Spring is here, and with it comes 150+ cleanups citywide! We’re working hand-in-hand with corporate partners, community groups, elected officials, and NYC public schools to help New Yorkers care for the places they love. Below, you’ll find a selection of events but visit our Volunteer Hub to find the full list and identify the volunteer opportunity that’s right for you!
Upcoming Events - Join Us!
Compost Site Tour
Join us for a visit to New York City's largest organic waste processing site in Staten Island.
Part II: Building A Culture of Zero Food Waste
Participants will visit a large hospitality industry site to see best operating procedures in practice and truly roll up their sleeves for a mini waste audit.
Compost Site Tour
Join us for a visit to New York City's largest organic waste processing site in Staten Island.
Seeing the Unseen: Using Culinary Innovation to Design Waste Out of the Food System
Everyone will get to taste the creations, share insights, and commit to specific actions they can take upon their return to their own kitchens.
Part I: Commercial Kitchen Design for Zero Food Waste
Participants will leave the workshop armed with the experience to set their own zero waste goals and a community of fellow business owners committed to reducing food waste.
A Conscious Kitchen
We'll go beyond the usual carrot top pesto, so you come away with concrete ideas for how you can realistically make practical changes to your day-to-day habits that will have a meaningful impact on the amount of waste you generate.
Compost Site Tour
Join us for a visit to New York City's largest organic waste processing site in Staten Island.
From Fin to Tail: Cooking the Entire Fish
Chef Bill Telepan, local and sustainable seafood sourcing champion, will lead the class in a hands-on workshop on butchering and breaking down a whole fish—and highlight creative uses of trim from fish in a professional kitchen.
Wasted! Screening & Director Q&A
WASTED! exposes the criminality of food waste and how it’s directly contributing to climate change and shows us how each of us can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st Century.