Using fashion, design, and sustainability as a catalyst for creativity and ingenuity, Trash The Runway exists to change the lives of young people by unlocking resilience, confidence, and new ways of critical thinking.  Trash The Runway is a design competition that challenges middle and high school students to create high fashion garments entirely out of found, non-recyclable or non-compostable materials.  Participants have two months to complete their design, with the final garments showcased at a runway fashion show.  The runway fashion show takes place at Macky Auditorium and is a full scale production incorporating lighting, sound, visual effects, video recording, sets, and precision cuing.