ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY VOLUNTEER

In November of 2004, Sabine and I adopted a 2.5-mile stretch of northbound Highway 280 in San Jose, California. We are officially part of the California Adopt-A-Highway program.

Our assigned area is the north side of Hwy 280 between the Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue. If we have enough crew members, we also work on the Meridian-Southwest-Expressway interchange. We also try to keep Moorpark and Parkmoor between Bascom and Leigh clean because they are de fact on-ramps and off-ramps in this area. We work from 9:00 to 12:30 one Saturday each month.

Want to get involved? Email me at loui@louitucker.com if you'd like to join a work crew.

The next cleanup day is Saturday, November 18, 2017  

[Future Dates: December 9 and January 20]

Crazy stuff we found on the last pickup  

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Photographic proof that some people are slobs!

ESTIMATED TOTAL BAGS OF TRASH since 10/2004
4298 bags to landfill
  422 bags of recycling
Total bags of trash removed from local roads
**4,720**

TOTAL $$$ FOUND
$1,911.21

YEARLY TOTALS

2017 (to date)
229 bags of trash, plus 26 bag of recyclables

2016
361 bags of trash, plus 35 bags of recyclables

2015
315 bags of trash - 39 bags of recyclables

2014
305 bags of trash - 32 bags of recyclables

2013
320 bags of trash - 32 bags of recyclables

2012
307 bags of trash - 30 bags of recyclables

2011
364 bags of trash - 39 bags of recyclables

2010
311 bags of trash - 31 bags of recyclables

2009
285 bags of trash - 19 bags of recyclables

2008
269 bags of trash - 18 bags of recyclables

[Note: Counts prior to 2008 are estimates
because recordkeeping was spotty.]

2007
402 bags of trash - 27 bags of recycleables

2006
326 bags of trash 21 bags of recycleables

2005-2004
I wasn't keep track yet....