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

04/09/2018

Clean freaks and neatniks wanted: Help keep AZ beautiful by joining Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway volunteers made big splash in 2017, but we could use even more help.
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02/13/2018

Altar Valley volunteers clean up litter all the way to the border

Sixty volunteers come together to remove litter along State Route 286.
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11/24/2016

Cleanup along 45 highway miles yields 1,000 pounds of trash

Three-dozen volunteers came together to pick up litter along State Route 286.
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