4-year-old Alan spent the day as a garbage collector at his local Waste Management branch on July 10 Athena Sobhan is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared ...

The 50-year-old, known as “Timmy” or "Ripper," worked as a supervisor of recycling operations for the Ocean County Department of Solid Waste Management for 22 years, per his obituary.