Arlington High School Students Motivated By Junk

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Arlington's newest junk halling company is run by two high
school juniors, John Snyder and George Barris, call themselves the
Junk Brothers. They were motivated by a market right for
a new entry.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
It's a lot easier to find customers by doing this
because when you look up junk removal on the internet, like,
there's not many places around.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
They were packing away an old fence. As I talked
to them, the pairs say, starting businesses is actually in
vogue at Arlington High with other kids em getting their
hands dirty.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Even I know like three kids from our school that
are trying to have like a growing landscaping business.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
But they've cornered the market a young adult junk hauling.
And they say despite their generation's reputation for constant screen
time and not doing much else.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
I think it is somewhat bs. But like in some cases,
kids do try to take shortcuts, we're trying to kind
of flip the script and change our reputation.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Kyle Sheffeld BBZ, Boston's news radio