Nantucket Litter Derby

THE NANTUCKET LITTER DERBY

TIDY UP, DO GOOD, WIN BIG FOR NANTUCKET

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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.

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TEAMS

5th Annual Nantucket 2023

litter derby

23,000

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

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

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 and rewards ceremony at cisco brewery at 4pm

$1000 cash first prize

Quirky Hand Drawn Cartoon Dollar in Envelope

our supporters

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

still have questions?

read our faq page

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.

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