First Place Winner:

The Lake Echo and District Lions Club found several boxes of live ammunition and a rifle scope. They immediately con-tacted the RCMP who promptly arrived at the scene to re-move the items. The Lake Echo and District Lions Club had a very successful litter cleanup this year with extra help from The Lakers Ball Club players, coaches, parents, members of the LE Seniors club, and community residents with a grand total of 35 participants!

The Nova Scotia AdoptThe Nova Scotia Adopt--AA--Highway Program Highway Program

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LITTER SWEEP CONTEST WINNERS 2017!LITTER SWEEP CONTEST WINNERS 2017!

Fall 2017Fall 2017

Second Place Winner:

Congratulations go out to St. James United Church. They completed their spring cleanup and found this love letter! They have captioned the entry as “Young Love, True Love”, how fitting! We hope that this letter found its way to Gabri-el before ending up along the St. James United Church’s cleanup route. The St. James United Church cleans Exit 32 on Highway 7 in Antigonish.

Third Place Winner:

RO-WIN-LEA 4-H found a kitchen in their cleanup, or at least all the necessary items in a kitchen. The cleanup included: a bread maker, microwave, and a refrigerator. The cleanup took place in June; they had 12 participants, and collected approximately 20 bags of garbage in under three hours.

Next year’s contest will run from April to June 2018. To enter, please send us a picture of any unusual litter that you find dur-ing your cleanup, by July 13, 2018. Please send a brief descrip-tion and your pictures by email to aah@eastlink.ca, or to our office by mail before the above deadline. The winners will be announced in the Fall 2018 newsletter.

Missed this year’s contest? Missed this year’s contest?

Spring 2017 Spring 2017

Cleanup ParticipantsCleanup Participants

250 Air Cadets 569 Brookfield Air Cadets Alexander Family Annapolis Valley Geocachers Antigonish Kinsmen Aylesford and District Lions Club Baha’i of West Hants Blockhouse Area Ratepayers Kinship Bridgetown Army Cadets Corp. Bridgetown Lions Club Brierly Brook Road Community Broad Cove Community Association Brookfield Community Assembly Cape Breton Paramedics Clarence 4-H Club Coastal Cruisers Car Club Colchester Recreation Coldbrook Lions Club Dartmouth Rotary Club Digby Neck Consolidated School Earth Day Friends Earthly Matters Elmsdale and District Lions Club Fables Fellowship Lodge #112 Friends of the Community Futureworx Glenn Fraser Friends of Crescent Beach Green Friends of Taylor Head Park

Gospel Light Baptist Church Grant Thornton LLP- Kentville Hilden Helpers Hill n' Dale 4-H club ICS Track and Field Team IDVFDLA Joggins Fossil Institute John Howard Society of Nova Scotia Johnsons Kingston Lions Club Lake Echo Lions Club Laura-Lee and Gil Lawrencetown Lions Club MacPhersons Mills WI Mahone Bay & Area Lions Club Maxxam Analytics Medway Salmon River Association Meteghan Lions Club & Municipality Michelin Plant Health & Safety Michelin Waterville Plant Middleton Lions Club Moschelle Community Circle Musquodobit Harbour Lions Club New Beginnings Ministries Moschelle Community Circle

Musquodobit Harbour Lions Club New Beginnings Ministries New Germany & Area Lions Club North Shore Volunteer Fire Dept. Port Williams Lions Club Port Williams Tops 2688 Prospect Peninsula Residents Assoc. RBC Bedford Centre Rhyno’s Ltd Riverport Lions Club Rotary Club of Sackville & Area Rotary Group of Truro RO-WIN-LEA 4-H Salt Springs 4-H Club South Berwick Women's Institute Spryfield Boy Scouts St. Andrews 4-H Club St. James United Church Stewiacke Pickers T4C, West Hants Middle School Valley Kemptown and District Fire Brigade Value Green Group West Hants Junior Leadership Camp Weymouth Lions Branch Club White Point Beach Resort Woodville Community Centre

Cleanups by CountyCleanups by County

Annapolis 7 Antigonish/Guysborough 5

Cape Breton Counties 1 Colchester 13

Cumberland 2 Digby 4

Halifax 15 Hants 2 Kings 8

Lunenburg 13 Pictou 4

Queens 4 Shelburne/Yarmouth 1

New Administrator!New Administrator!

We are excited to share that we have a new

Program Administrator! Amy Langille joined our

team in June and we would like to officially

welcome her to the team! All contact

information will remain the same:

Email: aah@eastlink.ca

Phone: 902-843-9467

Fax: 902-843-1030

Please contact her

with any questions or

permit information.

Congratulations Amy!

Send Us Your Input:Send Us Your Input:

Do you or your group

have an idea for keep-

ing your group involved

or tips on how to make

collecting litter more

efficient? We want to

hear from you! Please

email us at

aah@eastlink.ca.

The Very Important Litter Cleanup Permit!The Very Important Litter Cleanup Permit!

Why Should I Get a Permit? What is it for?Why Should I Get a Permit? What is it for? The permit gives the group permission to perform a cleanup along the roadway or exit. It allows you to make arrangements with Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR) for litter removal. Sending Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) the completed permit ensures your group’s name will appear in the newsletter and receive recognition for a job well done. It’s easy! Call 1-888-432-3233 to be connected to the nearest TIR base and request a permit or you can get a permit from our website, fill it in, and send it to your nearest TIR office for approval.

Remember:Remember: After the cleanup please send us the permit or the corresponding information.

If you do weekly, or regular cleanups, please send us the pertinent information twice yearly.

The permit should to be requested from TIR at least two weeks prior to your cleanup.

t is necessary for the permit be on-site the day of the cleanup.

2017 Spring 2017 Spring

Cleanup TotalsCleanup Totals

Volunteers …

They don’t necessarily have the time;

They just have the heart.

Thank you!

The Spring 2017 cleanup was very successful with

78 groups taking part. A total of 2,423 bags of gar-

bage and 122 bags of recycling were removed by

our volunteers. There were 391 kilometers of road-

ways and 11 interchanges cleaned. Over 1,257 vol-

unteers participated with a grand total of 3,472

volunteer hours. An estimated 40 tonnes of litter

were removed from the roadways and interchang-

es. We always say that we have the best volunteers

and yet again you have proved us right! Nova Sco-

tia is that much better because of all that you do.

Pass It On!

When the main contact of your group changes, please

remember to send us your new contact’s information.

Similarly, please let the new contact know you are an

AAH Member. We require the contact’s:

Name

Email &

Mailing Address

Phone &

Fax Numbers

This will ensure

continued

communications

without interruption.

Thank you in ad-

Help Reduce Paper Waste!Help Reduce Paper Waste!

Sign up for Electronic

Newsletters!

If you would like to receive our newsletter electronical-ly via email, let us know. Email aah@eastlink.ca and inform us of this so we may update your preferences. NOTE: We have been up-grading our database. If you have requested electronic correspondence in the past, but are still receiving paper, please let us know and we will be happy to rectify this for you.

New Volunteer Groups:New Volunteer Groups:

Bridgewater and Area Lions Club

Deborah Sullivan

Marcy Wallace

Cape Forchu Litter Ladies

Earthly Matters

Village Green Group

The Scots Highland Company

The Highwayman Restaurant

Send Us Your Pictures!Send Us Your Pictures!

We would love to have pictures of your cleanups! Our favourite pictures are before and after, group photos, and of course your unusual finds. Email them to our

office at aah@eastlink.ca. They may even be included in upcoming editions of our newsletter

LITTERLITTERatureature or our website!

www.earthship360.com

A message From Watch for WildlifeA message From Watch for Wildlife

Watch for Wildlife NS is a new program of the Sierra Club Canada Foundation and was developed to educate drivers about: the impacts of wildlife vehicle collisions, how to prevent collisions, and how to respond/who to call if you see a hit animal on the road or if you happen to hit a wild creature yourself.

As a volunteer of Adopt-A-Highway, you are likely more aware than most of the effects of throwing garbage onto the road, but you may not be aware that wild creatures, es-pecially scavenger species like raccoons and birds, are attracted to and preoccupied by food and litter on the road. Even people who never litter throw apple cores out the window thinking they are biodegradable and not a problem, but food waste especially entices wildlife onto the road where they are at risk of being hit.

I am writing to ask if you can help get the word out about Watch for Wildlife and perhaps add collision prevention awareness to your role as a highway adopter? Our program brochures are intended to be kept in people's glove compartments and include con-tact info for who to call if in a collision. We also have bumper magnets and stickers to help raise awareness. Please get in touch if you would like one, or if you are willing to help distribute them in your area. For more info see our website at www.watchforwildlife.ca and please follow us on Facebook @watchforwildlifens and Twitter @watch4wildlife.

Thank you for keeping our highways clean for everyone, including the wild ones, it matters. - Wanda Baxter, Program Manager, W4W

Do We Have Your Email?Do We Have Your Email?

We would love to have your group’s email address so

that we may keep in contact with you. We promise

not to fill your inbox; however, we would like to send

you our newsletters (if email is your preference), re-

newal forms, and a spring

and a fall cleanup permit

reminder. Please send us

your email address and we

will be happy to keep you

updated with the above

mentioned items.

Have you Have you liked liked us on us on

Facebook?Facebook?

Check out our page! We share pictures of groups,

cleanups, news related articles, tips and tricks, and

local events. We would also be happy to share your

groups page with our followers.

Search “NS Adopt A Highway” to add us!

Do you know of a Group Do you know of a Group

that may Enjoy our that may Enjoy our

Program?Program?

Help spread the word! We are always looking for more volunteers. The Nova Scotia Adopt-A-Highway Program is a great way to give back to your community by beautifying roadways.

Also, after two cleanups any group can request FREE Adopt-A-Highway signs to be installed along their route. Our road signs are estimated to be worth hundreds of dollars per year in advertising.

A Message from Divert NSA Message from Divert NS

Make Your Food Go Further - Waste Reduction Week 2017 Divert NS is partnering with municipalities province-wide October 16-22 to raise awareness of food waste. Divert NS will run a social media campaign asking Nova Scotians to submit online tips to re-duce food waste or a recipe using leftovers for a chance to win a prize pack. Municipal waste educators will set up in Sobeys and Walmart to provide tips on reducing food waste. #MoreTasteLessWaste Lesson Plans for Teachers In October, Divert NS is launching new lesson plans that connect recycling and waste diversion to the curric-ulum outcomes of elementary students. The lesson plans will be available at divertns.ca to be downloaded by teachers. The 25 lesson plans cover topics of recycling, composting, textiles, and more. Know a teacher? Let them know these great resources are available! 2017 Mobius Awards of Environmental Excellence Celebrate Nova Scotia’s environmental champions and see Adam Minter, best-selling author of Junkyard Planet and Bloomberg View columnist, as he shares a message of optimism about recycling, and demon-strates why repair, re-use and refurbishment are the route to Canada’s circular economy. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit: divertmobiusawards.ca.

RenewalsRenewalsRenewals AheadAheadAhead

please remember to return your renewal forms to us.please remember to return your renewal forms to us.

Renewals are a critical part of our program. Renewals are a critical part of our program.

They occur every three years and serve several purposes:They occur every three years and serve several purposes:

Gives you a reminder to update your contact information.

Gives you the option to change your newsletter and contact preferences.

Keeps you updated on Adopt-A-Highway changes and events.

Gives us a reason to talk to you, which is the best part!

Thank you in advance!Thank you in advance!

Recycle! Refunds Are Worth Your TimeRecycle! Refunds Are Worth Your Time

Please Be Safe:Please Be Safe:

Safety is of the utmost importance during a roadside cleanup. Please see a

few tips and tricks below:

All participants must be 12 years of age or older. Every six participants aged 12-17 require one adult supervisor (18 years or older).

A trained individual with First Aid is to be at the litter cleanup site.

Safety vests are a must! Your TIR office will supply these to your group.

The cleanup shall take place along one side of the road at a time.

Volunteer’s cars must be parked on side roads or in parking areas.

Any animal carcasses and any large or heavy items, must be flagged with

supplied ribbon for the removal by TIR.

Miss Your Group’s Mention?Miss Your Group’s Mention?

Did your group get men-tioned in our list of spring cleanups? If not, remember to send us your completed Litter Cleanup Permit. When you send it to us, we record it and publish it in the following newsletter. Please send the permit to aah@eastlink.ca or fax it to 902-843-1030 and check it off your To Do List.

Litter Cleanup Permit

Be Safe!

Send contact’s information

Spread the word about AAH

Reduce & Recycle

Enter Litter Sweep Contest

Check Out Our Check Out Our

Website!Website!

Check out our website at: www.adoptahighwayns.ca and let us know if there is anything that you would like to see or how we could im-prove our website for your use!

Do not litter!

At home or on your clean-

up route, recycling is worth

your time. It does not take

long for dimes and nickels

to add up to dollars.

Please feel free to keep any

recycling collected along

your route.

Be Tick Smart!Be Tick Smart!

Ticks are becoming more of an issue every year it seems, so we want to remind everyone of a few tips to keep yourself “Tick Free” courtesy of www.canada.ca:

Wear light coloured, long-sleeved shirts and pants to spot ticks easily.

Tuck your shirt into your pants, and pull your socks over your pant legs. Use bug spray containing DEET or Icaridin on your skin and clothing (always follow the directions on the label). Shower or bathe within two hours of being outdoors to facilitate a prompt tick check and to remove ticks that have not attached yet.

For more information please visit www.canada.ca or www.novascotia.ca.

Nova Scotia’s AdoptNova Scotia’s Adopt--AA--Highway ProgramHighway Program

is Supported by:is Supported by:

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Is Printed On FSC Paper.

LITTERature is a semi-annual newsletter published by the Nova Scotia Adopt-A-Highway Program. If you

have missed a recent issue of this newsletter, be sure to check out our website for a link to many of our previous

issues, along with updated information regarding the program.

www.adoptahighwayns.ca

If you have any questions about the Adopt-A-Highway program or this newsletter, please contact us at:

207-90 Research Drive, Bible Hill, NS B6L 2R2 Telephone: (902) 893-6520

Fax: (902) 893-2757 Email: aah@eastlink.ca

Facebook: NS Adopt A Highway

Why Do People Litter?

Simply Do Not Care Believe Others Do Not Care Believe Others Will Pick It Up Lack of Trash Cans Lack of Awareness Lack of Time Litter Attracts More Litter

How to Prevent Litter!

Keep Litter Bags In The Car Report Litterbugs Where Possible; Make Trash Cans Available Set a Positive Example Educate Others on Issues that Litter Causes Less Litter = Less Likely for Others to Litter Volunteer with Adopt-A-Highway Adopt-A-Highway Signs Help Prevent Litter