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 This weeks episode is sweet, interesting and gave me a few things to look into but my favorite moment might be this one right here! Fucking smile y’all! Thanks so much for sitting with me and taking all things trash.

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Darryl talks about how he’s one of the only people in the world who wears a hat every day. 0:00
• Do you guys work automated or do you guys have to do everything? 4:09
• Dealing with the aftermath of 9/11 and the legacy of the twin towers. 10:23
• What’s the most valuable thing you found in the trash? 16:15
• Where do you find dead body parts in the dump? 23:10
• The mental health of the industry is the biggest problem. 28:17
• Waste management and injuries to workers. 34:40
• The curse of working constantly. 40:10
• Waking up at 330 in the morning. 45:22
• Waste Management’s old school green garbage trucks. 51:11
• Why they’ve been complaining to each other for 25 years. 57:23
• When he grew up, the Coast Guard was in full-swing. 1:02:17
• Alameda was only three and a half miles long when it was founded. 1:07:04
• When people were so much simpler before social media. 1:11:21
• Who takes the trash out to the barrel? 1:16:12
• Dishwashers don’t care if you’re an old guy. 1:21:24
• Waving at everyone and saying hello. 1:26:28

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