Adopt-A-Highway Fall Statewide Cleanup to be held Saturday

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Volunteers from across the state will be gathering Saturday for the annual Adopt-A-Highway Fall Statewide Cleanup.

The program is Co-sponsored by the WVDEP and the state Division of Highways and is administrated by the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP).

The event aims to bring together volunteers, to help improve the state’s environment by encouraging public involvement in the elimination of litter.

Individuals, organizations, and groups will come together to pick up trash on most state-maintained roads, back roads, or main routes. Any private roads and interstate highways cannot be adopted. The program will provide garbage bags, work gloves, and safety vests to those participating. They will also dispose of all of the collected trash.

Last year, volunteers performed more than 49,000 hours of labor and helped remove over 215,00 pounds of liter.