Highway Litter Pick Ups This Month

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Starting this Saturday, hundreds of volunteers will take to the highways across Michigan to pick up litter as part of the annual Adopt a Highway spring clean-up. The Michigan Department of Transportation’s Dan Weingarten tells WSJM News the agency calls on all sorts of groups to step forward and volunteer.

 “To adopt a two-mile stretch of highway for a minimum of two years,” Weingarten said. “These could be community organizations, church groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, service clubs, and so far we’ve got more than 2,800 groups cleaning 6,300 miles of highway across the state.”

There are 59 active Adopt a Highway clean-up groups in Berrien County, and last year they picked up more than 1,600 bags of trash. Two Berrien County landfills — Orchard Hill and the Southeast Berrien County Landfill — also take the material free of charge. When the volunteers take to the roads this Saturday, drivers are urged to give them plenty of space. MDOT says it could also use some more help picking up litter along the more rural stretches of I-94. Look for your local coordinator right here.