Schleier, 35, of East Madison, learned about picking up recyclable cans from his grandfather Richard Schleier, 88, at left. The pair are shown at Richard’s home in Starks on Thursday.
Josh Schleier, 35, of East Madison, is shown with some of the recyclable cans and bottles he recently picked up along Route 104 in Skowhegan. He stores the cans at his grandfather’s home in Starks, where he is shown on Thursday.
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