What happens when 60% of U.S. apartments have zero recycling access? You build your own solution. Ryan Smith started Recyclops after discovering his college apartment—and every apartment he visited—had no recycling. Twelve years later, he's running an Uber-style recycling network across 30 states, picking up everything from residential recyclables to dirty diapers to Amazon's unsellable inventory. In this episode: the $1 that started it all, why bags actually reduce contamination, storing 800 lbs of diapers in his garage, and Amazon's "100% out of landfill" mandate.