Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Earth Day-2022-SWC

NYC Waste
Earth Day Edit-a-thon 2022

When and Where
When:	Friday, April 22, 2022
Time	2:00PM - 4:00PM EST
Where:	TBD
City, State	Brooklyn, New York 11206
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Sure We Can, a recycling and community center in Bushwick, Brooklyn, invites you to join us for an online NYC Waste-themed Earth Day Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, April 22nd, 2022; 2-4pm EST.

This event will be part of the global celebration of Earth Day. We will be focusing on topics related to waste management in New York City and environmental volunteering! See Goals below for some suggested articles to edit.

All skill levels welcome! This edit-a-thon will be hosted online with experienced Wikipedians available to help!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

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Event information

• Date: Thursday, Apr, 22nd 2022
• Time: 2pm - 4pm EST
• Zoom link: [ Zoom link]
• Participants: The event is open to anyone! No Wikimedia experience necessary.
• DO NOT SHOW UP IN PERSON / ONLINE ONLY
• Cost: Free!

Goals

• Clean-up articles related to waste management in New York City

Articles to review & clean-up:

• Clean-up
• Earth Day
• National CleanUp Day
• Litter
• Garbage
• Recycling
• Urban forestry
• Pruning
• Consider adding sub chapters in the Environmental volunteering article
  • Potential chapters: Clean-ups, Recycling volunteering
• Create redirects: Clean-Up session, Volunteer clean-up, Community clean-up

Articles to create:

Organizations/committtees:

• New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
• Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management - New York City Council

People:

• Sena Wazer

Facilities:

• Mill Seat Landfill
• Ontario County landfill
• Covanta Camden Energy Recovery Facility
• Tunnel Hill Reclamation Landfill
• Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill
• Fountain Avenue Landfill