Title Sponsorship
Experience the benefits of our corporate membership program while also receiving exclusive event perks including logo placement, press, and much more. Contact info@sanitationfoundation.org for more details.
Some of our events and programs available for sponsorship include:
In February 2021, the Foundation will partner with donateNYC to host our third year of ReFashion Week, an exciting array of events celebrating secondhand and sustainable fashion. The average NYC household throws away about 120 pounds of textiles a year; together, approximately 200,000 tons of textile waste are sent to landfills every year, equivalent to over 4,500 subway cars or nearly 900 Statues of Liberty. ReFashion Week helps NYC residents, nonprofits, and businesses find creative solutions to reduce textile waste and culminates in a one-of a kind ReFashion Show, where thrifted stylists and upcycled designers compete in front of expert judges. The Foundation is currently planning an all-virtual 2021 ReFashion Week, including a digital kick-off event, virtual marketplace, and online runway show.
Biennially, the Foundation hosts the Food Waste Fair, NYC’s largest expo of food waste solutions with a workshop series and our Zero Food Waste Challenge, which features a dozen of the city’s most creative culinary leaders – from soup kitchen cooks to Michelin star chefs. NYC businesses produce more than 650,000 tons of food waste each year, and when that food decomposes in landfills, it emits methane and contributes to climate change. The Food Waste Fair allows business and individuals alike to take the problem directly into their own hands by offering New Yorkers critical resources and knowledge to minimize our collective food waste.
The 2019 NYC Food Waste Fair brought together more than 1,000 passionate participants and over 70 exhibitors. The 2021 Fair – currently scheduled for June 2021 – will build on this success, once again empowering New Yorkers to take action to prevent, reduce and recycle food waste at home and at their businesses.
Sanitation Foundation offers numerous opportunities for individuals, non-profit organizations, and corporate groups to engage further with our work through volunteer projects. Our projects provide volunteers with hands-on direct service, including compost bagging, community composting, litter cleanups, and street tree care, while also learning how the waste cycle works.
Follow Your Waste
Follow Your Waste is an interactive website for kids 12 and up that chronicles the life cycle of waste in NYC as told by NYC Sanitation Workers. We have translated it into Spanish and Chinese and incorporated voice-overs for more accessibility. We are planning to expand this program beyond the website and have lesson plans taught in classrooms.
People’s Waste Academy
We are expanding our educational programs into a comprehensive educational program by launching the New York City People’s Waste Academy in partnership with New York State Pollution Prevention Institute.
Throughout the year, the Foundation offers an ongoing series in partnership with Zero Waste NYC Workshops. These sessions, currently held online due to COVID-19, aim to engage New Yorkers in reducing waste and offer a “how to” guide for living more sustainability. Recent workshops have included: How Can We Make "Zero Waste" More Equitable?; Zero Waste Parenting Webinar; The Holidays: How to Reduce Waste and Buy Less; and Sustainable Food Systems.
In FY21, the Foundation will build on the success of these sessions by beginning to offer zero waste workshops specifically tailored for corporate groups.
Got an Idea?
If you have an idea for a project, you want to work together on, we would love to chat. Contact info@sanitationfoundation.org.