The state Department of Environmental Protection is
accepting registrations for the Saturday, Sept. 29 Adopt-A- Highway Fall
Statewide Cleanup. Volunteers have until Friday, Sept. 14 to register.
Co-sponsored by the DEP and the state Division of
Highways, the Adopt-A-Highway program is administered by the DEP’s
Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP). Its goals include improving
the quality of our environment by encouraging public involvement in the
elimination of highway litter.
Individuals, families, churches, businesses, schools,
civic organizations, government agencies and communities can register to pick
up trash on almost any state-maintained road, back road or main route. Private
roads and interstate highways cannot be adopted.
The Adopt-A-Highway program provides garbage bags, work
gloves and safety vests to volunteers. The state also takes care of disposing
of collected trash. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old to participate.
More than 3,400 volunteers turned out for the fall 2011
Adopt-A-Highway cleanup and cleared over 1,500 miles of West Virginia roadways.
Since the program’s inception in 1988, state citizens have cleaned up close to
70,000 miles of state highways and roads during annual spring and fall
Adopt-A-Highway events.
To register, call 1-800-322-5530 or send an email to:
dep.aah@wv.gov. If
you reach the REAP voicemail, please leave your ID, phone number, group name,
date of cleanup, number of participants and the county where your adopted road
is located.
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