>>> finally tonight, we want to introduce you to a young entrepreneur with an unusual passion for garbage. he's been turning trash into treasure since he was in kindergarten, and he's making a difference for a lot of folks in need, as nbc's kevin tibbles reports.
>> reporter: is this your bedroom or your office?
>> this is both.
>> reporter: at the ripe old age of 12, sam cline is the president and ceo of his own recycling business. if you weren't recycling this stuff, where would it all end up?
>> it would all end up in a landfall, and that's terrible for our environment.
>> reporter: this middle schooler is fascinated by the things the rest of us throw out since the days he was knee-high to a trash can. by 4, he was waiting for the garbage truck , helping load the garbage truck , even riding in the garbage truck . and then his mom says the light bulb went off.
>> a lot of kids want to start their own business in a lemonade stand .
>> he decided he was going to develop a business that recycled ink jet cartridges, things that end up in landfalls that should not.
>> reporter: so out he goes to local businesses in st. louis collecting empty printer cartridges for recycling. back at head office he meticulously organizes each shipment with the help of a little toilet paper. does your mom mind that you've got ink stains all over the carpet?
>> she is okay with it. but my dad sometimes has a seizure.
>> reporter: and for his efforts, the cartridge manufacturers pay. how much money do you think you get for that box?
>> anywhere from $100 to $200.
>> reporter: dollars? but sam klein's work doesn't end there, because he takes his profits and reinvests them in people. donating some $1,000 so far to those who are less fortunate.
>> i think it hurts him beyond to see somebody who's been tossed aside, whether it's a person or whether it's garbage.
>> i feel i'm making a small difference. but i hope to make a larger and larger difference.
>> reporter: mining other people's garbage discovering life's real value. kevin tibbles, nbc news, st. louis.
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