Litter costs Georgia millions

Litter on Georgia roadways costs taxpayers more than a million dollars a week. The state Department of Transportation says it spent $1.3 million in a recent week-long roadway trash collection. In that one week, crews picked up nearly a million pounds of garbage. The DOT already spends $15-million annually on litter removal throughout the year.

Georgia's new anti-litter initiative

Georgia has entered into a new partnership to promote the state’s anti-litter campaign. Pepsi trucks will display Georgia’s anti-litter mascot Buster the Brown Trasher and anti-litter messages. The trucks will also display the logo of Pepsi and Wild Adventures Theme Park. Governor Sonny Perdue calls litter a nuisance that costs Georgians millions of dollars a year, drives down property taxes and destroys natural resources.

Fighting litter on Tybee Island

Tybee Island is stepping up efforts to reduce litter on the beach. Trash bag dispensers have been installed at public dune crossovers on the island. The Tybee Beautification Association received a grant from Keep Georgia Beautiful and extra help from local sponsors to install the 27 trash bag dispensers. Previously there were only free trash bags for cigarette butts.