Neponset Fall Cleanup
By Canton Citizen
Volunteers wade into the river to remove tires and other debris. (Photo courtesy of NepRWA)
On Saturday, September 27, approximately 300 volunteers spread out across 14 different locations in Canton, Norwood, Walpole, Milton, Quincy, and various Boston neighborhoods to help clean up trash and debris along the Neponset River, its estuary, tributaries, and surrounding parks.
Managed by dedicated site captains and community members, the volunteers removed over 150 bags of trash. Some notable finds included 42 car tires, 75 feet of electrical cable, 30 feet of drainage pipe, assorted car parts, construction materials, shopping carts, office chairs, and hundreds of plastic bottles, bottle caps, nip bottles, wrappers, and straws.
“The Neponset River was literally my backyard and was heaven for a youngster,” said Jim McEachern, a cleanup volunteer at the Neponset Landing site. “I like to say I grew up like Tom Sawyer, with outdoor adventures and activities like swimming, fishing, making rafts, and floating down the river. It did my heart and soul good to be back there today with many good, caring people!”
NepRWA would like to thank this year’s cleanup sponsors, ENE Systems, Synergy/Neponset Landing, Barletta, and GZA GeoEnvironmental, as well as its dedicated community partners, Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR), Neponset River Greenway Council, Milton and Walpole DPWs, Greater Boston Trout Unlimited, Walpole Town Forest Committee, Pollo Campero, Friends of the Boston Harborwalk, Edgewater Neighborhood Association, and Empowering People for Inclusive Communities (EPIC).
To make a donation to help offset the cost of the cleanup, go to neponset.org/donate. For more information about NepRWA or the annual cleanup, go to neponset.org/recap-neponset-cleanup-fall-2025 or contact Environmental Science Fellow Meher Kaur Khanna at khanna@neponset.org or 781-575-0354 ext. 113.
Headquartered on Route 138 in Canton, the Neponset River Watershed Association is a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to promoting a clean, healthy and accessible Neponset River. The watershed includes the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Hyde Park and Mattapan as well as the communities of Canton, Dedham, Dover, Foxboro, Medfield, Milton, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, and Westwood.
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