43.5
TONS
87,000 pounds of litter have been removed from the environment on Nantucket Island by our teams to date!
Our Mission
To raise awareness, foster teamwork, inspire friendly competition, and promote a sense of shared responsibility for keeping the Island's roadsides, beaches, and wild spaces litter-free.
11.5
TonS
23
TEAMS
5th Annual Nantucket 2023
litter derby
23,000
2 mystery buckets
2 mystery buckets
1 hockey goal
1 baby bassinet
1 set of golf clubs
1 wallet
1 train lamp up a tree
3 propane tanks
1 MAILBOX
100 lbs plastic storm drain piping
1,000 lbs fishing net
1 wine fridge
POUNDS OF LITTER
collected and removed
9,380 LBS
NON COMPOSTABLE NON RECYCLABLES
plastic recyclables
5,560 lbs
1,800 lbs
METAL
ALUMINUM (MOSTLY ALCOHOL CONTAINERS)
1,880 lbs
3,200 lbs
clean wood/pallets
46
glass & plastic nip bottles
75 LBS
TIRES
1,200 lbs
3 Air ConditionerS
1 paddleboard
13 shoes
2 SUMP PUMPS
8 bikes
1 antique
vw bug bumper1 DISHWASHER
1 BED
4 fire extinguishers
GLASS recyclables
our 2024 winners
1st Place
Team CleaniACKS
2nd Place
Rubbish Rebellion- Nantucket Land Bank
3rd Place
Island Wookies
Honorable Mentions
Sconset Clean Team
Team Jackrods
our past winners
watch our Derby recap!
2023
1 st Place- Team Clean ACKS
2nd Place- Team Nantucket Land Bank
3rd Place- The Trash Pandas
2022
1 st Place- Pod Squad (Marine Mammal Alliance)
2nd Place- The Trash Picker Uppers
3rd Place- Steezy Crew
2021
1st Place- The Trash Picker Uppers
2nd Place- Junk in the Trunk
3rd Place-Sister Act I
Honorable Mention- Royal Yacht Squadron
2019
1st Place- The Trash Picker Uppers
2nd Place- Trash Act
3rd Place- Green with Envy
2 days
1 community
1 mission
5th annual
nantucket
litter derby
Tidy up for Nantucket, do good, win big for your team
Saturday & Sunday
May 4th-5th 2024
Trash collection drop off at nantucket waste facility Sunday
after 1 pm and rewards ceremony at cisco brewery at 4pm
$1000 cash first prize
$1000 cash first prize
our supporters
sign up your team today!
sign up your team today!
Nantucketlitterderby.com
Nantucketlitterderby.com
2024 nantucket litter Derby
Dates and Times
may 4th-5th
2024
Litter Collection Competition
6:00 AM-SATURDAY 5/4 UNTIL NOON SUNDAY 5/5
Litter collection is all day Saturday, may 4th and Sunday, may 5th until NOON
Team Details will be emailed upon sign up.
Weigh-In at Madaket Waste Facility
Litter drop-off will be ON SUNDAY, may 5th at Nantucket Recycling Center after 1 pm.
Litter must be sorted. Either ahead of time or at drop off.
Teams will be scheduled into time slots between 1 pm and 3 pm and the slots are first come first served. Details will be emailed.
After party and awards ceremony
Litter Derby Winners
Announced at Cisco Brewery
4:00 pm at cisco brewery
$1,000 cash for first prize team.
fabulous prizes for second and third place teams too!
photo cred: Fisher Real Estate
Our Volunteers
Our Amazing Volunteers and Sponsors
Alice Kellogg, Paul Berard, Johnny with the Town of Nantucket, Jp, Cedric, Rob, Alphonso, and Omane with Waste Options, ReMain Nantucket and Nantucket Footprints, Nantucket Land Council, Garbo Grabber, the Clean Earth Project, Great Point Properties, Atlantic East Real Estate, NAREB Nantucket, Dave Lower with Horizon, Carol Taffe, Brown-Foreman, Hatch's Package Store, Sustainable Nantucket, Nantucket Shellfish Association, Living Faith Worship Center, True island digital, Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket Current, Stop and Shop, Lara Hanson, Fisher Real Estate, Nantucket Creative Reuse, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, The Green Nantucket, NCTV18, Off the Boat Nantucket, Fitzgerald Law Office, Kindflow Productions, Steve Davis. NLD event volunteers: Emma Young, George Vasvatekis, Kyle Brown, Allison Gayo, Andrew Birkholz, Carl Sjolund, Carl Sutton, Jim Sjolund, Rebecca Vaughn and Julie Fitzgerald.
NLD In the Press
Litter Derby Cleans up the Island
Litter Derby Teams Gather 11.5 Tons Of Trash Over Weekend
Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
Nantucket Current
April 3rd, 2023
May 6th, 2024
Islanders Clean Up During Annual Litter Derby
Nantucket Current
April 3rd, 2023
Litter Derby Collects 8 Tons of Trash
Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
April 4th, 2022
4th Annual Nantucket Litter Derby- View Gallery
Nantucket About Town
April 2nd, 2023
Nantucket Litter Derby Winners Crowned Sunday At Brewery
Nantucket Current
April 3rd, 2022
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Nantucket Litter Derby
Nantucket, Massachusetts, 02554
774-236-0852
nantucketlitterderby@gmail.com
@nantucketlitterderby
www.nantucketlitterderby.com
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