TRASH FOR PEACE
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Mission Statement
To provide hands-on, creative experiences to encourage resilient communities.
About This Cause
Trash for Peace (TfP) strives to promote Environmental Justice and to work with community members in the creation of a truly equitable and effective waste and recycling system for our region. Trash for Peace (TfP) works collaboratively with communities through its two main programs. The Sustainability Education Program (SEP) focuses on building relationships and working with residents on multi-family housing sites. The SEP consists of a youth program, which implements hands-on, sustainability-related activities with over 400 youth each month, as well as an Environmental Promoter program, which hires and trains residents to educate their own communities on recycling and waste reduction through self-identified and actualized projects and outreach. This program directly works with over 600 youth and families each month, and has provided employment and leadership development opportunities to over 70 low-income residents. Ground Score Association is a peer-led, participatory program that facilitates low-barrier job opportunities for community members that collect cans and bottles as a main source of revenue and/or face work and housing insecurity. It has provided jobs in litter collection, event waste management, and advocacy relating to equitable access to waste and recycling services. Ground Score Association is a labor organization that believes that essential services like garbage, litter collection, and recycling should be well remunerated and not dependent on volunteer labor.