Press Releases
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New Yorkers Celebrate Earth Month with the Launch of Adopt Your Spot NYC - April 22, 2024
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New Yorkers Celebrate Earth Month with the NYC Big Spring Clean Featuring Community Groups, Schools, and Businesses Throughout the Five Boroughs Taking Part in a Month of Cleanups - April 2, 2024
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The Sanitation Foundation Announces The 4th Annual "NYC Trash Academy: Talking Dirty About Sustainable Solutions" - January, 2024
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New Yorkers Complete City’s Biggest Volunteer Cleanup Ever During Weeklong Great Broadway Sweep - September 22, 2023
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New Yorkers Unite to Keep Their City Clean in The Great Broadway Sweep - September 12, 2023
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Clean the Bronx and Get Free Yankees Tickets: Sanitation Foundation, New York Yankees, Bronx Borough President Gibson Announce Third-Annual Summer Cleanup Series - July 21, 2023
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Mayor Adams, Department of Sanitation, Sanitation Foundation Announce New Philanthropic Initiative to Provide Sidewalk Cleaning to High-Traffic Commercial Corridors - June 30, 2023
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Sanitation Foundation Announces the Return of 3rd Annual Zero Waste Academy - January 3, 2023
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Sanitation Foundation, New York Yankees, Bronx Borough President Gibson Announce Summer Cleanup Series - July 19, 2022
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ReFashion Week NYC Wraps with Sustainable Runway Show - April 13, 2022
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The Sanitation Foundation Announces the Return of 'Zero Waste Academy' - March 29, 2022
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DSNY Launches Ticket Sales and Lookbook for the Fourth Annual ReFashion Week NYC, Celebrating Low Waste Fashion - March 2, 2022
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Sustainability in Education: Follow Your Waste - January 20, 2022
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2022 DSNY Calendar Signing features models & artists - January, 2022
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2021 DSNY Art Show: "Sanitation Celebration" November 15, 2021
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de Blasio's Plan for Recovery for All of Us - March 30, 2021
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ReFashion Week 2021 - February 22, 2021
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Snow Storytime with New York Public Library - December 22, 2020
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2020 Virtual DSNY Art Show - October 1, 2020
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Sanitation Foundation Rebrand - August 11, 2020
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Emergency Employee COVID-19 Fund - April 14, 2020
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2020 Zero Waste NYC Workshop Schedule Announced - January 2, 2020
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Winners of Food Waste Reduction Microgrants Announced - October 31, 2019
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Zero Waste Daniel's Art-Fashion Exhibition in collaboration with DSNY nonprofit - August 2019
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Beach Clean Up's Plastic Litter Collected Will Be Turned Into Reusable Shopping Bags - July 9, 2019
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Parley and the NYC Department of Sanitation Foundation Work to Turn Plastic Waste and Litter into Special Edition Ocean Bags - June 8, 2019
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One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure — Or Inspiration for Art - June 8, 2019
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Microgrants Available for NYC Small Businesses Wanting to Reduce Food Waste - May 24, 2019
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Top NYC Chefs Showdown to Fight Food Waste - April 16, 2019
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ReFashion Week 2019 - February 12, 2019
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DSNY’s Foundation for New York’s Strongest Hosts its First NYC Food Waste Fair - July 25, 2017
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DSNY’s Foundation for New York’s Strongest Launches at New York Fashion Week - September 7, 2016
Favorites
Garbage Collector Turns Trash into Treasure
Today Show, August 2021
New York City’s Annual Textile Waste – As High as Empire State Building
WWD, March 2021
Organization of the Year: Sanitation Foundation
Waste Dive, December 2020
In the News
Uptown New Yorkers Lead City’s Largest Ever Cleanup, ‘The Great Broadway Sweep’
Harlem World Magazine, September 23, 2023
PIX-11 TV, September 20, 2023
Fox 5 TV, September 22, 2023
NYC launches Clean City Alliance to enhance cleanliness along high-traffic corridors
SI Advance, June 30, 2023
Meet the essential workers of the 2022 NYC Sanitation Department calendar
ABC-7 NYC, January 26, 2022
New Sanitation Initiative for Students
Staten Island Advance, January 25, 2022
Sanitation Workers Show Off Paintings And Upcycled Artwork At 2021 DSNY Art Show
Gothamist, November 12, 2021
DSNY Honors Employees Who Lost Their Lives on 9/11
Waste360, September 13, 2021
Garbage Collector Turns Trash into Treasure
Today Show, August 31, 2021
Climate Change Theme Mini Gold Course Opens to the Public
Greenpointers, July 13, 2021
Neat Neighborhoods: DSNY Celebrates Record Number of Community Cleanups in Fiscal Year 2021
NYC Sanitation, July 1, 2021
New York City Unveils First Memorial for Victims of Covid-19
New York Times, May 21, 2021
The Sanitation Foundation Launches First of Its Kind ‘Zero Waste Academy’
Total Food Service, April 27, 2021
New York Museum of Sanitation: Designing a Sustainable Future
SEGD, April 16, 2021
NYC Food Waste Fair Returns in 2021 with Toolkit In Hand
Waste360, April 16, 2021
You'll be able to play mini-golf on the Williamsburg waterfront this summer
Time Out, April 6, 2021
New York City’s Annual Textile Waste – As High as Empire State Building
WWD, March 3, 2021
How NYC Is Stopping Textile Waste With Low-Tech Donation Bins
NextCity, February 24, 2021
The Household Product Cleaning Up More Than Just Your Countertops
Bloomberg Green, December 19, 2020
Organization of the Year: Sanitation Foundation
Waste Dive, December 9, 2020
The Household Product Cleaning Up More Than Just Your Countertops
Bloomberg Green, December 19, 2020
Artists Among Us at DSNY
Rockawave, October 7, 2020
Photoville Festival Expands Across All Five Boroughs For 2020 Edition
Broadway World, August 31, 2020
Food for Heroes Fund Says "Thank You" to DSNY Workers with a Hot Meal
SI Live, August 19, 2020
What's Old is Trendy at New York's ReFashion Week
Voice of America, March 5, 2020
Turning Plastic Bags Into Fashion-Forward Accessories with ReFashion
Fox 5 NY, February 27,2020
#SISustainabilty: DSNY Kicks Back Against NYFW with ReFashion Week NYC
SILive.com, February 21,2020
Tailing NYFW, ReFashion Week Obsessed With Textile Waste
WWD, February 20,2020
New York ‘Trash Guy’ Has a Museum of 45,000 Rescued Objects
Sustainability Times, December 28, 2019
The Future is Trashion
New York Times, December 20, 2019
One City’s Trash Is This Museum’s Treasure
NRDC, December 18, 2019
Foundation for New York’s Strongest Announces Microgrant Recipients
Waste360, November 4, 2019
A Beginner’s Guide to Going Zero Waste in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Based, October 30, 2019
10 Awesome Reservation Only Sites at Open House New York 2019
Untapped New York, October 3, 2019
How to Avoid Food Waste with Cooking Tips from ‘The Nimble Cook’ Author
AM New York, September 29, 2019
Zero Waste Daniel Addresses the Zombie Apocalypse Happening Now
PAPER Mag, September 24, 2019
Gorgeous Photos Prove That Trash Is The Next Fashion Frontier
BuzzFeed News, September 17, 2019
East River Park Cleanup Event
Patch, September 16, 2019
NY Filmmaker Shines a Spotlight on Unexpected Trash Treasures
NBC 4 New York, September 12, 2019
This Group Collected 1,200 Pounds Of Trash From Rockaway Beach In Two Hours
Gothamist, July 16, 2019
Taking On Food Waste In Creative And Innovative Ways
CBS New York, May 4, 2019
Why Cities Are Working With Businesses to Fight Food Waste
CityLab, November 3, 2017
Best Fashion Collaborations of 2016: Vetements, Kenzo, Nike, and More
Vogue, December 19, 2016
All The Things That’ll Be Different This Fashion Month
Refinery29, September 7, 2016
Press inquiries
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Julie Raskin, Executive Director
646-885-4928
info@sanitationfoundation.org