Hello Richmond,

Have you picked up your green Green Up Day trash bags, found just inside the door of our Town Center?

Please make and let us know your plans by going to the Town Center entryway and using the marker on the laminated map there, alongside the green bags, to identify where you will work. On the sheet next to the map, list your name, number of people you plan to work with, and the stretch of road you will clean up so other people can help you, or so they can work on other parts of that road, or choose other roads. Please, please communicate your plans. This would be most helpful to us all!!

You can also report your Green Up plans on the Green Up Vermont app you can learn about on their website. Go here to find the app.
https://greenup.powershift.info/you-can-make-a-difference/

Consider bringing extra bags with you to collect returnable bottles and cans, and recyclable trash, to reduce the amount of trash sent to a landfill.

Be sure to WEAR GLOVES to better deal with dirty and unsafe trash.

Please be safe greening up!! Other safety reminders from the "Resources" page of Green Up Vermont's web site, https://greenupvermont.org --which has all kinds of great info:

• Wear long pants and boots, and always check your body for ticks.
• If you see a needle or sharp material – do NOT put it in your bag with the other trash. Put it in a thick plastic container, clearly mark "DO NOT RECYCLE," and duct tape the lid on, then put it into the regular trash. Visit http://www.healthvermont.gov for further information.
• Road Caution – Always work facing oncoming traffic. Wear bright colors. Stay well off the road when vehicles approach.

Please tie your trash bags closed when full. Keep your good work in the bag!

Reminder: If at all possible, please help Richmond's road crew by bringing your bags of trash and large trash items to the Town Garage at the top end of Thompson Road. The road crew volunteers their time to collect the trash left on the roadsides. Let's make their job much easier this year!!

Please report your trash pick-up stats to your Green Up town coordinator--that's me, Elizabeth Wright (ecwright1414@gmail.com), or to our Town Clerk, Linda Parent.

This is what we are hoping to learn after Green Up Day:

- How many bags did you collect?
- How many tires?
- How many volunteers in your group?
- What road(s) did you green up? Where exactly did you work? What length of road did you cover?
- Any large areas (special projects) that need additional attention?
- Strangest item(s) collected?

Much of this information is crucial in helping Vermont get grants and other funding to keep Green Up programs going.

Thank you so very much, in advance, for the good work you will be doing to help clean up the roadsides in Richmond--or elsewhere. On Green Up Day we can all recognize how lucky we are to live in a beautiful place people love and care about. Let's all contribute if we can--even along the roadside right where we live.

Where are your favorite roads or places in Richmond to walk, or bike, or drive? Wouldn't it be nice if you didn't see any trash at all there?!!

Thank you for reading this and doing what you can. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Happy spring! Happy Green Up!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth (Ibit) Wright
Member, Richmond Conservation Commission

May 9, 2024, 6 to 8 PM

May 11, 2024, 9 AM to 4 PM

May 12, 2024, 1 to 2 PM