Program trains young garbage collectors amid US shortage
OAKLAND, Calif. — Like most little boys, Corey Lever liked trucks and his favorite was always the garbage truck.
He loved to watch it roar down his Oakland street, grabbing the cans and dumping the trash into its rear compartment.
After graduating from high school, he bounced between jobs, working for various large companies and attending community college, but nothing was a good fit for the energetic, outdoors-loving guy. He tried to become a garbage collector on his own but didn’t get hired.