Note: Deleting this account will delete all the post and points associated with the account and school.
Current Opportunities
Follow Your Waste Prize
Are you trying to improve your school’s recycling or waste diversion this year? NYC K-12 public schools can win up to $1000 by participating in the NEW Follow Your Waste Game, an interactive and educational game that follows the lifecycle of waste in NYC and committing to a recycling or waste diversion project. To get started:
1. Play the Sanitation Foundation’s Follow Your Waste game with your class.
2. Between March 1-April 15, fill out a short survey about Follow Your Waste and describe a recycling or waste diversion project your school has completed or will be working on this year.
3. Post a photo of your schools current recycling or waste diversion project on the ZWS website no later than April 15, 2022 at 5pm.
Prize winners will be announced at the end of April.
For more information, including project examples, please see the flier.
The Zero Waste Schools (ZWS) website is an exciting new social media platform where NYC students and teachers can celebrate what they are doing to protect our environment – and win prizes too!
Teachers must first create an account before their students can begin posting. Teachers can get their school’s unique validation code, which they will need to create their school’s account, by emailing schools@dsny.nyc.gov (include your school name/number and address). Teachers can begin posting as soon as they sign up.
Get started on the contests today! Read the contest pages for more information, and look at the previous winners for great ideas.