NowThis Kids: This 11-Year-Old Boy Runs His Own Recycling Company

By NowThis

Published on 5/26/2021 at 4:40 PM

Ryan Hickman has already started his own company, recycled at least 1 million cans and bottles, and raised thousands for endangered wildlife — and he’s not even 12 yet.

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