TRASHBLITZ

Your cleanup can drive change.

While participating in a cleanup has immediate benefits for that specific area, data can have an ongoing ripple effect by supporting policy measures and solutions. The TrashBlitz app makes it easy to collect data on brands, materials, and items found at cleanup events. Each record contributes to local, national, and global datasets to help inform policy in the United States and around the world. By contributing data to TrashBlitz, you can have an impact beyond the cleanup.

HOW TO BLITZ

1. Familiarize yourself with the platform by watching the training video and reviewing the material guide.

2. Download the TrashBlitz app or use the web-based platform.

3. Select your event. You can do a TrashBlitz as part of an existing campaign, like Plastic-Free Parks, or simply TrashBlitz Anywhere!

4. Now it’s time to clean up and tag your trash! It’s best to work in pairs, with one person collecting trash while the other inputs data.

5. Review your data, and hit submit. If you’re using the physical data card, make sure to submit the data online afterward to contribute to the larger dataset that will be used to drive real solutions!

TrashBlitz Projects

Plastic-Free Parks

Plastic-Free Parks is an annual TrashBlitz project that tracks waste trends in U.S. National Parks and on federal lands (managed by National Park Service, National Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, etc.). By crowdsourcing data on the most prevalent items, brands, and materials found across sites, we can drive science-based solutions that protect our most treasured spaces.

To participate: Download the TrashBlitz app, select “Plastic-Free National Parks”, choose your site, and start Blitzing!

TrashBlitz Anywhere

Exactly as it sounds, TrashBlitz Anywhere empowers individuals or groups to log data anytime, anywhere. This can happen on an individual level or through larger-scale cleanup events, contributing to a larger dataset that can support policy measures regionally, federally, and globally.

To participate: Download the TrashBlitz app, select “TrashBlitz Anywhere”, and start Blitzing!

For Florida-based volunteers, log your data in “TrashBlitz Florida” for our state-focused campaign.