The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced that it is expanding the Clean California incentive program statewide and offering up to $250 per month to Adopt-A-Highway volunteers who pick up litter along state highways. 

The expansion comes after a successful pilot in the Sacramento and San Diego regions that added 230 new highway adoptions in just three months. 

“Clean California is all about restoring pride in public spaces and making a difference in our communities,” said Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin. “This incentive is designed to encourage and reward people for volunteering to pick up highway litter and beautify California’s roadways.” 

Clean California is a $1.1 billion multiyear effort to remove trash, create jobs and engage communities to transform roadsides.

According to Caltrans, 5,600 tons of litter has been collected since July 2021 and made more than 500 new hires and another 290 conditional job offers, according to officials.

The Governor’s California Blueprint proposes $100 million to expand the Clean California Local Grant Program into 2023-24, which provides grants to cities, counties, transit agencies, tribal governments and other government agencies to beautify their communities and remove trash and debris. 

Adopt-a-Highway volunteers help create cleaner roadsides by removing litter, planting trees and flowers, clearing graffiti, and thinning overgrown vegetation, and also help prevent litter and other pollutants from entering state waterways through stormwater drains. Whether completed by an individual or group, Caltrans will award up to $250 per month for activities such as: 

• $250 for clearing litter on both sides of a highway 
• $62.50 for each ramp, or $250 for all four ramps 
• Up to $250 for cleanup activities at other locations, such as along bike paths or park-and-ride facilities.  

Caltrans is requiring volunteers to submit information – including date, location, amount of trash collected, number of volunteers, hours worked and pictures – following eligible cleanup activities to receive a payment. Adopt-A-Highway participants are limited to one payment a month.

To learn more about the program click here.  

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