500 Million Pieces Of Trash Found Along Pennsylvania Roads In New Litter Study

Posted on by Kelsy Black

Stormwater drains in Philadelphia have traps to capture trash, but smaller pieces of plastic can get through all the way to the river.

“The commonwealth plans to step up litter prevention efforts, following a novel study.

The Pennsylvania Litter Research Study was done in partnership between the departments of Environmental Protection and Transportation and the group Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.

The study is the first statewide look at litter, the cost of cleaning it up, and attitudes toward it.

It was done in 180 locations and found 502 million pieces of litter on the commonwealth’s roads, with the most common items being cigarette butts and plastic food wrappers and bottles.”

FULL ARTICLE originally published February 14, 2020 on WESA. 

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