Small acts of change, when multiplied, can transform the world.
Clean streets, clean cities, clean Planet.
Our mission is to not only protect our natural world but create a simple and easy way to scale action that mobilizes communities to fight for a sustainable and trash-free future on our planet. What first began as a way to give back to our environment has turned into a gateway into activism for the everyday individual spanning all continents and spectrums of climate justice!
Our Story
Tuesdays for Trash is a grassroots environmental movement founded on 5 May 2020 by two friends and youth activists during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a world where hope was dimmed, society fell into panic and a major crisis loomed, the two were desperate to find a way to move forward and pave a path towards a cleaner and healthier future. It was after dedicating spare time to clean up their university’s park that both realized the possibilities at their fingertips. Picking up trash is a simple, safe, and effective way to practice environmental activism that anyone could do, anywhere in the world. So they launched the movement with the hopes of encouraging individuals everywhere to dedicate time each week for our planet. Now #TuesdaysforTrash spans 6 continents with participants in 50+ countries, 15 chapters and over 57,000 pounds of trash removed from our environment worldwide.
Our Co-founders
Sharona Shnayder(left) is a 23-year-old Nigerian-Israeli Environmental Activist, National Geographic Young Explorer, Chairwoman of OSPDX, and One Young World Ambassador with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from PSU. She was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria then spent most of her life in Portland, Oregon before moving to Tel Aviv Israel where she’s currently based. Sharona was first inspired to take action on climate and integrate sustainability into all facets of her life after watching Greta Thunberg’s 2018 speech at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which alarmed her about how serious the climate crisis is and ultimately inspired the co-founding of T4T.
Wanda McNealy(right) is a climate and BLM activist in Portland, OR with a BS in Communications. Utilizing a passion for community involvement, she has been volunteering most of her life through many outlets such as food banks, homeless shelters, wildlife refuges, and summer camps for children with disabilities. After marching in protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016, she decided to commit her life to encouraging positive environmental change.
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“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.”
— Ernest Hemingway