What is litter control?
A. Litter control is a highly organized group of supervisors and community service workers that scan, check and pick up litter from all county roads. Daily there are two litter patrols with anywhere from 4-8 personnel dedicated to cleaning the roads. Q. There are many roads in Calhoun County how do they know which roads to pick up? A. During the first couple of years stats were recorded and analyzed as to what the problem areas were as well as the most requested roads for litter pick up. From these stats a computerized litter index was developed. Every month a listing of roads is generated by computer so that the litter control crews know where to go. Q. If my road hasn’t been picked up in sometime and its got a lot of litter what can I do? A. Call 256-241-2942 your request will be recorded and entered into the litter index, and then your road will be scheduled for pick up. Q. How long will it take to get my road picked up once I call in a request? A. Upon being checked by a litter con
