Mark Stoneham has built a business around taking out the trash.
SAN DIEGO — Mowing lawns and paper routes may not be around anymore when it comes to making extra money for kids, but one young man in Southern California has come up with an idea. He’s taking out garbage cans for people to earn extra money.
“The name of my company is Curbsidecansvalet.com. I have water polo four days a week and lacrosse Tuesdays and Thursdays,” said 11-year-old Mark Stoneham.
But on Sunday, he’s all business. That’s when he takes the cans out and he brings them back in on Monday.
The idea for the business came from a series of coincidences.
“I was talking with my grandpa and he told me he used to have a paper route. And I remembered this book I…
