Guess how many illegally dumped tires the City of Rochester collects each year? Go on. Nope, higher. Higher. The city picks up between 80,000 and 120,000 individual tires annually. That’s a minimum of 20,000 sets. “This is nothing new,” says Norman Jones, commissioner of the city’s Department of Environmental Services. “I’ve been dealing with waste […]
Litter
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Seeking a cleaner Rochester
It costs the United States more than $11.5 billion annually to clean up litter, says Keep Liberty Beautiful, an affiliate of the nonprofit Keep America Beautiful. Litter also jeopardizes investment, harms the environment, drives down property values, and poses a threat to public safety. Rochester is no better or worse than other cities when it […]
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NEWS BLOG: Son of a litter bug
As I was driving my mother south toward the Pennsylvania border last week to visit her brother, she did something that stunned me. She reached down and grabbed a handful of trash – a paper cup, used tissues, and some candy wrappers – that had gathered at her feet. Then she rolled down the passenger […]
