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April 7, 2024
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Apr 1st Freeway Faceoff Beach Clean Up

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This week we put together a great beach clean up event in Long Beach, California with the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings. This was our third annual event and this year Mercury Insurance was involved with making this event happen. We had a great turnout and we filmed our new Project3R tv commercial that you might see if you live in Southern California or attend a Kings or Ducks game next week. We picked up 858 lbs of trash which is a new record for us and we had a lot of fun!
I also got to meet Hall of Fame hockey player (and president of the Kings), Luc Robitaille. This coming week, We’ll be recycling at the Ducks/Kings game at the Honda Center with our Project3R Youth Leadership Team. Bring a can or bottle to recycle at the game and you might win some cool prizes. I’ll also be at the Kings game on the 11th at the Crypto Arena to drop the puck to start the game. Thank you everyone who came out and helped in Long Beach and I’ll see everyone at the next beach clean up!

NHL Green Beach Clean Up with LA Kings, Anaheim Ducks & Mercury Insurance on Monday, April 1, 2024.

NHL Green Beach Clean Up with LA Kings, Anaheim Ducks & Mercury Insurance on Monday, April 1, 2024.

NHL Green Beach Clean Up with LA Kings, Anaheim Ducks & Mercury Insurance on Monday, April 1, 2024.

March 17, 2024
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Keynote Speaking at WorkWonder Con

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I’ve been so busy that I didn’t get a chance to upload photos from this fun event until now. Last month I got invited to speak at WorkWonder Con in Los Angeles about my recycling efforts and I had a great time meeting everyone. The event was an exclusive day-long convention designed by youth for youth that builds professional skills and connects employers to talented young people ready to thrive in the workforce. The team behind WorkWonder Con will be helping me at a future beach clean up event soon!

 

November 15, 2023
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Ryan featured in FUTURUM Magazine

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Ryan Hickman is 14 years old and already has a non-profit recycling business under his belt. He has also appeared on talk shows, met celebrities and travelled in a submarine in the Mediterranean Sea. But, as Ryan explains, nothing compares to the impact he has made from recycling, and helping others to recycle, millions of cans and bottles.

What ignited your passion for recycling?

When I was three years old, my dad and I took a few small bags to the local recycling centre. I just loved seeing all the cans and bottles being sorted and crushed up. As I got a bit older, I had an idea to ask all our neighbours to start recycling with me, too.

How does Ryan’s Recycling work?

Ryan’s Recycling started with people calling or emailing my dad and leaving their cans and bottles for me to collect, rather than throwing them away. We pick up the items on weekends, and then I sort them and take them to be recycled. Most people I recycle with have been my customers for a long time, so they’ve seen me grow up over the past 11 years. I collect every week and have hundreds of customers. The money I make from the recycling redemption fees goes towards my college fund.

Two years ago, we started a residential programme called Recycle From which is a non-profit business and has thousands of customers. We have a fleet of vans and a team of drivers who collect cans and bottles from customers in select cities. We pay our customers for their cans and bottles.

Read more… https://futurumcareers.com/its-never-too-early-or-too-late-to-make-a-difference

November 5, 2023
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San Clemente T-Street Beach Clean Up 11/4/23

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Yesterday’s Beach Clean Up was great! We picked up a total of 79 lbs of trash and recyclables! Thank you Cox Communications for supporting our Project3R beach clean up event and thank you to everyone who came out and helped clean up T-Street Beach. Our youth leadership team did great today and made the event a success. We had amazing raffle prizes from our event sponsors and everyone got donuts and JUST water kept everyone hydrated. See you next event!
October 29, 2023
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Ryan Featured in Waste Advantage Magazine

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Check out Ryan’s latest interview with Waste Advantage magazine here:

In January 2019, Waste Advantage Magazine profiled 9-year-old Ryan Hickman, a young recycling entrepreneur who not only had already started his own recycling business, Ryan’s Recycling, but also made it his mission to educate people about the benefits of recycling and the most efficient way to do it. Now 14, Ryan truly represents the next generation of waste and recycling by continuing to give keynotes around the world while developing new companies and continuing to build partnerships.

August 16, 2023
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Speaking at the Legacy Youth Leadership Summit

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I had a fun time speaking at the Legacy Youth Leadership Summit and I met some amazing students and presenters. It was a nice event for me to speak at because it was close to home and I didn’t have to travel anywhere. I had just got home from a Canada trip the day before so it was nice to be home.

Legacy Youth Leadership is a nonprofit organization that works to build a socially conscious & active generation of young people. LYL provides free educational & activism programs as well as leadership coaching & mentoring to young people to supplement students’ existing school & youth development. LYL equips students with the tools they need to reach their academic & philanthropic goals and to make a REAL impact in the world around them by social & charitable initiatives.

To date, Legacy Youth Leadership has engaged over 2,600,000 young leaders across the world! For more info, visit https://legacyyouthleadership.org/

July 31, 2023
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Fossil digging in Wyoming!

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Although I did recycle on his road trip, this trip was more about digging up fossils than saving the planet. My dad and I found a place in Wyoming called American Fossil where you get to dig for fossils and you keep what you find. After meeting up with my friend Gary and a long trip through Utah and into Wyoming, we found our motel and were excited to get digging the next morning. The dig site is 8 miles out of Kemmerer, Wyoming down a dusty dirt road with a whole bunch of cows. The road ends at a limestone quarry where the dig site is. The area used to be a giant lake 52 million years ago and they have found all sorts of fossils there.

We found fish and fish poop fossils mostly. They even had table saw on site to cut down the rock to the size you wanted it at. Our best find was a rock with 4 fish in it. We found a total of 62 fossils so we were pretty excited about that. In a few weeks, we’ll coat the fossils so they are protected and a few of the fossils need some detail scraping away of the rock from the fossils so we’re learning how to do that.

The staff at the dig site were so friendly and I would recommend a road trip to see them if you are looking to dig for fossils. I guarantee you’ll find fossils there. It’s pretty exciting to ship away at the rocks and to find the fossil fish inside. I’m going to be making a video soon of this trip so keep an eye on my YouTube channel.