ROADWAYS CLEAN. IT IS THE SOUND THAT MEANS SUMMERTIME IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER. IN THE WARMER MONTHS, STREET SWEEPERS PUT A NEW SHINE ON LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS SECTION BY HALL STREET GETS VISITED ABOUT TWICE A MONTH. >> 12 BLOCKS BY FIVE. >> MIKE SAYS THE TEAM FOLLOWS A PREPLANNED GRID PATTERN TO GET THE JOB DONE. IT IS A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS TASK. THEY NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY WILL FIND. >> A LOT OF DEBRIS, STICKS, EVERYTHING. CLOTHING. >> THE REALITY IS THERE IS A LOT OF LITTER ON THE ROADS OUT THERE. ♪ ♪ THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF WAYS OUR ROADS GET CLEANED UP. INCLUDING ONE YOU MAY RECOGNIZE. EVER SEEN THESE FULL BLUE BAGS ALONG THE ROAD? TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE ALL ABOUT, WE HEADED TO NRRA AND HAMPSON, NORTHEAST RESOURCE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION. >> ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ♪ >> STACEY MORRISON HELPS OPERATE A NONPROFIT PROGRAM CALLED NEW HAMPSHIRE THE BEAUTIFUL. ALONG WITH RECYCLING SUPPLIES, IT PROVIDES THESE FREE BLUE BAGS TO HUNDREDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS WHO USE THEM TO CLEAN UP ROADSIDE TRASH. >> WHATEVER CAN BE RECYCLED FROM WHAT THEY PICK UP IS RECYCLED, WHATEVER CANNOT IS THEN IN THE LANDFIELD. IT GOES UP THE ROADSIDES AND KEEPS NEW HAMPSHIRE LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. >> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS PLENTY TO PUT IN THESE BAGS. ONE YEAR, 75,000 POUNDS OF TRASH WAS COLLECTED. OFTEN BY VOLUNTEERS. >> USUALLY STARTS WITH ONE PERSON, SOMETIMES A GROUP OF PEOPLE. GARDEN CLUBS OFTEN. SOMETIMES GIRL SCOUT TROOPS, SOMETIMES BOY SCOUT TROOPS, SOMETIMES IT IS RESIDENCE. >> I REALLY WISH WE DID NOT HAVE TO DO IT. PEOPLE ARE LIKE IT IS SAD WE HAVE TO DO IT, BUT WE HAVE TO BECAUSE PEOPLE CONTINUE LITTERING. THE ALTERNATIVE IS YOU DON’T PICK IT UP, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. I WOULD RATHER PICK IT UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND NOT LOOK AT IT. >> ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER GROUPS IS HEADED UP BY DEBORAH CLUFF OF DOVER. >> THESE ARE LITTER DIVER TOOLS. IT IS PRETTY FANTASTIC. WE OFFER THOSE TWO PEOPLE. >> WHAT STARTED AS A SOLO PROJECT TO CLEAN HER ROAD SOON GREW INTO A REGULAR VOLUNTEER EFFORT. DEBORAH NOW COORDINATES TWO GROUPS, DON’T TRASH BARRINGTON, AND DON’T TRASH DOVER. VOLUNTEERS MEET ONCE A MONTH FOR AN HOUR, TARGETING A ROAD FOR CLEANUP LIKE THIS ONE IN BARRINGTON. ARMED WITH BLUE BAGS. >> I REALLY THINK LITTER GETS LITTER, AND WHEN PEOPLE DON’T SEE IT -- DON’T SEE AS MUCH DRIVING AS ON FOOT. IF YOU WALK, RIDE YOUR BIKE, YOU WILL SEE IT BETTER THAN IF YOU WERE DRIVING BY. THINGS GET TOUGH UNDER BRANCHES AND LEAVES. >> BEER AND SODA CANS SEEM TO BE THE MOST COMMON FIND. BUT LITTER ON A ROADWAY CAN BE LIKE A DIRTY ROTTEN EASTER EGG HUNT. >> I FOUND A TOILET SEAT ONCE. USUALLY ONE SHOE. I DON’T KNOW WHY. USUALLY YOU DON’T FIND A PAIR, USUALLY IT IS ONE. >> IN DOVER, WE HYUNDAI HEAVY DOOR. IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU WILL PULL OUT. >> ONCE TRASH BAGS ARE FULL, GROUPS CAN WORK WITH LOCAL DPW TO COLLECT THEM OR DROP THEM OFF. >> IN SOME CASES, ROADSIDE CLEANUP REQUIRES A PROFESSIONAL. >> ANY TIME THEY THROW SOMETHING OUT THE WINDOW, SOMEBODY HAS TO PICK THAT UP. >> CALEB IS WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE DOT AND HELPS OVERSEE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF STATE ROADS. ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS, SOMETIMES IT IS STATE DOT CREWS PICKING UP TRASH. >> TYPICALLY WE WILL DO A CLEANUP PRIOR TO MOWING OPERATIONS BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT ONE PIECE OF TRASH TO BECOME 20 PIECES OF TRASH. >> THESE HIGHWAYS HAVE ANOTHER CLEANUP HELPER. LOCAL BUSINESSES. THROUGH WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE SPONSOR A HIGHWAY PROGRAM, COMPANIES PAY FEE TO GET THEIR NAME ON A ROADSIDE. THEY AGREED TO FUND A PROFESSIONAL CLEANUP CREW FOR ABOUT A TWO MILE SECTION OF HIGHWAY, CONSIDERED SAFER THAN BRINGING OUT VOLUNTEERS. BIKES WE HAVE ABOUT 4500 CENTER LANE MILES OF ROAD, CURRENTLY ABOUT 25 TO 30% OF THAT IS SPONSORED. >> ON SMALLER STATE ROADS, VOLUNTEERS AND COMPANIES CAN CLEAN THEIR OWN SPONSORED SECTION OF ROAD AREA TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHO CLEANS OUR ROADS, IT STARTS WITH YOU AND ME MAKING AN EFFORT NOT TO LITTER. IT ALSO RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS, ROAD CREWS, AND BUSINESSES. DID I MISS ANYTHING? >> NO. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TRASH WITH YOU. ♪