Who is Peggy Talia? Los Angeles woman retrieves 2026 Oscars red carpet items from dumpster, sparking debate about waste and sustainability

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She told the New York Post: “A few days ago, I was walking my dog ​​by the Dolby Theater as they were getting ready for the Oscars. I had just moved into a new apartment and was looking for rugs for a specific location… and couldn’t find anything that wasn’t very expensive.”

In a video Talia posted on Monday, she visited the Dolby Theater, home of the Oscars. She mentioned that security allowed her to climb some green bins to get a rug.

“When I first moved to Los Angeles in 2017, I went to an event at the Dolby Theater the morning after the Oscars,” she said. “They tore up a bunch of red carpet and let me take a small piece!”

Several sizable rolls of carpet can be seen in the video.

“If you want a red carpet, it’s in the dumpster on Hawthorne Avenue,” she said, holding the rug in her arms.

Later, she can be seen vacuuming the carpet that now covers the floor of her home.

In another video shared on Tuesday, Talia provided an update, in which she was confronted by several men wielding box knives after double-checking that the carpet was intact. According to her, they have moved it behind a security gate and refuse to allow anyone to enter.

“I’m sorry I brought attention to it before y’all got some,” she said in the video.

Others seemed to confirm Thalia’s statement that the red carpet was in a dumpster. One person commented by sharing a photo and mentioned that she was also given a rug later on Monday, The Washington Post reported.

“Couldn’t they auction off part of the rug and donate some of the proceeds to charity? At least it would have better PR,” another commented.

“This is very typical for almost any fair or exhibition…the floors are thrown away and sent for recycling (usually),” said a third person.

this college The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has yet to comment on the abandoned red carpet or Thalia’s behavior. It is uncertain whether the organization will take any steps to recycle or address the disposal of this iconic material.