All participant’s of the tournament are encouraged to support Environmental Research & Education Foundation, the official charity of Garbageman’s Invitational. EREF’s mission is to develop and evaluate new approaches to manage municipal solid waste and to provide scholarships to America’s brightest and best. Past years’ participants have been generous allowing overall impressionable donations to be gifted to Environmental Research & Education Foundation from Garbageman’s Invitational.

This foundation’s strategic objectives include:

• Unbiased, scientific reports and analysis on waste management practices
• Scholarships for high potential graduate students and internships for highly qualified undergraduate students
• Targeted research to expand industry knowledge and understanding of the waste stream from generation to final disposition
• Improved public understanding of solid waste stream and sustainable solid waste management practices
• Increasing industry knowledge through educational programs

For more information about Environmental Research & Education Foundation and their scholarship program, please visit their website at www.erefdn.org.