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Litter and Illegal Dump Cleanup Activity

Programs that receive funding from the Department of Ecology (Ecology) must report their accomplishments. Each program collects a variety of information. Statewide, litter and illegal dump cleanup activities are measured by counting the number of hours litter crews worked , the size of the area they covered (miles or acres), the number of illegal dump sites they cleaned, and the number of pounds cleaned up.

Calendar year 2000 was the first year that litter and illegal dump pickup activities were quantified on a statewide basis. The statistics include the Ecology Youth Corps, the Community Litter Cleanup Program, the Department of Natural Resources Camps Program, and the Department of Corrections Work Crew Program. See the Who's Who in Litter Pickup page of this website for more information on these programs.

Each program organizes its activity by county. Several statistics about the county itself are considered because they influence how much litter is there and how many crews might be needed. Population and miles driven affect the volume of litter. Acres and total miles of roadside give a measure of the area that a litter crew may have to cover in a single season.

The information presented may not include all litter activity in a county; it only includes data from crews required to report to Ecology.

Here is a description of the information included:

• Population data from the Office of Financial Management website (Census 2007 estimate data).
• Centerline miles and miles driven data from Washington State Department of Transportation (year 2007 data).
• Area data from Office of Financial Management Data Book (2007 data).
• Litter activity data reflects what was reported to Department of Ecology by various programs.
• EYC = Ecology Youth Corps
• CLCP = Community Litter Cleanup Program
• DNR = Department of Natural Resources Camps Crews
• DOC = Department of Corrections Work Crews
• Hours represents crew supervisor and crew hours combined.
• Pounds represents both litter and illegally dumped materials picked up (if reported in bags or cubic yards, the figures were converted to pounds using a standard formula). Litter, illegal dump, and pounds recycled are also detailed.
• Miles represents the number of shoulder miles cleaned. (Think of a mile of road as having two shoulders, therefore representing two miles of road cleaned).
• Acres represents the number of acres cleaned.
• # Dumps represents the number of illegal dump sites cleaned up.

Litter Activity Report by Ecology Region

Below you will find links to activity information by county, grouped by Ecology region, for 2007. Find your county and click on the Ecology region name. You may have to scroll or page through until you reach your county information. A map summarizing litter activity for each region is also included.

Or for a chart that summarizes and totals litter activity by region, click here.

Northwest Region	Southwest Region	Central Region	Eastern Region
Island	Clallam	Benton	Adams
King	Clark	Chelan	Asotin
Kitsap	Cowlitz	Douglas	Columbia
San Juan	Grays Harbor	Kittitas	Ferry
Skagit	Jefferson	Klickitat	Franklin
Snohomish	Lewis	Okanogan	Garfield
Whatcom	Mason	Yakima	Grant
	Pacific		Lincoln
	Pierce		Pend Oreille
	Skamania		Spokane
	Thurston		Stevens
	Wahkiakum		Walla Walla
			Whitman

Past Years' Statistics:

2006	Northwest	Southwest	Central	Eastern	Summary
2005	Northwest	Southwest	Central	Eastern	Summary
2004	Northwest	Southwest	Central	Eastern	Summary
2003	Northwest	Southwest	Central	Eastern	Summary
2002	Northwest	Southwest	Central	Eastern	Summary
2001	Northwest	Southwest	Central	Eastern	Summary
2000	Northwest	Southwest	Central	Eastern	Summary