Posted by: thepinetree on 04/28/2014 09:10 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 04/28/2014 09:11 AM
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108 Bags Of Litter Collected on Litter Removal Day In Tuolumne County
Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne County picked up over 108 bags of litter and debris at the following locations...
State Route 108 (SR-108) from Soulsbyville Road to about Plainview Road/West Twain Harte;
From the Stanislaus/ Tuolumne County line on SR-120 to just past Green Springs Road;
SR-120 from Jacksonville Road to just past the Tuolumne River Bridge.
Two Tuolumne County Adopt-A-Highway groups participated with Caltrans for this event. They were:
7th Day Adventist
Miwok and Summit Ranger Districts
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 environment and human health: Wildlife can suffer from plastics in the environment; roadside vegetation can be damaged by large debris; fires can be started from burning cigarettes that can threaten human health; harmful chemicals and biohazards can cause a serious threat to human health, litter can clog roadway drainage systems that can lead to wet-weather highway flooding, congestion, and accidents. Litter can aid in the spread of disease.
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Slow For the Cone Zone and Don’t Trash California!
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