The Town of Smyrna is kicking off Love Where You Live, a community beautification initiative with the goals of:
- Increasing pride in our town
- Raising awareness about litter and its effect on our community
- Identifying factors that contribute to litter
- Providing education about how we all can help reduce litter
- Creating an interactive process to encourage community involvement
- Incorporating citizen feedback to determine solutions
As part of our “Love Where You Live” Campaign, Valeo has signed up in the Adopt-A-Roadway Program. Valeo will clean the litter on Enon Springs Rd East from Nissan Drive to Florence Road. Valeo is a global automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide.
As a technology company, Valeo provides innovative products, systems and solutions that reduces automobile COâ emissions, improves vehicle performance, and develops intuitive driving.
As a member of the Adopt-A-Roadway Program, Valeo will pick up trash four times per year. They are the first company to sign up for our program. Thanks, Valeo for Loving Where You Live!
DID YOU KNOW?
- Motorists generate 52% of litter along roadways and highways. On average there are 51 billion pieces of litter found on roadways, thatâs 6,729 items per mile of roadway! (2009 Keep America Beautiful National Visible Litter Survey)
- Litter cleanup costs the U.S. more than $11.5 billion each year.  (2009 Keep America Beautiful; Litter Cost Study)
- A strong contributor to littering is the prevalence of existing litter. About 15% of littering is affected by the environment, or existing litter. (2009 Keep America Beautiful National Visible Litter Survey.)
WHY THIS MATTERS
- Rainfall washes litter into storm drains.
- Storm drains lead to the nearest body of water and dump litter into our creeks and rivers.
- Those creeks and rivers drain into area reservoirs, which happen to be the source of our drinking water supplies.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Take action! Keep your area clean.
- If you are interested in how your business can partner with the Town to help reduce litter, visit the Adopt-A-Roadway / Adopt-A-Highway section of our website
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