LANSING, MI — Motorists should be on the lookout beginning Saturday as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across the state picking up litter along roadways. Participants in the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) program will clean highway roadsides from July 12 to 20 during the second of three scheduled pickups this year.
Around 2,600 groups have adopted more than 6,000 miles of state highway in 2025. Last year, volunteers collected more than 36,000 bags of trash.
Getting involved in Adopt-A-Highway is easy, according to MDOT. Volunteers include members of civic groups, businesses and families. Crew members have to be at least 12 years old and each group must include at least three people. Groups are asked to adopt a section of highway for at least two years. There is no fee to participate. Adopt-A-Highway signs bearing group names are posted along the stretches of adopted highway.
The year’s final Adopt-A-Highway pickup is scheduled for the fall, from Sept. 20 to 28.
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