Celebrate the residents and organizations that embody the mission of WasteFree Greenwich to engage, educate and empower the Greenwich community to waste less!

A panel discussion to enhance community understanding of:

• Food system work happening in Greenwich

• Context around the industrial food system

• Each initiative's role in leading change, Connectivity between initiatives

• How the community can promote and participate

Join Julie DesChamps, founder and chair of Waste Free Greenwich, to discover how to recycle beyond your blue bin. From makeup and mattresses to textiles and electronics, many items are not accepted in the municipal single stream program but can be diverted from trash through special recycling and donation programs. Take a virtual tour of Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility to learn about the town's programs and explore the host of other opportunities available in our community and beyond. 

Join the Greenwich Conservation Commission and Waste Free Greenwich for a virtual event hosted by the PTA Council Green Schools Committee of Greenwich Public Schools to learn about practices and tips to green your holiday celebrations.

Discover what the Waste Free Greenwich team has been up to in 2024!  Explore our strategies to reduce waste at home, businesses, schools and in town and our current priorities to expand zero waste programs, like food scrap and textile recycling & learn how you can help.

Bring your pumpkins to be composted and stay for the fun! This family-friendly, free event will feature a pumpkin toss and lawn games. Earn raffle tickets for chances to win prizes that will help your family cut household waste. Our team will also conduct demonstrations to share tips about backyard composting. 

Transform leftovers from last night’s dinner into something new and delicious! During this engaging online zoom presentation, Jacquelyn Ottman, a NYC-based food waste advocate, will explore creative solutions inspired by universally beloved dishes from around the world to save money and reduce waste.

Join us for a fun and interactive program on why and how to compost! Britta Calkosz of Waste Free Greenwich and Tiana Santasiere of Greenwich Botanical Center will lead an interactive discussion on how compost is made, worms and their role in the process, as well as how to create your own indoor worm bin composter. 

Greenwich Green & Clean, in collaboration with Waste Free Greenwich and local community partners, will host the International Coastal Cleanup Day at Greenwich Point Park. 

Learn how to make the most of your leftover plant material after your garden harvest!

It's time to crack the books!  Greenwich Environmental Affairs, in partnership with Perrot Memorial Library, will host its next Conservation Book of the Month on Monday, September 16 at 7pm. Their selection this round is Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World by author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes.

It's an afternoon of adventure at Leaders of the Next Generation's "Green Guardians" event at the Greenwich Audubon. Through stations featuring activities and games, children and their families will learn about migratory species and bring these lessons in sustainability home with them.

Discover how easy it is to set up and maintain a compost bin in your own backyard! Our very own master composter Britta Calkosz will be discussing the tools and techniques to start to create your own compost in your space.

Join Waste Free Greenwich for the 4th Annual Compost Giveback Day on Wednesday, May 8th, in appreciation of our supporters. 

Waste Free Greenwich is proud to partner with Greenwich Clean & Clean, Live Like Luke and the Environmental Action Club for the 5th Annual Live Like Luke Beach Cleanup on Saturday, April 27th at Greenwich Point.

Join us for a fun and interactive program on why and how to compost! Britta Calkosz of Waste Free Greenwich and Tiana Santasiere of Greenwich Botanical Center will lead an interactive discussion on how compost is made, worms and their role in the process, as well as how to create your own indoor worm bin composter.

Join Julie DesChamps, founder and chair of Waste Free Greenwich, to learn about the most promising solution to our waste crisis - the diversion of wasted food through prevention, donation and recycling.

Join Waste Free Greenwich for the 3rd annual ReThink Waste Fair, an engaging, family friendly event to explore ways to rethink waste through the 6 R’s: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair and Rot. 

Join the Greenwich Conservation Commission and Waste Free Greenwich for a virtual event hosted by the PTA Council Green Schools Committee of Greenwich Public Schools to learn about practices and tips to green your holiday celebrations.

Bring your pumpkins to be composted and stay for the fun! This family-friendly, free event will feature a pumpkin toss and lawn games, including pumpkin bowling, spooky ring toss, pumpkin bean bag toss and gourd tic tac toe. Earn raffle tickets for chances to win prizes that will help your family cut household waste. Our team will also conduct demonstrations to share tips about backyard composting. 

Waste Free Greenwich, in partnership with Greenwich Academy’s Environmental Art Club, invite local students and community members to a free public screening of The Story of Plastic and a student-moderated conversation with local advocates.

Explore the impacts of waste management practices and policies in Greenwich and across our state and discover solutions to reduce the burden on low income and communities of color with environmental advocates: Dr. Courtney Williams, Co-Founder, Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions and Kevin Budris, Advocacy Director, Just Zero.

Greenwich Green & Clean, in collaboration with Waste Free Greenwich and local community partners, will host the International Coastal Cleanup Day at Greenwich Point Park. Collected marine debris will be tallied and reported to Save the Sound for submission to the Ocean Conservancy which coordinates with organizations worldwide to analyze the pollution of the earth’s waters.

Join best-selling cookbook author Terry Walters as she introduces her new book NOURISH: Plant-Based Recipes to Feed Body, Mind, and Soul. The presentation and discussion will center around fermentation and gut health. Shop Terry's new cookbook and learn other tips to extend the life of foods with Waste Free Greenwich at the Tavern Market after the talk.

Matt Simon, Wired Magazine writer and author of A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Have Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies, will host a Zoom program to explain the prevalence of microplastics in our environment and suggest ways in which we can deal with and help to reduce this environmental hazard.

Bring the whole family for a fun and interactive program on why and how to compost! Britta Calkosz of Waste Free Greenwich and Tiana Santasiere of Greenwich Botanical Center will lead an interactive discussion on how compost is made, worms and their role in the process, as well as how to create your own indoor worm bin composter.

Shred your documents safely and securely at the annual Paper Shredding Day organized by Greenwich Green & Clean and Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board.

Discover how easy it is to set up and maintain a compost bin in your own backyard! Master composter Britta Calkosz of Waste Free Greenwich and Tiana Santasiere of Greenwich Botanical Center will share the tips and tools of backyard composting from the ingredients and process to bins types and troubleshooting.

Join the Bruce Museum Seaside Center and Waste Free Greenwich at the Innis Arden Cottage for Rethink Waste Day, an opportunity to learn how we can reduce our impact on the environment and breathe new life into would-be wasted items. 

Discover how to reduce your reliance on single-use plastics and cut waste through our interactive education stations where you can learn helpful tips and tricks, create upcycled arts and crafts, and engage in other family (and planet!) friendly activities. Bring your unwanted textiles to be repurposed for a special back-to-school project, using old shirts, linens and more to decorate the front of notebooks, which will be donated to students in need.