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Who would have thought trash would be so exciting?

John Trujillo, director of the public works department in Phoenix, which has attracted the interest of companies like Coca-Cola and Walmart with its new sustainability efforts to divert trash from landfills.

John Trujillo, director of the public works department in Phoenix, which has attracted the interest of companies like Coca-Cola and Walmart with its new sustainability efforts to divert trash from landfills.

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.