Details for Green-ing Up in Waterbury, Duxbury
April 21, 2025 | By Lisa ScagliottiGreen Up Day is Saturday, May 3, and organizers around the state are preparing for the annual flurry of community trash-cleanup efforts along Vermont’s roadsides and streambanks, in parks and other public spaces.
This year’s winning Green Up poster art contest entry is by U-32 eleventh grader Ella Thomas. Image courtesy of Green Up Vermont
Below are details on how to participate in Waterbury and Duxbury. Additional information on Green Up in nearby communities in the Mad River Valley is posted in the Waterbury Roundabout’s Community section here. Also, check out the main Green Up Vermont website for much more information, including details for all Vermont communities.
Note that in both Waterbury and Duxbury, there is no roadside pickup for Green Up. Volunteers with trucks who are out working can help transport bags from neighbors to the designated containers at the town garages. Please do not bring household trash for disposal.
In Waterbury, tires found doing Green Up are free to dispose of at the town garage and at Rodney’s Transfer Station. Any individuals may recycle their own tires at Rodney’s for a fee of $6 each.
All volunteers are reminded to take safety precautions: wear gloves and appropriate footwear; do not pick up drug paraphernalia (notify your town coordinator of the location); watch out for ticks, checking when you are finished. Those going out with young children should aim to pick quiet streets, parks and other low-traffic locations to work.
If you find areas with lots of trash or items too large to move, please notify your town coordinator.
Waterbury Green Up
Volunteers in Waterbury are asked to use an online signup to note where they plan to Green Up. The centralized list helps people spread out from one end of town to the other.
Green Up bags are now available at the town offices and at Rodney’s Transfer Station on River Road in Waterbury (near the Ice Center).
Bring filled bags on Green Up Day to the Town Garage, 1707 Guptil Road, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., or drop off on May 3 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Anyone in Waterbury only who needs to drop off bags on Friday, May 2, may do so at Rodney’s by 4 p.m.
Sign up and find more information online at tinyurl.com/WaterburyGreenUp2025. Direct questions to Waterbury Green Up Coordinator Lisa Scagliotti, lscagliotti@comcast.net, 802-373-5878.
Duxbury Green Up
In Duxbury, Green Up efforts have been coordinated by the Duxbury Land Trust since 1997.
Duxbury residents typically volunteer to pick up trash along roadsides and streambanks near their homes. Bags are now available at the town office in the mailbox outside the front entry. North Duxbury volunteers also can find bags at the home of town Coordinator Jessica Engles at 493 Mountainview Road, in a tub next to the mailbox with a blue heron on it.
Volunteers are asked to bring filled bags to dumpsters at the Town Garage on May 3. In North Duxbury, volunteers can also leave their bags along River Road at the access road in front of the railroad gate, east of the Bolton Falls dam.
To volunteer in Duxbury or for more information, contact Jessica Engels at 978-846-3430 or jessicaengels58@gmail.com.
Waterbury Roundabout editor Lisa Scagliotti is also the volunteer Green Up coordinator for Waterbury.