Posted by: thepinetree on 04/28/2014 08:58 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 04/28/2014 09:00 AM
Expires: 01/01/2019 12:00 AM
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98 Bags Of Litter Collected on Litter Removal Day In Calaveras County
Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) held a statewide Litter Removal Day on Thursday, April 24, 2014, to pick up litter and debris along the state highway system and to educate the public about this costly issue. Caltrans maintenance crews in Calaveras County picked up 98 bags of litter and debris at the following locations...
State Route 4 (SR-4) from Telegraph Road to Murphy Drive, and from Depot
Road in Angels Camp to Allen Lane in Murphys;
SR-49 from the Calaveras/Tuolumne County line to Red Hill Road.
For more information on the Adopt-A-Highway Program, please visit www.adopt-a-highway.dot.ca.gov or call Kathy Cockayne, District 10 Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator, at (209) 948-7462.
The best anti-litter campaign is to ensure trash never makes it onto the highways in the first place. Caltrans encourages you to:
Carry a litter bag in your automobile and always dispose of trash properly;
Never discard cigarette or cigar refuse improperly;
Always cover and properly secure loads of trucks and pick-ups.
With everyone doing their part we can keep California clean for today and the future.
Last year, Caltrans spent $62 million on litter removal throughout the State Highway System, collecting enough litter, trash and debris to fill more than 9,700 garbage trucks. Parked end-to-end, those trucks would stretch more than 50 miles
In addition to the economic costs, litter presents a wide range of serious threats to the ecosystem and human health: Wildlife suffers from plastics in the environment; roadside vegetation is damaged by large debris; fires are started from burning cigarettes and threaten human health; harmful chemicals and biohazards cause a serious threat to human health; litter clogs roadway drainage systems and can lead to wet-weather highway flooding, congestion, and accidents. Litter aids in the spread of disease.
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