The game applied traditional social gameplay features with the issues of waste, water, and green.

The game shared a number of partnerships with real world companies, including TerraCycle, Carbonfund.org, TreeHugger, and Kraft Foods.

The game's production processes reflect the aims of sponsor and partner TerraCycle, a company that provides solution programs for waste that is typically non-recyclable.

These points convert to special bonuses including in-game money, special decorative items, or exclusive badges that allow users to show in-game friends their Greenness habits outside of the game.

[5] Trash Tycoon allowed players to team up with neighbors in a multiplayer environment to collaborate in real-time and clean up the virtual city.