RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — It wasn’t just the Litter Sweep and Adopt-a-Highway programs that fell victim to the pandemic; even paid litter pick-up services were scaled back by NCDOT.
So it may be no surprise that just four months into 2021 the numbers show we could set a record for litter collection this year.
“The department and our crews, contractors, and volunteers have certainly picked up more than in both 2020 and in 2019,” Kay said adding that the Department of Transportation’s biggest year for litter collection recently was 2019 when crews picked up more than 10.5 million pounds of litter.
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