Litter Reduction

The Litter Reduction Program seeks to establish partnerships with individuals, non-profits, and municipalities and develop programs to increase the tonnage of litter captured, removed, and prevented in communities and waterways in Prince George’s County. Partnerships and programs include:
 

• Clean Sweep is a coordinated, inter-agency effort to clean up communities in the Anacostia River Watershed and TNI areas. It will contribute to achieving the mandated trash reduction rate of 170,628 pounds per year in the Anacostia River Watershed.
• Source reduction projects that are intended to reduce incidents of littering (e.g.,  installation of trash and recycling receptacles and marketing to support a new anti-litter campaign),
• Prince George's County ADOPT-A-STREAM To help reduce litter in and around County streams, rivers, and other local waterways, DoE encourages residents, businesses, civic organizations, and academic institutions to adopt a stream. There are many benefits to adopting a stream segment, including enhancing the aesthetics of our natural resources, removing pollutants, and improving habitat and water quality for aquatic plants and animals. Adopt-a-Stream groups can also survey their stream section and notify DoE of pollution and illegal dumping. View the Prince George's County Adopt-A-Steam Map. 
• Trash capture devices that will increase the capacity to remove litter in waterways with the ability to have volunteer groups maintain such devices
• Stream-level trash monitoring and land-based trash surveying provide actual measures of trash load reduction and gauge the impacts of implemented measures.
• Contractual stream cleanup services that will increase the County’s capacity to remove litter from physically challenging waterways and bank areas.

The Sustainability Division also offers Comprehensive Community Cleanup, Neighborhood Cleanup, and Storm Drain Stenciling programs to HOAs and civic associations, municipalities, schools, and other entities.  Use the provided links to learn more about these programs. 

PGCLitterTRAK is a smartphone application (app) for individual citizens and community groups interested in reporting their efforts to reduce litter in their communities.

For more information or to become involved in the fight for a Litter Free Prince George’s County, please contact Tiaa Rutherford, Litter Reduction Program Manager, at (301) 883-6226.