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Tennessee DOT Tallies November Litter Cleanup Numbers

By December 22, 2022

More than 1,300 volunteers statewide removed more than 48,000 pounds of litter in their communities as part of its second-ever month-long “No Trash November” roadway cleanup effort spearheaded by the…

Utah Introduces ‘Roadkill Reporter’ App for Motorists

By December 15, 2022

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (Utah DWR) and Utah Department of Transportation recently introduced a free mobile phone application called “The Roadkill Reporter” to make it easier for motorists…

ETAP Podcast: Pennsylvania’s New Statewide Anti-Litter Program

By October 6, 2022

This episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast interviews Yassmin Gramian and Natasha Fackler, secretary and infrastructure implementation coordinator for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, respectively, about…

WSDOT Joins Statewide Anti-Litter Campaign

By September 22, 2022

The Washington State Department of Transportation and Washington State Department of Ecology are joining forces on a new statewide anti-littering campaign entitled “Simple As That” to help prevent littering by…

Video: Caltrans Completes Major ‘Clean California’ Project

By September 8, 2022

The California Department of Transportation recently completed the first Clean California funded project in the state in Manila; what the agency calls a “historically underserved” community on the Humboldt County…

Tennessee DOT Promoting Delta Region via New Partnership

By September 1, 2022

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is expanding its traditional role in the Mississippi River Delta Region from building and maintaining roads to include fighting litter, supporting tourism and promoting economic…

TxDOT Taps Joe Jonas for Anti-Littering Effort

By July 7, 2022

The Texas Department of Transportation has recruited popular singer, songwriter, and actor Joe Jonas to star in a series of Public Service Announcements as part of the agency’s “Don’t Mess…

Group of people picking up litter

Minnesota DOT Tallies 2021 Litter Clean-Up Efforts

By June 9, 2022

Thousands of Adopt-a-Highway volunteers picked up more than 29,500 bags of trash from highway ditches in 2021, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. [Above photo by the Minnesota DOT]…

Workers picking up litter alongside the road

PennDOT Wins Governor’s Award for State Litter Action Plan

By May 26, 2022

Governor Tom Wolf (D) recently presented a group of employees from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) with Governor’s Awards for Excellence in…

Volunteers cleaning up areas on Earth Day

State DOTs Participate in Earth Day Cleanup Efforts

By May 4, 2022

Around the country, state departments of transportation conducted or participated in a variety of pollution mitigation efforts on April 22 in honor of Earth Day. [Above photo by KTRB] Some…

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