Adopt-a-Road

Adopt-a-Road is a safe, enjoyable and educational roadside litter program that gives local communities the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and cleaner roadside environment. Adopt-a-Road mobilises an army of community-focussed organisations and individuals who clean their local roadside environment. The program’s purpose is to educate the community that littering is a social offence and an unacceptable action.

With 174,000km of State and local government maintained roads in Queensland, litter removal is a major exercise which is costly to the community. Our mission is to foster good corporate citizenship by encouraging community groups to take personal responsibility for keeping their local roadways and communities clean. Through Adopt-a-Road, volunteer groups are given an opportunity to accept responsibility for removing litter and enhance a section of an agreed local roadway or highway, for a minimum of four times per year for two years.