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Show Litter is a problem that can be solved. That Americans create three-and-one-half pounds of garbage in a single day? There are an average of 1,300 litter items per mile along our nation's highwaysthat's high-waysthat's 29 cubic feet per mile. That the majority of litter along the highways is paper items? According to a recent re-cent study of roadside litter, paper items account for 60 percent of the litter; cans 16 percent; bottles and jars six percent; plastics five percent; per-cent; and 13 percent of the litter is miscellaneous items such as car parts and construction con-struction material. |