Litter Fact 1: 1 in 4 Texans admits to littering in the past year.
Litter Fact 2: Approximately 435 million pieces of visible litter accumulate on Texas roadways each year.
Litter Fact 3: The most common forms of litter are food/organic material, cigarette butts, and small pieces of paper-receipts, gum wrappers.
Litter Fact 4: 71% of litter consists of microlitter that is not easily seen on roadways, such as cigarette butts, straws, and gum wrappers.
Litter Fact 5: Tobacco trash is the most common form of litter found on Texas roadways.
Litter Fact 6: You can be fined $500 every time you litter in Texas. And, if what you toss weighs more than 5 pounds, you may have to pay up to $2,000.
Litter Fact 7: Tire debris is the second-largest component of litter and is pervasive across all areas of Texas.
Litter Fact 8: If every person in Texas picked up just two pieces of trash every month, our highways would be completely litter-free in just one year.
Litter Fact 9: 62% of Texas smokers admit to tossing their cigarette butts out of the window of their cars. Please keep your butts in the vehicle at all times. Thanks.
Litter Fact 10: Litter is trash that is not disposed of properly in a trashcan. Apple cores are litter too!