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Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM

Not all junk belongs in landfills

Not all junk belongs in landfills
Carter Grandbois and his dog, Dixie, standing in front of the trailer he and his dad made to haul away the junk collected from clients. Grandbois, who will start his senior year at Roosevelt High School in the fall, has started a business where he hauls away junk but then tries to reuse or repurpose it for others, rather than simply dumping it in a landfill. Photo by Maya Oakely

Not many 17-year-olds can say they are entrepreneurs, and even fewer can say they are helping the planet while running a business, but Carter Grandbois can.

Grandbois, who grew up in Johnstown, is the owner of Carter’s Junk Away. He started the business last October with the help of his dad. The two built a trailer to attach to Carter’s car and got to work.

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