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Keeping Utah Beautiful – Volunteer Litter Pick Up Program

Volunteer groups help free up state workers to complete tasks like fixing potholes and repairing roadway safety features

Keeping Utah Beautiful –

Volunteer Litter Pick Up Program

Keeping Utah Beautiful is UDOT’s volunteer litter pick up program. This program has replaced the Adopt a Highway Program. Volunteer groups may sign up and perform one-time litter clean up events that are coordinated through UDOT’s regional offices. To plan or request an event, please visit the link below with the required group information. Please allow a minimum of two (2) weeks for UDOT to process a request.

To sign up, visit the Sign Up Form below and provide all of the requested information, including volunteer Release of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement (included within the application) for each member of the cleanup team.

Volunteer Group Sign Up Form

Contact Information


If you have any questions feel free to contact the person for the region you selected in the form below, if desired.
  • Northern Utah (Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich and Weber Counties) Cheryl Marz cherylmarz@utah.gov Working hours are Monday & Tuesday 8 am to 5 pm.
  • Wasatch Front (Tooele, Salt Lake, and Summit Counties) Ashlee Matthews ashleematthews@utah.gov
  • Southern Wasatch Front/Uintah Basin (Daggett, Duchesne, Juab, Uintah, Utah and Wasatch Counties) Claudia Ramirez Gomez claudiaramirez@utah.gov
  • South-Western Utah (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Piute and Washington Counties) Karyl Keanaaina karyl@utah.gov
  • South-Eastern Utah (Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier and Wayne Counties) Karyl Keanaaina
    karyl@utah.gov

Volunteer Group Litter Clean Up Details


The Department of Transportation (UDOT) will provide litter bags, collect the bags you fill and also provide safety instructions. The group must acknowledge the hazardous nature of the work and agree to assume full responsibility in the event of an accident or other incident involving death or injury to members of the group or others, along with property damage that results from negligence or intentional conduct on the part of any member of the group by signing a Release of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement. UDOT considers Group members to be covered under the Volunteer Government Workers Act (Utah Code 67-20)

The Group Agrees to:
  • Sign Release of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement for the activity (must be signed by each participant of cleanup team within the application).
  • Pick up litter during daylight hours
  • Coordinate efforts with the UDOT regional representative at least two weeks prior to the arranged date and time for litter clean up.
  • Obtain the required supplies for litter clean up from UDOT during regular business hours. Unused supplies shall be returned to UDOT within one week after the litter cleanup date
  • Utilize volunteers/participants that are a minimum of 14 years old
  • Adult supervision is required for groups which include minor children (age 14-17)
  • Each Group must obtain parental consent for each minor child volunteer. At least two adults should be present at all times while minor children are working
  • Conduct a safety meeting for all Group volunteers/participants prior to any litter cleanup activities
  • Provide additional documentation of the Group name upon request

Sponsor A Highway

UDOT has the Sponser A Highway Program as a way for private businesses to contract with certified vendor to clean up portions of highways.

The Sponsor a Highway Program is a no-cost to the state contract that allows private companies to sponsor a Contractor to maintain segments of eligible roadway. The Contractor will install a standard sign along each sponsored roadway segment with the corresponding sponsor’s logo attached to the sign.

Check out our Sponsor (Contractors)
Adopt A Highway Maintenance Corporation Website
Sponsor Contact Information
info@adoptahighway.com
800-200-0003

Sponsor A Highway Contact Information


For more information about UDOT’s Sponsor A Highway Program contact
  Cj Connor, Project Manager
  cconnor@utah.gov

Related Links

Currently Available and Sponsored Roadway Segments

  • List of all roadway segments organized by Routes within UDOT Regions currently available and sponsored on Utah’s highways.

Current Litter Bag Count

  • List of sponsored roadway segments, with number of litter bags picked up in the previous month.