Spoke Folks

08/20/2024

Big news! Composting returns to the Norway/Paris Solid Waste, Inc. Transfer Station!

Small Compliment Composting guide for the upcoming September 1st changes

07/10/2024

04/16/2024

is on Monday, April 22. That's a great reminder to invest in your local community programs committed to reducing negative impacts on our planet. Spoke Folks is 100% bike and people-powered—our services reduce food waste, local traffic, and greenhouse gas emissions. 🚲🌟

Sign up to be a customer today, tell a friend, or give us a wave the next time you see the Spoke Folks trailer around town!

We are a bike-powered trash, recycling, and compost pickup service, serving Norway/South Paris since 2020. If you are interested in learning more or ready to sign up, please complete this form.

10/19/2023

Biking is the way 🚲

Seacoast Area Bike Riders has three exciting events coming up that you will not want to miss if are looking for fun things to do with a bicycle this autumn ! On Wednesday, October 18th, at 5:30pm, SABR will host a “SPOOKY SLOW ROLL” at dusk that departs from White Heron Tea & Coffee at 601 Islin...

10/19/2023

WE'RE HIRING....Again!

We have an amazing new worker-owner Sonny who has taken on a huge amount of our riding over the last year and officially became a member of our co-op in May. Now we are once again looking for a worker-owner that loves bikes (or wants to develop a love for them) and is interested in being part of or learning more about cooperatives.

While this type of work certainly isn't for the faint of heart...it's actually really fun and yes you can do it. Here are just a few reasons why:

🚴‍♀️One of our founding worker-owners had never had any experience riding bikes on the road..much less hauling 300lbs behind them. Because we have a mentor system and awesome co-worker-owners, that rider has proudly been hauling safely for Spoke Folks since 2020!

🚴‍♀️People are usually shocked when they see the bike and trailer and give lots of thumbs up, kudos, and words of appreciation and encouragement

🚴‍♀️We are working to help make our community a better place with cleaner air and less cars on the road

🚴‍♀️We are moving our bodies and enjoying our beautiful town

🚴‍♀️The slowing down of your transportation can transform even small pieces of your life

Check out our ad to learn more and apply
https://maine.craigslist.org/lab/d/south-paris-people-powered-trash/7678452291.html

For more information about Spoke Folks, job application, videos, photos and more visit: www.spokefolks.me

Happy riding! 🚲

Photos by Ian MacLellan

06/23/2022

Spoke Folks is HIRING!

Sharing some of our values that our worker-owners all share in our tiny but mighty cooperative. Maybe you share one or two or all of these as well and want to work in a workplace that celebrates those values?

Check out what we do, why we do it, what our job looks like, and how you can apply to work with us!

www.spokefolks.me
https://forms.gle/JSnF3fRDNzGHzthh8

06/09/2022

Spoke Folks is HIRING!

We have been hauling trash/compost/recycling in our community for just about 2 years (including the winters), with our core 4 worker-owners and we are thrilled to be looking for the next Spoke "Folk".

Check out what we do, why we do it, what our job looks like, and how you can apply to work with us!

www.spokefolks.me

https://maine.craigslist.org/lab/d/norway-bike-hauling-biz-growth-worker/7494235783.html

https://forms.gle/JSnF3fRDNzGHzthh8

04/28/2022

How do we make our roadways safer?

We get more people on bikes AND we fill out surveys that tell the state what we really need!

Head over to the Maine DOT's super easy to take surveys that ask Maine citizens how they want the state to prioritize active transportation!

https://www.maine.gov/mdot/longrangeplan/

These are only available until April 30th and they take about 5 minutes to fill out ✏

There is also a survey for public transportation which is super helpful for them to hear about as well - rural areas we're looking at you!

Thank you to the ebikemaine team and for capturing photos of one of our recent rides that included an e-bike trip to Robert's Farm Perserve and then a haul over to the NPSW transfer station.

02/07/2022

What a snowy winter! It's certainly not easy to do what we do AND we always try our best to have fun while we're doing it.

Thank you so much to our customers for their patience with us over the last few weeks as icy conditions and big storms have postponed several of our routes.

It can be challenging to be reminded of the STUFF. And Justin's right (video for reference in the comments) - all of that stuff doesn't go away! We hope as you're moving slower in the winter months that even if you aren't a customer with us you're practicing reducing your consumption and learning more about recycling practices in your city/town/area. (And hopefully adding some level of fun to it as well...it does make trash a little more glamorous 😄)

A hearty hello from all of us at Spoke Folks 🧤 Stay warm, friends!

11/17/2021

What an incredible and picturesque late summer into fall 🍁🍂

Spoke Folks made it through one whole year of trash/recycling/compost hauling for our community this past month and we are sharing the gratitude we have for all of our customers!

We haul this full trailer all over town and get to talk to so many interesting and wonderful folks on the way. We love telling our story and why we do what we do.

Reflecting today after the first truly finger-numbing cold ride how grateful I am to be able to interact with and serve so many of my neighbors. Growing up in a very rural town meant I only had a handful of neighbors that I knew really well and on the hill I lived on, this kind of work wouldn't be possible!

Through all kinds of weather these bike routes become a meditation on community, using/ strengthening my body while in service of others, and resilience.

Here's to the winter rides ahead and to serving more of our community this coming year! Head over to our website to sign up to become a customer today ✏

09/14/2021

Guess how tall our rider Justin is?
That's about 6'2" of trash, recycling, and compost from our run today!

It's been a busy summer of hauling and we are always looking for more customers to add to our routes - check out our website in the bio to learn more about our service levels that work for both residential and business customers of all sizes.

Give us a call or email anytime to learn more about why we are hauling on bikes!

207-890-9776
[email protected]

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