On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Julie Raskin, Executive Director for the Foundation for New York’s Strongest, the official non-profit partner of the NYC Department of Sanitation.  We speak with Julie today about her work leading NYC’s efforts to reduce waste and promote zero waste through the organization’s co-hosting of ReFashion Week, its promotion of sustainable brands and products, and its advancement of policies and practices that help us build a cleaner and greener city. 

During our conversation, Julie and I referenced the following resources and topics:

• The Foundation’s efforts reducing food waste and to send zero waste to landfills through initiatives such as the NYC Food Waste Fair
• The role of Donate NYC to help achieve zero waste and its app for city
• The Department of Sanitation’s efforts to build a Sanitation museum and the “Treasures in the Trash” collection
• The Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island
• The Department of Sanitation’s partnership with Housing Works called “Refashion Bins“
• NYC’s recent single use plastic ban
• The Foundation’s partnership with Parley for the Oceans
• Fashion designer Heron Preston’s collaboration with the NYC Department of Sanitation
• The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s #WearNext campaign to make fashion circular
• The work the Center for Health Equity in NYC is doing to advance racial equity and social justice

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