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Sponsored About a year ago, LeCompte signed up for a new subscription-based pickup service called Ridwell that now collects most of her used plastic packaging, old clothing, and other common household ...

We’ve all seen campaign signs remain up well after election season. Ridwell is out to do something about that. The Seattle-based recycling company — a certified B-Corp — is for the first time offering ...

In California, one of the company’s fastest-growing markets, Ridwell is going door to door in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, gathering those items for a fee and picking up where city recyclers ...

Now that the election is over, Ridwell CEO and co-founder Ryan Metzger said it’s important for people to properly dispose of signs. “People had many of these sitting outside their yard and to ...

Feeling guilty about existing in a world drowning in plastic? For around $18 a month, Ridwell absolves the shame of generating waste for a select few living in the Portland area. But can the startup ...

And then demand grew. Metzger then created his startup, Ridwell, which has one simple mission: "Make it simple to get rid of your stuff responsibly." Now, the company operates in dozens of cities ...

This interview has been edited for clarity and length. I’m hoping you can talk about Ridwell, the subscription service that focuses on reusing or disposing hard-to-recycle items and inspired a ...

Or you could go the easy (and arguably better) route and use Ridwell. Ridwell is a new biweekly service in the beach cities that will pick up all your hard-to-recycle items from your front door ...

Tacoma resident Nancy Paschall sits on her front stoop next to her Ridwell recycling box, with Ridwell bags where she puts various types of plastic to be recycled. Becca Most bmost@thenewstribune ...

Ridwell aims to lower that amount. In 2024, Twin Cities Ridwell customers collected over 500,000 pounds of plastic film, said Jens Narveson, Ridwell’s Minneapolis operations manager. That’s ...