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« Reporter's query: How do higher gas prices affect you? | Today | DOT to close ramp from Route 195 to 95 tonight » April 22, 2008One day's worth of road trash equals 800 bags / Photo
That's the result of one day's work cleaning up roads in Rhode Island this week. The pile was used by the state Department of Transportation to illustrate the trash problem in the state. DOT Director Michael Lewis said, “Every piece of trash we had to pick up was disposed of improperly and that’s a shame.” The biggest litter problems in Rhode Island are beverage containers, including water, soda and alcohol bottles, fast food packaging, and cigarette butts, according to the DOT. Nationally, the top three litter problems are fast food waste, paper products, and aluminum beer cans. The DOT says debris on roadways nationwide causes 25,000 accidents and over 80 fatalities each year. About 55 percent of roadside litter occurs intentionally by people dropping their trash on the road. The other 45 percent of roadside litter is caused by trash blowing out of uncovered trucks or falling off of unsecured loads. “While it might only take two to five weeks for a banana peel to decompose, it takes 200 to 500 years for an aluminum can to do the same. RIDOT is asking motorists to take their trash home and dispose of it properly because Earth Day isn’t just today but every day,” said Lewis. Posted by Andrea Panciera Commentsmary | April 22, 2008 12:59 PM link What is the guy in the picture looking at anyway. He looks like a statue in a cheap suit. Matt V. | April 22, 2008 1:37 PM link Mary, This isn't an "America" problem. This is a "Rhode Island" problem. You people are SLOBS. You should travel more and see that most states median strips don't look like trash dumps. Greg | April 22, 2008 1:37 PM link It is a real shame that our roads are so dirty while we have thousands of able-bodied persons just sitting in prison. jim | April 22, 2008 1:58 PM link My wife takes our child to Dexter park in the Armory section of Providence. On Friday the park will be clean give it one day and the place looks like the central landfill. I have a question for the Providence Police. Have they ever issued a citation for littering this year? kb | April 22, 2008 2:46 PM link Will the trash that has been picked up be sorted for recyclables before it goes to the landfill? Anthony | April 22, 2008 9:37 PM link I agree with Mary. I live in Matunuck and all these losers that travel in South County think it's a good thing to throw there crap out the window. friggin morons. I always pick it up. I hope I see someone one day b/c there will a big problem. You just know these dirtbags live like that in there house too. Kenny | April 23, 2008 11:18 AM link You Rhode Islanders are slobs. When I lived in Warwick there was a convenience store on the corner of my street. Outside the door was a trash barrel,where was the trash (wrappers from candy,etc)on the ground and when the wind blew it was all over my front yard. Now,Living on So.Florida only certain areas have trash problems,everyone makes an effort to throw their trash in recepticles rather than on the ground. Its sad... KEN R. | April 27, 2008 12:13 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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its hard to believe that all that watse could be picked up in one day, but this country only has one earth day a year. why? there should be more days for cleaning the environment. Infact maybe even once a month have an earth day becuase our world is comeing to a close fatser than it should and we need to make it cleaner for us our children and grand children. WE neeeeeeed to stop throughing things on the street and not in a trash can when they are 2 feet away. america needs to put in more effort in cleaning up their mess on the earth.