2009 Program Statistics: How Adopt-A-Highway Volunteers Are Making A Difference In Delaware

All program statistics are for the year ending 2009

• Overall there are 811 groups participating in the program
  • 242 are from New Castle County
  • 242 are from Kent County
  • 327 are from Sussex County
• In 2009, DelDOT added 53 new volunteer groups to it's litter-fighting team
• April is the best month for doing cleanups
• Sussex County has the most new volunteers, as they submitted the most new applications (42) for 2009
• Volunteers in New CastleCounty collected the most bags of trash (2113 bags in 2009)
• Volunteers in Sussex County also did the most cleanups, with 248 cleanups being conducted in 2009
• Volunteers in Sussex County also spent the most time doing the cleanups, with a total of 672 hours being devoted to litter removal
• Volunteers in New Castle County have the most people participating in cleanups, with 1664 people doing cleanups