People littering from their car windows as they speed down the highway is nothing new. Neither is the need to keep our highways and byways free of litter and trash. When the rate of trash being left by our roadsides became too overwhelming for state and county road commissions to keep up with the problem individuals and organizations joined forces with highway authorities and the Adopt- A- Highway program was born.
The Adopt-A-Highway program began in the 1980s in Texas and has spread through out the United States, Canada and many other countries. Individual volunteers, organizations and even in some cases corporations agree to keep a certain portion of a highway clear. In exchange the volunteers or group usually get their name placed on the section of the highway that they are responsible for cleaning. By soliciting the help of volunteers who are each assigned a certain portion of specific highways, trash is kept picked up without the need to use government money to fund clean up programs.
Initially this program began as a way to keep roads free of trash and litter it has helped to instill pride in one's state for those individuals and groups choosing to become part of this program. Surprisingly, the program has been quite effective and those who take part in this program take their commitment seriously giving hours of their free time to keep our nations roadsides clean.
In almost every state drivers and passengers on the interstate highways and main roads as well can often see these dedicated volunteers hard at work, picking up assorted trash that has been thrown or lost by motorists on their way from one destination to another. It has proven to be one of the least expensive and most environmentally sound programs to ever be instituted and the results have been nothing short of astonishing.
While there are still some places where you can see piles of roadside trash even today, for the most part highways and byways are kept free of trash. In many cases, you can see neatly tied trash bags awaiting pick up giving evidence to the fact that volunteers have spent several hours hard at work in order that all might enjoy those lovely fall drives through colorful trees or those warm summer cruises down the highway to summer cottages without being assailed by blowing paper bags and the stench of garbage along the main roads.
While the originator of the Adopt-A- Highway program, James Evans deserves the credit for the idea itself it is the volunteers that have given of their time for the last 30 years we have to thank for our enjoyment of the trash free country side on those long, long drives.
The Adopt-A-Highway program began in the 1980s in Texas and has spread through out the United States, Canada and many other countries. Individual volunteers, organizations and even in some cases corporations agree to keep a certain portion of a highway clear. In exchange the volunteers or group usually get their name placed on the section of the highway that they are responsible for cleaning. By soliciting the help of volunteers who are each assigned a certain portion of specific highways, trash is kept picked up without the need to use government money to fund clean up programs.
Initially this program began as a way to keep roads free of trash and litter it has helped to instill pride in one's state for those individuals and groups choosing to become part of this program. Surprisingly, the program has been quite effective and those who take part in this program take their commitment seriously giving hours of their free time to keep our nations roadsides clean.
In almost every state drivers and passengers on the interstate highways and main roads as well can often see these dedicated volunteers hard at work, picking up assorted trash that has been thrown or lost by motorists on their way from one destination to another. It has proven to be one of the least expensive and most environmentally sound programs to ever be instituted and the results have been nothing short of astonishing.
While there are still some places where you can see piles of roadside trash even today, for the most part highways and byways are kept free of trash. In many cases, you can see neatly tied trash bags awaiting pick up giving evidence to the fact that volunteers have spent several hours hard at work in order that all might enjoy those lovely fall drives through colorful trees or those warm summer cruises down the highway to summer cottages without being assailed by blowing paper bags and the stench of garbage along the main roads.
While the originator of the Adopt-A- Highway program, James Evans deserves the credit for the idea itself it is the volunteers that have given of their time for the last 30 years we have to thank for our enjoyment of the trash free country side on those long, long drives.
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