Scrapp-It: Monmouth County Teens Aim To Keep Communities Clean

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — It was the summer of 2024 when high school student Ayden Pinto noticed firework waste scattered across his hometown in Manalapan.

Pinto, now a senior at High Technology High School in Lincroft, noticed the waste following July 4th celebrations in his neighborhood.

After being left out on the curb, rainfall the next day turned the waste soggy, and soon, it was accumulating in his yard.

It was at this point that Pinto decided to take matters into his own hands.

“Since there was really no way to get rid of the waste, I went up to my neighbors and said, ‘I’ll drive all this extra firework waste to the public waste yard,’” he told Patch. “After that, I realized it’s a convenience that a lot of people would appreciate and definitely pay for.”

It was from this experience that Pinto and fellow High Technology High School senior Saketh Satti came up with an idea – what if they could create an on-demand waste management platform to help keep their communities clean?

The idea took off, and before Pinto or Satti knew it, what began as a small local trial quickly became their very own business: Scrapp-It.

“We modeled the business a lot like Uber or Rideshare services,” Satti said. “All you have to do is open up the app or website, schedule a time, specify your waste, and we’ll be there to pick it up as soon as possible.”

Currently serving the co-founders’ respective hometowns of Marlboro and Manalapan, Scrapp-It has so far completed 780 pickups and served 243 families.

While the business was co-founded by just Pinto and Satti, they’ve also collected around a dozen drivers who help them to complete pickups throughout each town.

Similar to Uber, Scrapp-It drivers are paid for each pickup they complete.

“We started out in my home community, which has 500 single-family homes/town homes,” Pinto said.

"A bunch of the teens I’ve grown up with and know wanted a quick way to make an easy buck, and at the same time [as they're doing pickups] they’re helping divert waste from landfills and, essentially, keep a cleaner town," he continued. "It’s a win-win on everyone’s side.”

Since piloting Scrapp-It in mid-2025, the pair has launched a mobile app for the business alongside the website, which they say allows residents to schedule pickups for waste on their own timeline.

“I think [the app] makes it a lot easier,” Satti told Patch. “Uber, for example, makes it easy to just open up the app and order a ride, and I think we were able to kind of recreate that experience."

"It's easier to push notifications or let people know the progress of their pickup [through the app]," he continued. "From a user experience standpoint, it’s really helpful compared to a website.”

Not only does Scrapp-It aim to make waste pickups easier for residents, but Pinto and Satti say it also allows users to specify what kind of waste they’re disposing of — so whether it’s e-waste, traditional, or recyclables, drivers will know exactly where to take it once picked up.

Through their platform, the pair hopes to increase diversion rates, which track the percentage of waste that goes to a landfill vs the waste that goes to a repurposing facility.

According to the Scrapp-It website, the team has (so far) diverted 6,240 kg of waste.

“We’ve shifted from ‘it’s convenient to get rid of [waste] now’ to ‘it’s convenient, but it also really helps the environment’ for those who are eco-conscious and really want to make a difference in a cleaner town,” Pinto said.

Going forward, the pair plan to expand their hours for pickups and the towns they serve as their driver-base grows.

More than anything, however, the co-founders hope to stay true to their mission: keeping as much waste as possible out of landfills and, in turn, keeping their communities clean.

To learn more about Scrapp-It, you can visit their website.