Adopt a Highway

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. 

PHOENIX – Earlier this month, 39 Arizona Department of Transportation Adopt a Highway Volunteer groups consisting of more than 200 individuals hit the highways across the state to pick up trash for National Clean Up Day. The groups collectively picked up more than two tons of litter and debris.

“We are so thankful to our volunteers who came out for National Clean Up Day this year,” said Mary Currie, ADOT’s Adopt a Highway coordinator. “Our volunteers help us keep the highways clean year round.”

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Adopt a Highway volunteers, assemble! We've got pointers for National CleanUp Day!

Registration opens Aug. 17 for Adopt a Highway volunteer groups and others wanting a one-day permit to clean litter along a designated one- or two-mile segment of highway.

National Cleanup Day is Saturday, Sept. 17. Mark your calendar and watch for registration information in the coming weeks.

Have you thought about becoming an Adopt a Highway volunteer? Here's all you need to know about joining the program and keeping Arizona grand.

June 21 is the official first day of summer and with that brings an added layer of safety for Adopt a Highway volunteers to consider.

It's Heat Awareness Week and we have a few suggestions for Adopt a Highway volunteers -- and, really, anyone planning to be outside during summer -- to consider before heading out to collect litter,

During National Volunteer Week, we're thankful for the 1,002 Adopt a Highway volunteer groups who cleaned nearly 2,000 miles of state highways in 2021.

Volunteers from Arizona Game & Fish Department participate in highway clean-up in southern Arizona.

ADOT crews collected 800 tons of litter in 2021 along Maricopa County freeways. That’s a lot of litter and also a 47% increase in the amount of litter picked up in 2017.

Melissa Owen's annual "All the Way to the Border" cleanup celebrated a comeback as 101 volunteers returned to collect litter along 45 miles of State Route 286, between Three Points at State Route 86 to Sasabe at the Arizona-Mexico border.

Volunteers collected 14,400 bags of trash in 2021, which totals about 197,000 pounds.

TUCSON - A major litter cleanup project in the Tucson area has removed 44,000 pounds of trash from Interstates 10 and 19 in the Tucson area as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s ongoing efforts to keep highways clean.

The cleanup involved trash of all kinds and sizes. From plastic bottles and paper to shopping carts, tires and carpeting, the four-day effort deployed 45 ADOT maintenance crews from as far as Casa Grande and Nogales.

Struggling to complete your holiday gift lift? Consider shopping at ADOT! Seriously. 

It could be said that Aaron and Natalie Merullo are a special welcoming committee for travelers crossing the stateline from Utah into Arizona.

Learn how you can join dozens of volunteers in January to clean miles of State Route 286! 

One Adopt a Highway group in northeastern Arizona honors their Navajo elder through their volunteerism. 

Read about one family that paid tribute to their little brother on National CleanUp Day.