MONTGOMERY-The Alabama Department of Environmental Management is promoting voluntary, long-term, sustainable practices aimed at reducing pollution to better safeguard the environment.
Through education and outreach, ADEM is encouraging Alabamians in the fight against litter. The Department is working to inspire and empower people of all ages to take actions to prevent litter from reaching the state’s waterways.
ADEM is educating the public on the importance of preventing trash from entering waterways. The Department’s anti-litter campaign is designed to let people know the impacts each person can have in communities, rural areas, cities, and towns in protecting streams, rivers, and lakes.
The Department is placing signs statewide to inform the public on how important individual actions are to not litter. ADEM is working with community groups, stakeholders and local governments to reduce littering and increase recycling.
“We are pleased to be working with local governments across the state on this anti-littering campaign,” said ADEM Director Lance LeFleur. “This sign installment project is designed to improve water quality and the quality of life for Alabamians. With this project, ADEM has launched a renewed effort to help eliminate litter and to promote trash free waters.”
The campaign strives to discourage littering with an emphasis on areas near waterways. Increasing public awareness and encouraging people’s efforts to clean up littered areas are being targeted by ADEM through this statewide effort.
Media Release/Alabama Department of Environmental Management
