Nantucket Litter Derby

THE NANTUCKET LITTER DERBY

TIDY UP, DO GOOD, WIN BIG FOR NANTUCKET

2 days

1 community

1 mission

nantucket

litter derby

Tidy up for Nantucket, do good, win big for your team

4th annual

Saturday & Sunday

April 1st & 2nd 2023

teams of 6
2 days to compete
HOW MUCH LITTER CAN YOUR TEAM COLLECT?

Trash collection drop off at nantucket waste facility Sunday

after 1 pm

free to participate!

island wide cleanup

$1000 cash 1st prize!!!

projects from 2013 ⎼ 2025

nantucketlitterderby

28 TONS

56,000 pounds of litter has been removed from the environment on Nantucket Island in just three events.

Our teams have removed a staggering 28 tons of litter from Nantucket's fragile environment. The mission of this annual grassroots event is to encourage community participation to address Nantucket’s litter as the population grows.

We aim to raise awareness and to cultivate teamwork, friendly competition, and a shared responsibility in keeping the Island’s roadsides, beaches and wild places litter free.

Dates and Times

6:00 AM-SATURDAY 4/1 UNTIL NOON SUNDAY 4/2

Litter Collection Competition

Litter collection is all day Saturday, April 1st and Sunday, April 2nd until NOON

Team Details will be emailed upon sign up.

AFTER 1 PM SUNDAY, 4/2

Weigh-In at Madaket Waste Facility

Litter drop-off will be ON SUNDAY the 2nd 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 in an attempt to avoid a pile up of cars and trucks idling with their loads. Details will be emailed.

Third annual Nantucket Litter Derby-Watch our 2022 recap

our past winners

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

still have questions?

read our faq page

testimonials

"This whole Nantucket Litter Derby event is amazing. $1000 to the team that picks up the most trash. This adorable team didn’t win, but they did fill my truck, with a 6 foot bed, with trash…twice! That’s a lot of trash! It’s incredible how beautiful the island looks today. This event and these kids really made a difference. Thank you Emmae and friends!"

C. Oberg, Nantucket, 2022 Derby

"We will definitely be participating again next year. Not only did we make a difference on our small island, but I was given a different gift maybe one that was not intended. I was given the gift of having my 15-year-old by my side for two days. We talked, we laughed, and she could see that the work she was doing mattered. Plus, I was able to connect with a teenager during a time in her life when many are pushing their parents away. The trash we picked up and the feeling of accomplishment was amazing, but the time I spent laughing and chatting with my teen, I will remember forever. Thank you for organizing this event, thank you for caring about our island!"

-H. Fee, Nantucket, 2022 Derby

"Whether by foot, paw, bike, or car...we hope you got out to enjoy this gorgeous spring Sunday. Special thanks to all the amazing people who pitched in and picked up for the Nantucket Litter Derby. We are so grateful to see so many islanders out with bags and full truck beds to help give the island a good spring cleaning!"

Nantucket Conservation Foundation, 2021 Derby

Our Volunteers

Thank You to Our Amazing Sponsors

Paul Berard and Johnny with the DPW, Town of Nantucket, Jp, Cedric and Omane with Waste Options, Graeme Durovich, 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, 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, Keegan Bartlett, Bartlett's Farm, Steve Davis. NLD event volunteers: Rebecca Chapa, Maryjane Mojer, Kyle Brown, Morgan Raith, Posie Constable, Carl Sutton, Jim Sjolund, Aishu Munagala.

volunteer