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Walker County litter committee reports partnerships, rapid‑response pickups and outreach plans for schools
Summary
The county’s litter committee reported July 1 activity including contacts with local employers, coordination with GDOT for state route litter reporting, a rapid‑response team using landfill trucks and trustees to clear roadside trash, and plans to expand education in schools and libraries.
Director Payne Gilly told the board July 10 the county’s litter committee met July 1 and is pursuing multiple initiatives to reduce roadside litter. The committee has reached out to local employers to distribute flyers and install roadside trash receptacles; Gilly said he spoke with Justin Smith at Roper about placing flyers in employee break rooms and possibly adding roadside trash cans.
Gilly said the committee collected Georgia Department of Transportation contact numbers for reporting litter on state routes ((706) 295‑6025 and (470) 543‑2007) and established a rapid‑response pickup program modeled after the fire department’s approach. Under that model, landfill staff forward work orders from the road department and send a supervisor and three trustees to pick up material; Gilly said the county has used that approach about half a dozen times.
The committee plans outreach in the upcoming school year with presentations and materials for classrooms and homerooms and will coordinate similar outreach with the county library system. Gilly also said the committee is working with probation/community service personnel to increase weekend pickup capacity and invited the public to the next committee meeting on Aug. 4.
Why this matters: the volunteer and staff efforts aim to reduce litter visually and operationally across county roads through employer engagement, state reporting contacts, trustee pickups and youth education.
