Photo: Alex Benigno
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Alex Benigno—aka Atlanta Magnet Man—found he was one of the few people driving on the roads. In the next two months, he got multiple nails in each car tire, and even a few in his motorcycle. Now he has become the city’s de facto metallic debris collector, picking up screws, iron scraps, and other rusty hazards that litter Atlanta’s streets. He bought a small trailer to hitch to his bicycle, along with some magnets, which he affixed to the bottom of the trailer’s metal frame. From there, he attached a brush to help dislodge metal parts stuck in sand and gravel, which allowed him to more than double his uptake. In his first eight weeks, Benigno totaled 55 rides, 522 miles, and 410 pounds of collected debris. He’s given most of it to artist Laura S. Lewis, who has turned it into sculptures and wall art.
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