HADLEY — More than 1,000 pounds of garbage dumped along Hadley roads has been removed by 30 or so volunteers participating in an annual cleanup day on Saturday.

Coordinated by the Hadley Climate Change Committee, the effort to get trash off the town streets was deemed a success by Jack Czajkowski, the committee chairman, who said that items picked up for disposal included tires, iron pipes, signs, a safe and a cellphone.

More than 100 recyclable bottles and cans were also found littering the streets.

In a message he sent to participants, Czajkowski noted the importance of the work for the health and well-being of the town.

“We cleaned up and prevented more plastic from breaking down next to our streets and streams,” he wrote.

The cleanup day serves as a lead-in to the April 23 Hadley Climate Day, being held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., mostly at the Hadley Senior Center. It will feature guest speakers focused on environmental matters, interactive hands-on workshops, art exhibits and theater, and a panel of local and state political leaders.

The town is also undertaking a Community Read project using Katharine Hayhoe’s “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World.”

In addition to those activities, a subcommittee of the Climate Change Committee, led by resident Bruce Brewer and in coordination with town officials, is in the middle of drafting proposed bylaws focused on prohibiting single-use plastic bags, polystyrene or Styrofoam, disposable food containers and plastic straws. Those initiatives could come before Town Meeting in May.

“If the town votes on these bylaws, it will be a small step, but a very sensible step, the town can take that will have a positive impact on our environment,” Brewer told the Select Board at a recent meeting, presenting statistics that 100 billion shopping bags are produced every year, using 439 million of gallons of oil, yet only just over 5% are recycled.

This means that the microplastics from these bags are contaminating the environment, he said.

The possible bylaws are modeled after bylaws and ordinances already in place in Northampton, Easthampton, Amherst and Buckland, and adopted in 140 cities and towns in Massachusetts, Brewer said.

“If we pass these bylaws we won’t be alone,” Brewer said.

Before the articles get to Town Meeting, the Select Board suggested addressing questions about how they will be enforced.