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Subject: County Encourages Residents to Join State-Wide Effort to Reduce
Litter.doc
From:    ddudley at durhamcountync.gov
Date:    Tue, March 22, 2011 1:35 pm
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NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release                                                     
                   Date: 3/22/11
Contact: Dawn Dudley                                                      
                 Phone: (919) 560-0008/Fax: (919) 560-0020
                                                                                                                E-mail:
ddudley at durhamcountync.gov<mailto:ddudley at durhamcountync.gov>



County Encourages Residents to Join State-Wide Effort to Reduce Litter

Durham, N.C. - Residents tired of litter in Durham can now do more about
it by cutting out unsightly waste during the annual North Carolina
Department of Transportation's Litter Sweep Roadside Cleanup.

Last year, volunteer groups and other participants removed more than 4.2
million pounds of litter from North Carolina roadsides. The negative
effects of litter include declining property values, reluctance of
business relocation and investment and increased crime.

The Durham County Department of General Services strongly encourages
churches, civic organizations, schools, businesses, Adopt-A-Highway
volunteers and concerned citizens of Durham County to join others
state-wide in organizing a cleanup team in this year's litter prevention
effort.

Governor Beverly Perdue has issued a proclamation naming April 16 - April
30, 2011, Litter Sweep time in North Carolina.

It is easy to partner with NCDOT for Litter Sweep during the two-week
period by simply:

 *   Organizing a volunteer group.
 *   Choosing any state road to clean up.  The chosen road can be in your
neighborhood, one you travel on to work, or any state road you believe
needs attention.
 *   Contacting Susan Cox with the NCDOT maintenance office in Durham
County at (919) 477-2814 to reserve cleaning supplies (i.e. safety vests,
orange bags for trash and blue bags for recyclables.
 *   Designating a person to pick up needed  cleaning supplies

After your cleanup:
§  Leave your orange bags on the roadside.
§  Call Susan Cox with the NCDOT again at (919) 477-2814 and this time
give her the number of bags filled and their exact location on the road
for pick up.
§  Take your blue bags of recyclables to a local recycling drop off center.

Request your certificates of appreciation from NCDOT by completing the
form by visiting
www.ncdot.org/~littersweep<http://www.ncdot.org/~littersweep>.  During the
cleanup activities, groups are encouraged to keep an eye out for unusual
litter.  Groups should take pictures of their sightings and then enter the
Unusual Litter contest to win up to $250.

The beauty of spring will soon be here.  Residents of Durham can make
spring in Durham County even more beautiful by participating in Litter
Sweep.

For more information about participating in the 2011 Litter Sweep, call
the Durham County General Services Department at (919) 560-0433 or (800)
331-5864.  Information about Litter Sweep is also available at
www.ncdot.gov/~littersweep<http://www.ncdot.gov/~littersweep> .


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