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Challenges Ridwell intentionally accepts items that aren’t accepted curbside to avoid duplicating services, Narveson said. But one of the biggest challenges for Narveson is with styrofoam.

Since 2018, Ridwell has diverted 25 million pounds of waste from landfills and expanded across seven states, Loewen said. “We’re setting a new standard in the recycling industry,” she said.

Drop-off of a trunk-load of polystyrene foam, for example, costs $10. Ridwell, the home recycling collection service, also offers clients pickup of Styrofoam, which it hauls to Green Century.

Ridwell does not accept soft, tearable sheets of Styrofoam. As for wrapping paper, Narveson says a traditional street pickup can take it as long as it's not metallic.