TRASH PARADE
Friday May 16th - 5:30pm
Theme: WATER
The first annual trash parade is a creative community event aimed at repurposing recyclable materials and other waste products into puppets, costumes, masks, and banners to march in a procession in downtown Schenectady.
This is a community effort and will be open to all to create and march!
We had an incredible inaugural Trash Parade! There was so much creativity, and a great turn out of folks who understand the importance of creating a resource out of what would have been considered "waste".
PHOTOS FROM THE 2025 TRASH PARADE:
Photos by Brendan Ford
Purpose:
Raise awareness of repurposing waste materials, reusing what we already have before producing new goods. Raise awareness of the effects of single use plastics on our environment. Using the theme of “water” to communicate the importance of water on all living organisms on the planet. Increasing environmental literacy while having fun!
Here are some examples from other events like this.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Lf7Y2hEthbGKLoi8Jyd0gq1wKwbgdIT2?usp=drive_link
Some imagery that could be used with the theme of "WATER"::
-Fish of all kinds
-Insects that live in and around streams, rivers, ponds
-Turtles and frogs and other amphibians
-Birds and water fowl
-Waves, ripples, water moving
-Boats of all kinds
-plastic and other garbage that pollutes our water
-toxic waste
-mythological creatures
-much more
Great puppet making resource guide: HERE
The Trash Parade will start at J Square in Downtown Schenectady, 100 Jay St. (Across from City Hall)
