Snow shields all manner of detritus thrown from cars, or dumped by pedestrians and passing pooches. But when the snow melts, a winter’s worth of litter emerges along roads and pathways.
Every year on the first Saturday in May, volunteers take to the roads in a uniquely Vermont spring tradition — Green Up Day, the great equalizer, where everyone from children to the governor gets out onto the roads to pick up trash.
Here’s information on Green Up Day plans in towns around Lamoille County.
Belvidere: Bags are available at the town clerk’s office. Full bags can be left along the roadside. Call Thad Tallman with questions at 644-8236.
Cambridge: Before Saturday, bags can be picked up at the town clerk’s office, King’s Market, The Farm Store, Aubuchon Hardware and The Village Sampler. On Saturday, the bags are available at the Cambridge Rotary’s Pie for Breakfast event at Cambridge Elementary School, which begins at 9 a.m. Full bags should be left at the intersections of town roads to be picked up by the highway crew. Contact Justin Marsh at 802-730-2383 or Lucy Higgins at luhiggins77@gmail.com with questions.
Eden: Bags are available at the town clerk’s office; full bags should be left on the roadside for pickup. Call Anita Gagner at 635-2735 with questions.
Elmore: Bags can be picked up at the Elmore Store, and full bags should be returned to the town garage between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday. Call Warren or Kathy Miller with questions at 888-2296.
Hyde Park: Bags can be picked up at the town offices before Saturday during office hours or in the outside hallway on Saturday. Full bags should be left on the roadside. Call Ron or Dawn at the town offices at 888-2300 with questions.
Johnson: Bags are available at the town offices during the week and then on the town green from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday. Full bags should be brought back to the town green. Call Laura Branca with questions at 1-860-841-9377.
Morristown: Bags can be picked up at the town clerk’s office, where there is also a map where people can sign up to clean different roads. Full bags should be left on the roadside to be picked up, or placed in a Dumpster in the municipal parking lot on Pleasant Street on Saturday. Refreshments and bags will also be available at the same location from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday. Anyone with old, inefficient appliances can also turn them in at the Pleasant Street location on Saturday, free of charge, although there is a $12 freon-removal fee for refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners. The first alternative fueled vehicle spring car show will be held in the parking lot from 10 a.m. to noon. Call Ron Stancliff with questions at 888-3661.
Waterville: Bags can be picked up at the town clerk’s office, and full ones should be left along the roadside. Contact the town offices at 644-8865 with questions.
Wolcott: Bags are available at the town clerk’s office, the library and the transfer station. Full bags should be delivered to the transfer station on Saturday or Sunday or left along the roadside. Contact Kee Gillen at 1-802-498-4623 for more information.
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