CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s 2024 Adopt-A-Highway Spring Statewide Cleanup is Saturday.
WVDEP and the state Division of Highways are co-sponsors of the event. The Adopt-A-Highway program is administered by the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) and has a goal of improving the state’s environment by cleaning up litter on highways with the help of the public. REAP, whose motto is ‘Keeping WV Clean and Green,’ was created in 2005.
Just about any individual or group including families, businesses, churches, schools, civic organizations, government agencies and communities can register to pick up trash on almost any state-maintained roadway. Private roads and interstate highways are not included.
Nearly 3,000 people volunteered for the 2023 spring cleanup. More than 300 groups removed over 85,000 pounds of litter from over 600 miles of roadway.
Program officials provide garbage bags, work gloves and safety vests to volunteers and will take care of disposing of the collected trash. Supplies can also be picked up at your local DOH Garage.
To register, call 1-800-322-5530 or send an email to dep.aah@wv.gov. If you reach the REAP voicemail, please leave your name, phone number, group name, date of cleanup, number of participants, and the county where your adopted road is located.