Adopt a Highway

Melissa Owen has donated hundreds of volunteer planning hours over the past 23 years with Adopt a Highway. What started out small became an All the Way to the Border cleanup event with neighbors, local businesses and organizations, reducing...

More than 12,500 bags of litter collected from state highways in 2022

If you’re lucky enough to drive through our scenic state during this National Volunteer Week, please consider the efforts of Adopt a Highway volunteers who help Keep It Grand. In 2022 alone, more than...
How many volunteers does it take to keep Arizona highways grand? Last year, about 6,000 volunteers picked up 12,500 bags of trash from along Arizona’s highways. The equivalent dollar amount associated with this volunteer effort is about...
The Arizona Department of Transportation receives hundreds of complaints about littered highways and more specifically, tire debris. ADOT maintenance costs to remove and dispose of tire waste from along maintained roadways have already...
PHOENIX – Last year, the Arizona Department of Transportation along with its maintenance contractors picked up 118,578 bags of trash along freeways in Maricopa County, which translates to...
Thank you to volunteers who help keep our villages and not-so-pointy mountains litter-free.
The Arizona Department of Transportation remembers veterans for the commitment made to our great nation and those who continue to serve their communities. Forty-five veterans groups care for adopted segments along state highways throughout...
One community in Happy Jack is celebrating 32 years of particiption in Arizona's Adopt a Highway program!
On National CleanUp Day on Sept. 17, 39 volunteer groups and 215 individual volunteers in 11 counties in Arizona filled 335 litter bags and gathered larger debris into piles for disposal totalling 2.3 tons.