How Two Brothers Built a 7-Figure Garbage Pickup Business When They Were Teens0

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• July 13, 2026

Kirk McKinney was riding his bike near his home in Massachusetts about six years ago when he came across a gold mine: a dumpster full of trash, sure, but also speakers and electronics. “Someone had thrown away this perfectly good pair of speakers,” he told Business Insider. “I asked the guy at the landfill if