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Adopt-A-Highway

WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING UP ROADSIDE LITTER, ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY VOLUNTEERS GO THE EXTRA MILE.  LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT THEY MAKE ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

THE CANS, FAST FOOD WRAPPERS, AND OTHER TRASH THAT LITTERBUGS LEAVE BEHIND ARE NOT ONLY UNSIGHTLY – THEY CAN HARM THE ENVIRONMENT.

EBELING: FOR INSTANCE, THE THING THAT IS LITTERED THE MOST IS CIGARETTES (EDIT) AND IT DOESN’T TAKE TOO MANY OF THOSE CIGARETTES IN A WATER SUPPLY TO HAVE AN IMPACT.

THAT’S RICHARD EBELING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.  HE SAYS THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST LITTER IS TOUGH, BUT IT’S MADE EASIER BY ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY VOLUNTEERS.

IN HIS STATE, SEVENTY-TWO HUNDRED GROUPS EACH MAINTAIN TWO MILES OF ROADWAY.  IMAGINE THE IMPACT!  AND IT’S NOT JUST HAPPENING IN PENNSYLVANIA – VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE MAKING THEIR COMMUNITIES PRETTIER, CLEANER, AND HEALTHIER.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM. 

Learn more about PA’s Adopt-a-Highway Program.

Visit the International Adopt-a-Highway Association.