Do Your Part to Keep Mansfield Litter Free:
Join the Mansfield Litter Busters!
Are you bothered by the sight of plastic water bottles, soda cans, plastic bags, or beer bottles along the side of the road? Do you wonder why some people think it’s acceptable to drop trash out of their car window? Do you wish there was something you could do about it?
By signing up to become a Mansfield Litter Buster, you can be part of the solution and keep your corner of town litter free. Here’s how the program works.
Send us an email and let us know what road (or section of road) or park you would like to adopt. Then simply go out and collect any litter that accumulates on your route. You can sign up yourself, your family, or your business. All we ask is that you agree to clean up your adopted route at least once every four to six weeks (or more often if you are so inclined!) We’ll help you by providing plastic bags if you need them.
The following routes are up for adoption:
- Spring Street
- County Street
- Copeland Drive
- School Street
- North Main Street
Here are a few things to keep in mind when collecting litter:
- Wear bright-colored clothing so that you are easily visible to passing motorists
- Don’t attempt to pick up any hazardous materials
- Wear gloves
- Clean one side of the road first and then cross over to clean the opposite side. Do not wander back and forth across roads. Stay off the road whenever possible.
- Do not attempt to move items that are especially large or heavy. Instead, email us and we’ll coordinate with the DPW to have the item removed.
So far, the following routes have been adopted:
| Litter Buster | Adopted Site | Precinct |
| The Holiver Family | Balcom Street (Martha’s way to Jewell Street) |
1 |
| The Atwill Family | Balcom Street (Martha’s Way to Jewell Street) |
1 |
| The Fowkes Family | West Street between Morgan Road and Lancashire Drive |
1 |
| Cheryl Collins | Williams Street (White Tail Lane to Robinson Court) |
1 |
| The Ellis Family | Otis Street (Gilbert to Balcom) |
1 |
| The Kobasa Family | Oak Street | 2 |
| Shirley McPhee | Spring Street Cobb Street | 2 |
| Faith Fellowship United Methodist Church |
Webb Place and Bike Path | 2 |
| The McCarthy Family | Route 106 (Monahan Street to Autumn Lane) |
3 |
| The Leblanc Family | Essex Street from Mill Street to Goward Street |
3 |
| The Allen Family | Essex Street from Ware Street
to the end of Essex into Norton Fruit Street from the town line in Norton to Short Street Ware Street from Short Street to Essex Street Copeland Drive from Fowler Street to West Street |
3 |
| The Colbert Family | Stearns Ave. from Old Stable Drive to Mill Street |
4 |
| The Rhein Family | Route 106 (Autumn Lane to Flint Farm) |
4 |
| Jim and Audrey Crockett | Maple Street (from Franklin St. to Easton Line) |
4 |
| The Organ Family | Stearns Ave (Colonial Drive to Old Stable) |
4 |
| The Fitzgerald Family | Fram Drive | 4 |
| The White Family | Franklin Street (Winter Street to Maple) |
4 |
| Nancy Wall | Fulton’s Pond Area | 5 |
| Nicole Rebarkoff | Creeden Street | 5 |
| The House Family | Route 106 (Franklin Street to East Street) |
6 |
| April Ansaldi | Baybrook Farm Road | 6 |
| H. Green | Baybrook Farm Culvert | 6 |
| The Cleary Family | Helena Circle | 6 |
| Kim and Paige Oliveira | Hope Street (route 106 to Park Ave.) |
6 |