Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

About AAH

Nearly 23.7 billion pieces of litter are left on 8.3 million miles of roadways across the United States, resulting in an average of 2,855 pieces of litter per mile, or about 73 littered items for every person nationwide.

The Adopt a Highway program offers community members and businesses a chance to help keep our highways free and clean of litter.

We invite you to join us in making a positive impact by keeping Arizona beautiful.

Upcoming Volunteer Events

Click on the events below for information and to register: 

Adopt a Highway Programs

  • The Volunteer Program applies to individuals, families, churches, and other groups who apply for a two-year permit to clean up roadside litter on segments of roadway deemed safe for volunteers.
  • The Sponsor Program applies to individuals and businesses that contract with maintenance providers to clean up roadside litter for a fee. These highways include urban areas that experience a large volume of traffic and litter deemed unsafe for volunteers.

Become one of the thousands of dedicated volunteers keeping our highways clean and safe.

Adopt a Highway News

09/23/2019

Making the rounds on National CleanUp Day

ADOT Adopt a Highway volunteer groups raked-in – literally – hundreds of bags of trash from highways, joining groups around the country making their communities better.
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09/17/2019

From the Director: Thank you trash slayers!

With National CleanUp Day approaching on Sept. 21, I want to express my thanks to our volunteers and sponsors who consistently pick up trash along our state highways. These volunteers have cleaned up 1,672 miles of Arizona highways. You are...
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09/12/2019

Adopt a Highway: Mark your calendars for National CleanUp Day

Calling all Adopt a Highway volunteers! National CleanUp Day is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 21. This is a day set aside for individuals and organizations to unite for the purpose of reducing litter in their communities in every part of the...
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