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By Dylana Kneeshaw

2020 TRASH BASH

TRU Sustainability Office and City of Kamloops team up for community Trash Bash

Nov 1, 2020 | 9:18 AM

KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University and the City of Kamloops have teamed up to clean up the community with the 23rd annual TRU Trash Bash.

Today (Nov. 1), residents are encouraged to take part in the 2020 event and pick up garbage anywhere in the community.

Those who take part are asked to pick up garbage with those in their bubble or by themselves, wear gloves, and avoid picking up things that could be dangerous (needles, broken glass, etc.).

Photo from the 2019 TRU Trash Bash (Image courtesy of TRU Sustainability Office)

The TRU Sustainability Office and City of Kamloops Sustainability Services have also partnered to offer prizes to people who signed up for the event. The Trash Bash officially starts at 11 a.m today and to register, email sustain@tru.ca to be eligible for prizes.

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The Grand Prize Draw winner will be announced November 2 and other prizes from the day of the event include:

• Three prizes for the ‘Most Bizarre Pieces of Trash Picked Up’
• ‘Most Trash Bashed’ (determined by seeing picture of pile of trash picked up).
• Whichever team has the biggest pile of trash picked up wins lunch at the TRU Culinary Arts Scratch Cafe
• ‘Best Team Name’ – Come up with a great team name (and ‘teams’ of one person do count) – Whichever team has the best team name also wins lunch at the TRU Culinary Arts Scratch café
• Selfies are encouraged on the event day and three prizes will be given for the most beautiful backgrounds behind you and /or your team