Adopt-a-highway volunteers clean up.1985 The year a Texas transportation department employee had a brainstorm and started the first Adopt-a-Highway program. 49 The number of states that now have Adopt-a-Highway programs. (Vermont is the hold-out--Puerto Rico also has one.) 90,000 The number of groups that volunteered to pick up roadside trash last year. 1,000,000 The number of people who volunteered to adopt a highway. 206,564 The miles of adopted highway. $106,800,000 The annual cost of picking up litter litter /lit·ter/ (lit´er) stretcher. lit·ter n. 1. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a as reported by 33 states. 1,000,000,000 The pieces of litter accumulated on Texas highways each year. $32,000,000 The cost of litter cleanup last year in Texas. $4,000,000 Amount saved in labor alone with the help of Illinois volunteers. 4,500,000 Pounds of litter cleaned up by West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. volunteers each year. 4 The number of other countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. ) with programs. 1,000,000 The number of years it takes for a glass bottle to decompose de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. . 1 to 5 The number of years it takes for a cigarette butt BUTT. A measure of capacity, equal to one hundred and eight gallons. See Measure. to decompose. |
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